Courtesy Canadian Coast Guard
Breaking Ice: April 7, 2015
The Canadian Coast Guard cutter Samuel Risley breaking ice on April 7, 2015.
Ships are finally moving on the Big Lake again after the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards cleared tracks through thick ice in eastern Lake Superior. At one point this week, 18 vessels were awaiting escort.
+ The Lake Carriers' Association says that iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled just 800,000 tons last month, the lowest March level since 2010. The association continues to lobby for another U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes and for Canada to allocate more resources to the lakes.
Documentary series needs your vote
The Ways, a series of documentary films about Great Lakes Native culture and people, has been nominated for a People's Voice Webby Award, and viewers can vote online.
Several of the documentaries were filmed in the Lake Superior region. Watch them all – they're fantastic – at TheWays.org. Voting is open for another two weeks.
Environmental group: St. Louis River endangered
John Myers, Duluth News Tribune:
The national environmental group American Rivers has named the St. Louis River in Northeastern Minnesota among the nation’s 10 most-endangered streams because of the threat of proposed copper-nickel mining.
Spring snowstorm hits the South Shore
NWS Marquette
+ MLive: "Lake Superior pilot captures video of 'loneliest' lighthouse in the world."
+ Northern Ontario Business: "Thunder Bay denied federal funds for event centre."
+ WTIP's Lake Superior Project asks, "Could Grand Portage mercury levels be linked to the fur trade?"