Jackson helmed the steamer Yale, making its way to Sault Ste. Marie from Whitefish Point in October, 1903. Another ship ...

A new program pairs ice fishing anglers on the Great Lakes with researchers who need to know how thick the ice is, despite funding chaos.

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The U.S. and Canadian coast guards collaborated to free a large freighter that had been trapped ... In fact, the Great Lakes currently have more ice coverage than they have in the past two years.

All of the Lower Peninsula is under a wind advisory today and the Great Lakes are under a gale warning, the NWS said. Some locations are expected to see gusts of at least 55 mph. The Authority it ...

When a freighter got trapped in Lake Erie’s thick ice, the U.S. Coast Guard teamed up with Canadian vessels in a mission dubbed “Operation Coal Shovel” to break through the frozen blockade and save ...

The ship wasn’t damaged, and its crew is safe, officials said. Freighters in the Great Lakes often encounter surface ice in the winter but sometimes run into ice that is too hard or thick to ...

The ship wasn’t damaged, and its crew is safe, officials said. Freighters in the Great Lakes often encounter surface ice in the winter but sometimes run into ice that is too hard or thick to ...

The Great Lakes have seen a noticeable jump in ice coverage from this ... the Manitoulin, a 201-metre cargo freighter with 17 people aboard, became beset by ice on Wednesday on its way back to Canada ...

said Paul Angelillo, a search and rescue specialist with the Coast Guard in Buffalo. Great Lakes freighters typically are able to navigate surface ice in the winter, but occasionally encounter ice ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking ...