Great Lakes Economic Development Council's Inaugural Conference Showcases Unified Regional Momentum

The Great Lakes Economic Development Council (GLEDC) hosted its inaugural "Great Lakes Rising" Conference late last month in Detroit, bringing together leaders from across the U.S. and Canada to ...
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The EXTREME Rise Of The Great Lakes Megalopolis

The Extreme Rise Of The Great Lakes Megaregion Megalopolises in the US are incredibly interesting, figuring out how to define ...
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Nobody Knows What Sank the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald.’ But Its Doomed Final Voyage Will Always Be America’s Defining Shipwreck

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ...
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What happened to the wreckage of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad revisited on the 50th anniversary of the shipwreck

Less than a year after the American cargo carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in the Great Lakes in November 1975, the late ...
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Between Chicago And Grand Rapids Is Michigan's Great Lakes Getaway With Gorgeous Shoreside Wineries

Lake Michigan is home to many lakeside destinations and this little treat between Chicago and Grand Rapids has everything you ...

50 years after sinking, the legendary Edmund Fitzgerald still has stories to tell

Only a few expeditions have made the journey down to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which is now designated a protected ...
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What If a Massive Aqueduct Connected the Great Lakes to the Southwest?

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The story of how crews worked to salvage and raise the Edmund Fitzgerald's 200-pound bronze bell

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, killing 29 men who were aboard ...

First big freeze of season slams Eastern US with arctic blast, as the South sees snow

More than 190 million Americans woke up to an arctic blast on Tuesday, with most people seeing temperatures 15–25 degrees ...

Lake-effect snow's in the forecast. Here's what to know

Lake effect snow occurs when cold air moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes creating snowfall, said Lily Chapman, a ...
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How Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ became a cultural phenomenon

First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a 12-string acoustic. Then come the haunting lyrics.