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USCGC Hollyhock returns from 74-day East Coast mission

On: November 6, 2020

A small group of people lined a patch of grass in the moorings for the U.S Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock Thursday night in Port Huron, holding signs and flashlights and waving small American flags. They were waiting for the return of the Hollyhock, which left 74 days prior for the East Coast to help with post-hurricane reconstruction of ports and waterways. Read the full story by the Times Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201106-uscgc

Why doesn’t Wisconsin see large, intense wildfires like out west?

On: November 6, 2020

While Wisconsin does have a history of occasional large wildfires, like the one in 2013, wildfires in the state are less common than the west due to climate, rainfall, and forest ecology. Read the full story by WPR.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201106-wisconsin

Four rain gardens created in Marquette

On: November 6, 2020

The Community Foundation of Marquette County in Michigan announced the completion of four rain gardens in the city of Marquette that will improve stormwater retention in the city and prevent pollutants from entering Lake Superior. Read the full story by the Mining Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201106-marquette-raingarden

Lingering chemicals: Legacy pollutants continue to haunt the Great Lakes

On: November 4, 2020

Long-lived chemicals that were banned years or even decades ago in the U.S. and Canada are still turning up in the bodies of fish and migrating terns in the Great Lakes, and they continue to affect the health of those threatened birds. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-lingering-chems

Ottawa investing $14.8 million toward flood prevention in LaSalle

On: November 4, 2020

The Canadian federal government announced Tuesday that it is contributing $14.8 million toward flood prevention in LaSalle, Ontario. Rising water levels in Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie mean that LaSalle is increasingly vulnerable to floods. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-ottawa

COMMENTARY: The drinking water case for regionalization

On: November 4, 2020

Small municipalities in northeast Ohio should work together and combine their drinking water supplies to improve operational efficiencies and provide affordable drinking water to their residents. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-regionalize

Québec forestry firms fined $40K for wrecking endangered frog habitat

On: November 4, 2020

Two Québec forestry firms have been fined a total of $40,000 after a judge found they had destroyed the habitat of an endangered species of frog, the western chorus frog, in La Prairie. Read the full story by the Montreal Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-quebec-forestry

Wildfires threaten Great Lakes region too

On: November 4, 2020

While wildfires in the West are usually larger, the forests in Michigan and Wisconsin have frequently seen large uncontrolled burns, some as recent as 2013. Like forests out West, forests in the Great Lakes region are dependent on recurring fires for ecological health. Read the full story by The County Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-lake-levels

Stunning report from local harbors

On: November 4, 2020

Researchers with the Michigan DNR recently conducted an electrofishing survey in Port Sanilac and Lexington harbors to track populations of salmon and other fish present in the area. Read the full story by Sanilac County News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-electric-fishing

Great Lakes produce new record for waterspouts in one week

On: November 4, 2020

The Great Lakes produced a new high record in its number of 232 waterspouts from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4. It tops the previous highest waterspout outbreak of 88 waterspouts in the month of August. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-waterspouts

There is an abandoned German cargo boat shipwrecked in Lake Michigan

On: November 4, 2020

One of Lake Michigan’s most visible shipwrecks is the Francisco Morazan, a German cargo boat that ran around in 1960 on South Manitou Island. Read the full story by KNIN – Wichita Falls, TX.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-shipwrecked-boat

Lake Superior water level drops more than usual in October

On: November 4, 2020

The level of Lake Superior dropped 2.8 inches in October, more than double the usual 1.2-inch decline, the International Lake Superior Board of Control reported Tuesday. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201104-lake-superior-levels

Legal Fees: Toledo residents to pay for LEBOR challenger Drewes Farms

On: October 28, 2020

As the high-profile legal case over the Lake Erie Bill of Rights continues, Toledo residents are stuck paying over $200,000 in legal fees for the entity suing Toledo over the bill. Communities involved in protracted environmental litigation often find themselves responsible for huge legal bills, which can discourage such municipalities from taking such action. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-costly-lebor

Concerns about the Great Lakes increase, while Ontario loons decrease

On: October 28, 2020

A new long-term study of Ontario loons revealed fewer chicks are currently being born than in previous years. Scientists say declines in loon chick hatches are possibly connected to declines in Great Lakes water quality. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-loons

Northern Michigan from above: Freighters on the Great Lakes

On: October 28, 2020

This shipping season has witnessed an influx of international freighters on the Great Lakes, many transporting wind turbine parts to drop off in Duluth bound for wind farms in the northern plains. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-shipping-windmills

Facing large water supply, Lake Ontario residents want more outflows this winter

On: October 28, 2020

Lake Ontario is slightly above its long-term average water level, and forecasts predict that levels will decrease over the next month. However, some are concerned about flooding over the winter and spring and are calling for more water to be released from the Moses-Saunders dam to avoid this scenario. Read the full story by WRVO – Oswego, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-ontario-levels

PFAS: Rules on firefighting foam mired in dispute over definitions

On: October 28, 2020

Nearly two months after a new law went into effect restricting the use of hazardous PFAS foams, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is still trying to write rules for enforcing it amid disputes over what is considered foam and how to define effective treatment. Read the full story by the Wisconsin State Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-wi-pfas

‘Grain has saved our bacon’: How Great Lakes shipping has stayed afloat during COVID-19

On: October 28, 2020

The Port of Thunder Bay in Ontario is on track to have shipped its highest per-tonne volume of goods in well over two decades this year, bucking the downward trend seen by most ports during the pandemic. The port has been buoyed by a strong global market for Canadian grain. Read the full story by TVO News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-shipping-grain

Survey: Opposition to wind power project grows in Somerset, Yates

On: October 28, 2020

A new survey of the towns of Somerset and Yates in New York found that 83% of residents oppose a wind power project on Lake Ontario. Read the full story by Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-wind-opposition

Environmental groups react to state hiring outside expert to review Line 5 tunnel project

On: October 28, 2020

Michigan announced it will retain an international civil engineering firm to provide a technical review of Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project after environmental groups raised concerns about the Michigan’s ability to adequately evaluate the project. Read the full story by WKAR – Lansing, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-line5

EDITORIAL: Superior Watershed Partnership justly recognized

On: October 28, 2020

The Superior Watershed Partnership won the 2020 Lake Superior Magazine Achievement Award for their habitat restoration projects along the shores of Lake Superior. Read the full story by the Daily Mining Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-superior-watershed-partnership

Lake Erie marina part of Ontario’s largest plastic reduction project

On: October 28, 2020

The Erieau Marina in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, along Lake Erie is getting help from the Ontario government to tackle plastic pollution using new plastic capture technology. Read the full story by CTV – News Windsor.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201028-ontario-plastic-marinas

Michigan group says archaeological findings enough to halt Enbridge tunnel project

On: October 23, 2020

Researchers and indigenous activists in Michigan found numerous patterns of evenly-spaced stones near Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinaw that are thought to be man-made patterns potentially dating back 10,000 years. This potential archaeological discovery may halt the construction of an underground tunnel for Line 5. Read the full story by the Wall Street Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-archaeology

Showcasing the DNR: Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund may have made your favorite park or trail possible

On: October 23, 2020

The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund has invested more than $1.2 billion in receipts from oil and gas extraction into conservation of Michigan’s natural resources and outdoor recreation opportunities in Michigan. Read the full story by Upper Michigan’s Source.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-mi-nrtf

$18.3M payout in Crestwood well water lawsuits jeopardized following court ruling

On: October 23, 2020

An $18.3 million payout to current and former Crestwood residents who alleged the village’s longtime use of well water contaminated with a known carcinogen caused them health issues is in doubt after a recent Illinois Appellate Court ruling. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-crestwood

Can we eat our way out of the looming Asian carp eco-disaster? It’s worth a try

On: October 23, 2020

A group in Chicago is advocating for a different solution to slowing the spread of invasive carp into the Great Lakes: eating the fish. Read the full story by WTTN–TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-eat-the-carp

Workers preparing to move historic pavilion from eroding bluff

On: October 23, 2020

A historic 400-ton pavilion in Orchard Beach State Park in Manistee, Michigan, will be moved a quarter mile away from an eroding bluff high above Lake Michigan. The pavilion was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Read the full story by WZZM–TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-orchard-state-park

Ephraim aims to shore up waterfront

On: October 23, 2020

The village of Ephraim, Wisconsin, is exploring ways to avoid further damage to their waterfront as Lake Michigan remains several feet above its average levels and continues to impact the shoreline. Read the full story by the Door County Pulse.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-ephraim

Emmet County, local governments pilot statewide coastal training program

On: October 23, 2020

Emmet County and other local governments in northern Michigan are participating in a pilot program that may help provide resources and training to Michigan communities facing coastal erosion issues. The initiative is led by the Michigan Association of Planners and helps communities in the state draft long-term plans for maintaining coastline resiliency. Read the full story by the Petoskey News-Review.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-coastal-resilience

Monitoring finds PFAS in some water in Michigan community

On: October 23, 2020

State environmental regulators are investigating whether some residents in East Bay Township in northern Michigan have been using drinking water contaminated with PFAS. Read the full story by The Association Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-pfas

Ontario funds project to capture plastic waste at 12 Great Lakes marinas

On: October 23, 2020

Ontario launched an initiative to collect and analyze the different types of plastic waste at a dozen marinas on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WDIO–TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201023-marina-trash-cleanup

Michigan DNR: Telling Michigan’s Anishinaabe history

On: October 9, 2020

The Anishinaabe people lived along the Great Lakes for centuries before European explorers arrived, however the history of indigenous people is overlooked by many. Organizations in Michigan are working to include more details about the lives of Native Americans in exhibits, museums, and statewide historical markers. Read the full story by Upper Michigan’s Source.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-anishinaabe

Great Lakes’ ore trade ‘feeling the pinch’ of COVID-19, falling 30% off normal pace

On: October 9, 2020

The American shipping industry has kept itself safe on the Great Lakes during the pandemic, but the shippers are feeling the economic impact of the shutdown that caused declines in manufacturing output. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-ore-down

Michigan PFAS activist has cancer, says she’s not surprised

On: October 9, 2020

A western Michigan woman honored by the federal government for her environmental activism is attributing her recent cancer diagnosis to toxic PFAS chemicals that polluted her community’s drinking water supply. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-pfas-activist

The fight over Sleeping Bear Dunes

On: October 9, 2020

Sleeping Bear Dunes turns 50 this month and is a cornerstone of tourism in northern Michigan. But it took nearly a decade to establish the National Park site because of heated opposition from residents. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-sleeping-bear

Tough bugger: Western Lake Erie algae still out there, even as temps plunge

On: October 9, 2020

Western Lake Erie’s summer 2020 algal bloom is still present and visible from space. With fall temperatures dropping, the remaining toxic microcystin chemicals will soon deteriorate. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-tough-bugger

IDEM to hold virtual seminars on public watershed protection and restoration

On: October 9, 2020

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management will host a free virtual webinar series to teach about watershed protection and restoration efforts within the Lake Michigan basin. Read the full story by the Indiana Environmental Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-idem

Michigan sponsors unmanned boat research

On: October 9, 2020

Researchers at Michigan Technological University have partnered with a Canadian shipping company to develop autonomous marine vessels to use for cargo shipping on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by State Scoop.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-boat-research

A beleaguered stretch of Lake Erie shore braces for autumn trouble

On: October 9, 2020

Temperamental fall weather and high lake levels threaten a beleaguered stretch of shoreline road in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, that has been closed due to erosion. Read the full story by The Community Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-lake-erie-autumn

Couple, denied state help after flooding, worries about water supply

On: October 9, 2020

An upstate New York couple is scrambling to protect their water supply after they were denied state funding to repair damages from record flooding on Lake Ontario in 2019. Read the full story by WWNY – TV – Watertown, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-ontario-flooding-dw

Bipartisan legislation to increase icebreaking capacity in the Great Lakes introduced

On: October 5, 2020

Michigan Senator Gary Peters introduced bipartisan legislation that codifies the United States Coast Guard’s icebreaking mission on the Great Lakes and increases icebreaking capacity of the Great Lakes fleet. Read the full story by the Cheboygan Daily Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-ice-breaking

Trump pushes mining with order, but effects are uncertain

On: October 5, 2020

The Trump administration’s new plan to fast-track mining projects and incentivize mining in the U.S. could spoil rivers and lakes in Minnesota’s Iron Range. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-mining

Lake Erie Bill of Rights thrown a legal lifeline — for now

On: October 5, 2020

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a new $500 million dollar initiative to upgrade drinking water and wastewater infrastructure across the state. The plan includes funding for lead service line replacements, PFAS removal, and combined sewer overflow control. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-lebor

House OKs Kaptur’s name change idea for seaway group

On: October 5, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Ohio, that would add “Great Lakes” to the name of St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the group that oversees navigation along the U.S. side of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-gl-slsdc

Congress passes second big conservation bill of 2020

On: October 5, 2020

U.S. Congress recently passed the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act, which includes $15 million in annual funding for coordinated research and monitoring of binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-congress-conservation-bill

Lake Superior caribou numbers growing, although herd still not out of the woods

On: October 5, 2020

After nearly becoming extinct a few years ago, the Lake Superior caribou herd is rebounding but is not yet at numbers biologists believe is necessary for sustained survival. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-caribou

COMMENTARY: Brian Calley: Michigan needs the Great Lakes Tunnel

On: October 5, 2020

Former Michigan Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley argues that building a tunnel to house the Line 5 oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinaw for the Line 5 pipeline will reduce the risk of an oil spill in the Great Lakes and provide jobs to the Michigan economy. Read the full story by Ionia Sentinel-Standard.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-calley-oped

COMMENTARY: Today’s MPCA: How times have changed

On: October 5, 2020

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency should take a stronger stance in enforcing the Clean Water Act and supporting the Lake Superior Chippewa Bands and environmentalists against mining companies seeking to bypass environmental standards. Read the full story by MinnPost.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-mpca

Tales of the Northwest Territory – Great Lakes commerce and ship wrecks

On: October 5, 2020

The Great Lakes were critical for early commerce and transportation during the European settlement of the Northwest territory in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, and later supported regional industrial production in the 20^th century. Read the full story by the Hoosier Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-nwterritory

Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting goes virtual

On: October 5, 2020

The annual Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting to honor the loss of the sailors aboard the lost freighter is going virtual this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full story by KBJR-TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201005-virtual-lighting