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Funeral held for boy, 14, who drowned at Port Stanley as family’s tragedies mount
An earthquake in Turkey took two of their daughters last year. Last weekend, Lake Erie claimed one of their sons.
Ship doomed on Lake Michigan now moored on National Register of Historic Places | Great Lakes Now
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Eric Freedman, Great Lakes Echo
A Detroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The three-masted Mojave, only 1 year old at the time, went down in heavy weather while northbound on the route from Chicago to Buffalo with a load of grain.
Lake Erie Charter Life | Great Lakes Now
Captains were few and far between in 1979, when Tibbels Marina in Marblehead, Ohio got into the fishing charter business on Lake Erie. A few years earlier, in 1975, the state had 46 captains on Lake Erie. A few years later, when the Tibbels family launched its first boat, there were about 156.
‘Too much water’: Basement flooding widespread after Monday’s sudden deluge
A monster rainstorm on Monday deluged many areas of London, flooding streets and basements and triggering safety warnings about swollen waterways.
A group of artists and business owners inject a pop of colour and fun into Meaford’s downtown
A group of business people, property owners and community members with an artistic sensibility have banded together to help inject some colour and life into Meaford’s downtown. Meaford Downtown is a new non-profit organization dedicated to rejuvenating Meaford’s downtown core and harbourfront. Funded wholly by donations, and independent of the municipal government, chamber of commerce […]