At the 2010 GLCC Lake Superior Dinner, Fleet Surgeon Gail Bowdish was announced as the winner of the Golden Wrench Award. This honor is given annually in recognition of members, who have demonstrate remarkable ingenuity, safety, and proper seamanship in dealing with unusual events.

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

GLCC member Roy Eaton of Little Current has been honored as Volunteer of the Year  by the Canadian Safe Boating Counci (CASBA). Click here to download the story from the Manitoulin Expositor, written by Bonnie Kogos...

Barbara Lois Cairns, long time member and wife of Roy Cairns, who is Port Captain of Port Dalhousie and Niagara-on-the- Lake, passed away peacefully at home with her family present after a brief illness. Lois Cairns, beloved wife of Roy for 60 years; mother of Jeff & his wife Kitty & John (Carol); much loved Nana of James & Matthew Cairns, step- grandmother of Carol-Anne & grandmother of Sydney; predeceased by her parents William & Mary Kiddell & brother Robert. Lois was an active lifetime member of St. George's Anglican Church.

 The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee is establishing a new Fresh-Water Sciences center on the waterfront. Details here...

We regret to inform you that long-time GLCC member Allan Penniston has passed away. His wife, Colleen, and their son and daughter were with him at the end. It was his wish that no funeral service be held, but a memorial service and celebration of his life will be scheduled at a later date.

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. Details here...

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. Details (with photos) here...

The Lauren Harris sketch, "Old Stump, Lake Superior," sold for $3.5 million at auction. The sketch was originally done for one of the artist's most important paintings, North Shore, Lake Superior, which hangs in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Harris was one of the "Group of Seven" who achieved fame for their paintings of North Channel and Lake Superior scenes.

11/1/15  Corrected link to Peterson Log

10/22/15 Changed Founder's to Founders