Placid and turbulent, the waters of the Great Lakes offer a platform for thought, adventure, and environmental consciousness. Along its coast are interesting people and places where something is happening. These notes are from within this space.
Placid and turbulent, the waters of the Great Lakes offer a platform for thought, adventure, and environmental consciousness. Along its coast are interesting people and places where something is happening. These notes are from within this space.
A cargo ship carrying 36,000 bushels of rye wheat, headed from Chicago to Buffalo via the Straits of Mackinac, went down in a November storm …
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My hiatus from “Notes” is ending after rethinking how this space fits in with my writing. During the pandemic, I set out on a journey …
I was struck by this headline in a Twitter feed: “How journalists can become cartographers and track the impact of the climate crisis.” It referenced …
It was a little more than a year ago that I set out on a journey to understand the Third Coast, an inland ocean of …
The Third Coast is an permeable border shared by Canada and the United States. Both have East and West Coasts. Canada has the Far North, …
By Dennis Archambault The voice of the indigenous people in the Great Lakes has a place in federal government. Bryan Newland, former chairman of the …
We watched the sturgeon moon rise last evening, heralding the harvest season, so the indigenous people of the Great Lakes region would say. Actually, according …
The French explorer LaSalle entered a large body of water from the straits known as “Detroit,” on August 12, 1679. He named the lake, “St. …
There are thousands of islands in the Great Lakes region. Most of them are uninhabited, but those that are define the term “remote.” Pelee Island, …
How will enhanced digital connectivity affect island life? Read More »
When the movie, “A Perfect Storm,” came out with its all-star cast in 2000, I was overcome by a wave of PTSD as I thought …
