GLCC News

  • Visit Detour Channel, circa 1950.

    In this month's installment of our look back to the 1950’s, we visit the Western gateway to the North Channel.  Cruisers from the lower Lakes, would mostly likely pass this way as they proceed to their favorite cruising grounds, and it is telling.  The Great Lakes Cruising Club has, sur

  • The Straits of Mackinac Before The Bridge

    The year is 1952 and the Mackinac Bridge is still in the talking stages.  GLCC members, who passed through the Straits of Mackinac on their way to the North Channel and beyond, had a very different view.  En route, they probably visited one or more of these locations.

  • Michigan DNR announces new reservation system

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) new Central Reservation System (CRS) for state parks and harbors is now open for reservations of all types at

  • Belle Isle in the Detroit River to become Michigan State Park

  • Do Great Lakes Boaters Need to Track Hurricanes??? ... You Bet They Do!

    Click HERE to read Great Lakes marine weather expert Mark Thornton's recently published review and analysis of Hurricane Sandy’s destruction of two Cleveland, Ohio, marinas. (Note - Mark recently joined the GLCCSchool faculty and will be teaching a class on Great Lakes thunderstorms this winter - see GLCCSchool for class details)

  • Announcing the NEW GLCCSchool

    The All NEW GLCCSchool is now open for business with additional faculty members, a refreshed and expanded curriculum, a totally new web site and more. For more information click here or click directly to the new https://www.GLCCSchool.com to take a look.

  • Free to Members ... Introductory Good Old Boat Magazine Subscription

    6/2/2020 Updated artcle about magzine.  JM

    5/28/2020  Update link to magazine. Note that Good Old Boat is offing their latest issues free at this time.  JM

    The crew at Good Old Boat magazine created a brand-new digital subscription offering. To spread the word they’re offering free introductory issues. 

  • Lake Superior Lends a Hand to Lake Michigan-Huron Low Water Levels

    Lake Superior's water level has increased rapidly the last few months. Now Lake Superior will outflow more water into Lake Michigan-Huron. Read Mark Torregrossa for MLive.com's article HERE.

  • Asian Carp Moving Closer to Lake Michigan

    Asian Carp, the invasive species known for leaping out of the water when motorboats pass, have reportedly moved upstream another 100 miles on the Illinois this year. According to an August 19th Prairie Rivers Network press release, they were recently found spawning within 62 miles of Lake Michigan and just 25 miles from an electric barrier intended as the final line of defense for the Great Lakes. For more information click here.

  • 2013 September Lifeline Now Available

    Event reports from the 2013 Rendezvous at Charlevoix, Detroit-Saginaw Bay Regional Dinner Meeting at GPYC, and the Lake Erie Re