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Thursday marks 47 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down with 29 souls on board, becoming Lake Superior’s most haunting shipwreck. On Thursday night, Split Rock Lighthouse will mark the somber occasion with the tolling of a bell as victims’ names are read, after which the beacon will be lit in memory and hope. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.  

Even though two of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, border Wisconsin, many of the state’s residents in formerly redlined communities still do not have easy access to clean and safe drinking water. Advocates want to ensure funds are used to provide grants or forgivable loans to help disadvantaged communities invest in critical water infrastructure. Read the full story by Inside Climate News.

Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network (WIN) is partnering with the University of Wisconsin Parkside and the Fund for Lake Michigan to reduce the stormwater runoff to the Pike River with a regenerative stormwater conveyance system. Read the full story by Kenosha News.

A 10.15-pound smallmouth bass caught Thursday on Lake Erie set a new record for a Great Lakes smallmouth. Read the full story by New York Upstate News.  

A multi-year project at Heddle Shipyards’ Port Weller Dry Docks will create more than 200 jobs after the company was awarded a $135.5-million contract to extend the life of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Terry Fox. The nearly three-year project will involve extensive engineering, planning and procurement phases, with shipyard work scheduled to begin December 2023. Read the full story by the Welland Tribune.

The Niagara Parks Power Station is Niagara Falls State Park’s latest attraction. In 2021 the park opened their generator hall where you can learn about the history of harnessing the power of the falls. Now you can walk through a tunnel that leads you to a spectacular view of the falls. Read the full story by WQBK- Malta, NY.

The mutual decision to hold talks about transferring the trust’s duties to the city marks a significant milestone for the agency. It was created in 2000 to steward development which would connect Hamiltonians to the harbourfront. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.

Electric utilities are gradually phasing out coal-burning power plants in Michigan. But environmental groups are warning that some of those power plants are leaving behind a poisonous legacy. Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Radio.

Known as “The White Hurricane” and “The Freshwater Fury,” the Great Storm of 1913 claimed the lives of 250 sailors and 25 ships on the dangerous waters of the Great Lakes. Divers believe they have solved the mystery through a newly discovered historical account of an attempt to salvage a ship during World War I and by examination of shipwrecks. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.

Organizers battled uncooperative weather for the inaugural North Light Surf Classic, held in Frankfort, MI over the weekend. Surfers took to the water to show off their skills, surfing several hours until waves and wind became too much to handle. Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate.

A muskellunge, commonly known as a “muskie,” was recently caught in Toronto Harbor off the coast of Toronto, Ontario. Conservation authorities say it’s the first fish of its kind found in the Toronto waters in more than 30 years. Read the full story by CBC News.

A pollution-free, solar-powered boat, able to run through the night after the sun fully charges it, recently emerged on the Kalamazoo River. Read the full story by MLive.

A proposed $30 million investment in wetlands conservation would reduce algal blooms in Lake Erie, specifically in Monroe County, Michigan, and other areas in the Great Lakes region, if the money is approved through COVID relief funding. Read the full story by The Monroe News.

It’s been one year since the H2Ohio Water Quality Program was rolled out from the Ohio legislature and into the farm fields of Northwest Ohio, and the response has been “overwhelming.” The state-wide program addresses several water quality issues in the state including the high nutrient levels of Ohio’s waterways. Read the full story by BG Independent News.

In Rockford, Michigan, Wolverine Worldwide has earned a legal citation from Michigan environmental regulators for delaying the launch of a long-awaited system to remove contaminated groundwater entering the Rogue River where the company’s century-old shoe leather tannery once stood. Read the full story by MLive.  

The public will keep the right to use Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline for recreation as the U.S. Supreme Court won’t consider arguments from nearby property owners who claimed they also owned the beach. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

A new multi-agency partnership could provide new jobs training and career opportunities, all related to research on the Great Lakes. Five education and nonprofit partners are working together in hopes of developing a “Freshwater Research and Innovation Center” along Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan. Read the full story by WWTV – Cadillac, MI.

Manitoulin is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario. A record number of Great Lakes cruise ships visited the island in 2022. Read the full story by the Manitoulin Expositor.

After two years of delay caused by the COVID pandemic, the 4th Great Lakes Islands Alliance Summit finally took place October 2-5, this time on the islands of Lake Erie, north of Ohio. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor.