Deep into Dredging for 2008
Of several federally funded dredging projects in the Lake
Superior region this past year, the largest, at $1.27 million, was in
Duluth-Superior.
About 158,000 cubic yards of material was dredged from the Superior Bay entry and used for erosion control.
Other 2008 dredging projects on Lake Superior, which help to
keep maritime traffic flowing, were announced by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ Detroit office. They were: Grand Marais, Minnesota,
$319,000; Saxon Harbor, Wisconsin, $208,000; St. Marys River, Michigan,
where 24,000 cubic yards was removed from the West Neebish Channel
between Neebish Island and the mainland, $727,000; Au Sable Harbor,
Michigan, $196,000; Big Bay and Whitefish Point harbors in Michigan, a
combined cost of $364,000; and a combined project in Ontonagon,
Michigan, and Port Wing and Cornucopia, Wisconsin, harbors costing
$583,000.
History Notes
 December 4, 1945: Canada’s first woman astronaut, Roberta Bondar, is born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
December 5, 1950: A snowstorm lasting to December 8 drops 34.5 inches of snow on Duluth.
December 7, 1968: Ironwood, Michigan, hosts its first snowmobile derby, drawing 650 entries and about 7,000 spectators.
January
25, 1983: The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that the Ojibway bands of
Lake Superior (each a sovereign tribe) legally retained hunting,
fishing and gathering rights.
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