Any day spent doing research on the water is a good day for Michigan Technological University students getting to know the greatest of the Great Lakes. As the bottle dangles from a block-and-tackle ...

Despite the impressive satellite photos showing Lake Superior mostly ice-covered, it's likely the famous ice caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will not be accessible this winter. That's ...

Clutching an oversized drill in one hand, third-generation ice-fishing guide Aron Kastern trudged through a blinding mix of rain and snow in late January to cross a frozen bay on Lake Superior. During ...

Despite all the subzero temperatures the polar vortex threw at it, Lake Superior never quite froze over entirely this winter and already appears to be losing some ice cover. Satellite photos from the ...

National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation is participating in Give to the Max Day, a nonprofits raffle with a $100,000 prize ...

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This historic park on the shores of Lake Superior could get some big upgrades in the next 10 years. Repairs to a historic fort and a new playground are part of a proposed 10-year plan for Fort Wilkins ...

EAGLE RIVER, Mich. – Isle Royale National Park was established 85 years ago, on April 3, 1940. It is not only Michigan’s only National Park, but it’s also the largest island in the largest lake. It is ...

KAKAGON RIVER – A duck skimmed across the water's surface one June evening earlier this summer, splashing to fake a broken wing. Mike Wiggins Jr., carefully steered his boat around it. The splashing ...

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great ...