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A look back on Queen Elizabeth’s Great Lakes tour

On: September 9, 2022

In: Chicago, detroit river, Feature Homepage, Great Lakes, history, History and Culture, Illinois, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, mackinac bridge, Michigan, Milwaukee, News, Ontario, PBS, queen elizabeth, Recreation and Tourism, st. lawrence river, st. lawrence seaway, straits of mackinac, Tourism, Wisconsin

A look back on Queen Elizabeth’s Great Lakes tour

Queen Elizabeth II left her mark in the Great Lakes region, from joining President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway to sailing on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Following the Thursday news of the longest-reigning British monarch’s passing, PBS stations across the nation broadcasted programs commemorating her life and local news organizations reported on the late queen’s special connection to the region, highlighting the 45-day tour of Canada and the Great Lakes she took in 1959.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/look-back-on-queen-elizabeths-great-lakes-tour/

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“The Erie Situation – and beyond”

On: September 1, 2022

In: Algae Blooms, detroit river, Feature Homepage, lake erie, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, PBS, St. Clair River, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Whether you go out on a boat, to a beach or get your drinking water from Lake Erie, you know harmful algal blooms are a problem.

But these mucky, green blooms are not limited to the southernmost of the Great Lakes. The blooms are a bigger threat in the northernmost lake, the connectors like the Detroit River and Lake St.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/the-erie-situation-and-beyond/

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Join the Conversations: Events on “Water’s True Cost” will answer your questions about water infrastructure

On: April 25, 2022

In: Drinking Water, Events, Events and Special Broadcasts, Great Lakes Now Events and Road/River Shows, infrastructure, News, PBS, water, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water's True Cost

Join the Conversations: Events on “Water’s True Cost” will answer your questions about water infrastructure

Throughout the Great Lakes region and across the United States, water systems are aging.

In some communities, this means water bills that residents can’t afford or water that’s unsafe to drink. It’s also leading to increased pollution in some of Michigan’s most pristine lakes. From shrinking older cities and small towns to the comparatively thriving suburbs, the true cost of water has been deferred for decades.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/04/waters-true-cost-events/

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