Ontario Web Cams
There are many web-cams in Ontario, showing live scenes that are regularly updated. Many are inland, but a number are Lake-side cams, like Wawa or Little Current. The list of web cams is here...
Boater Arrested After Hitting Breakwall
An Illinois man was arrested after his boat (estimated speed 30 mph) hit a breakwall in Indiana last weekend. Newspaper account here... And a follow-up on the two 9-year-old girls who were injured in the crash is available here...
Lake Ontario Litter
Police divers found strange litter in deep dives off Toronto, as part of the Lake Ontario clean-up week. Newspaper story here...
Record Rainfall Causes Sewage Dump
The record rainfall last week in Chicago overwhelmed the deep tunnel and surface reservoirs, resulting in 99 billion gallons of stormwater and sewage being dumped into Lake Michigan. Here's a newspaper account...
The deep tunnel—a major engineering marvel, shown in the photo—will be toured by GLCC members attending the annual meeting in October.
The Lakes in 3008
Here's a projection of what the Great Lakes will look like in 1000 years, if current trends continue. Open the full-size image.
Bay City Ship to Become Chicago Preserve
The 100-foot USS Dexter, built in 1925 as a rum-runner patrol boat, will be scuttled off Chicago to become an underwater diver's site this fall. The photo shows the Dexter being launched at Defoe Shipbuilders in Bay City, Michigan. Among other things, she created an international incident with Canada in 1929. Newspaper story here...
New Coast Guard Boat
The U. S. Coast Guard has begun taking delivery of their new "Response Boat-Medium," or RB-M, a 44-footer which will replace their existing multi-mission 41-footers. They will receive 180 of these boats over the next 7 years. The first one in the Great Lakes will be stationed in Milwaukee, arriving October 24, 2008. Details are here...
Duluth Maritime Festival
Several GLCC members from the Lake Superior Region participated in the popular Duluth Maritime Festival, which was held in early August. Click here to see the official site for the event. It includes both a video clip and photo gallery.
Below Normal Winter Precipitation
The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts below average precipitation for the coming winter throughout the Great Lakes area. Here's a newspaper account. The new 2009 edition of the Almanac was released Tuesday, September 9. The National Weather Service takes a different point of view. Here's another newspaper account...
New EPA Rules to Affect Boat Motors
New Environmental Protection Agency rules will affect gasoline boat motors, as well as lawnmowers and other small engines, beginning in 2010. Read the EPA announcement.... And here is a news story on the new regulations...
