In 1980, the Steamship William G. Mather made its last voyage. Now it is permanently anchored behind the Great Lakes Science Center where it shares its industrial history with visitors. Launched 100 ...

Vivek Ramaswamy jokingly suggested renaming Lake Erie to Lake Ohio, sparking discussions on the history and impact of renaming places.

Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume. It is a natural wonder that is thought to be almost 30 million ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together.

Others are more precise with their definitions. Some say that “high speed” starts at 125 mph. But others say those trains are ...

Cruising on the Great Lakes is on a long-term growth trend and 2025 is shaping up to be another very strong season, potentially even record breaking,” said Cruise the Great Lakes tourism director ...

Grand River itself is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kind of place, a village of fewer than 400 residents nestled where its namesake river meets mighty Lake Erie. The drive takes you through the ...

According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Poe Lock, the largest lock in the system, will open at 8 a.m. on March 21 to mark the start of the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season. Officials ...

transcript The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society used a remotely controlled vehicle to discover the rusty Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship sunk by a storm more than 130 years ago.

Explorers have discovered the wreckage of a cargo ship which capsized in Lake Superior more than 130 years ago. The Marine Sonic Technology side-scan sonar made the discovery possible.

Fish for the Future is composed of organizations, activists, and volunteers from across the Great Lakes region. The campaign seeks to break the world’s largest display of origami fish ...

another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed records ...