Tag: lakes
South Barrington moves ahead with plan to acquire Lake Michigan water – Great Lakes Commission
Officials in South Barrington, Illinois, are continuing to pursue a plan to bring drinking water from Lake Michigan to town—and they’ve hired an engineering firm to help them with the […]
A shark in the Great Lakes isn’t quite impossible. One odd species got as far as Illinois. – Great Lakes Commission
There is no verifiable account of sharks ever reaching the Great Lakes, and multiple hoaxes have been exposed and urban legends debunked over the years. A Great Lakes shark is […]
High school students learn the basics of Great Lakes research aboard UWM’s research vessel – Great Lakes Commission
Last week, fourteen Milwaukee high school students went out on a UW-Milwaukee (UWM) research vessel as part of UWM’s Watershed Expedition Program. The weeklong program provides students with knowledge about […]
The most boats ever will compete in the 100th Bayview Yacht Club race to Mackinac Island – Great Lakes Commission
Billed as the “world’s longest continuously run long-distance freshwater yacht race,” the Bayview Mackinac Race is set to start Saturday. A record-setting 334 boats have registered for the 100th year […]
The Erie Canal: The manmade waterway that transformed the US – Great Lakes Commission
Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal helped spread people, ideas, and goods across the U.S. Now, it has become a paddler’s paradise with more than 700 miles of continuous, […]