GLCC News

  • 2010 Toronto Boat Show

    The Toronto International Boat Show was a success for the GLCC. Read more here...

     

  • GLCC Member Honored

    GLCC member Roy Eaton of Little Current has been honored as Volunteer of the Year  by the Canadian Safe Boating Counci (CASBA).

  • Batteries Made From Fresh-Water Algae

    Scientists are developing batteries based on paper, made from fresh-water algae—the stringy stuff that washes up on beaches and clogs your water-intake strainer.

  • WWII Navy Plane Recovered from Lake Michigan

    A WWII Navy Hellcat fighter plane was pulled from Lake Michigan last weekend, the second trainer plane to be recovered this year, and the sixth since the end of the war.

  • Old Stump Lake Superior

    The Lauren Harris sketch, "Old Stump, Lake Superior," sold for $3.5 million at auction.

  • Great Lakes Songs

     The on-line Great Lakes Echo is cataloging recent songs about the Great Lakes, and looking for songs they may have missed.

  • Rising water temps lead to stronger winds on Lake Superior

    ScienceDaily (Nov.

  • Michigan Tech to Build Research Center

    Michigan Tech University will soon be building a new research center for studies of the Great Lakes. Details here.

  • Tiara Moves Into Wind Turbines

    Tiara Yachts of Holland, Michigan—in a year of slow boat sales—has formed a sister company to build wind turbine blades. Info here...

  • Great Storm of 1913

     November 7-10 is the anniversary of the Great Storm of 1913, usually considered the worst Great Lakes storm of recorded history.