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The Whitefish Point Light marks the entry of the bay, Ile Parisienne Light [2] is in the middle of the bay, and Gros Cap Reefs Light lies near the outlet of the bay and the approach to the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Whitefish Point Lighthouse is the oldest active light on Lake Superior.
Major ports on the Great Lakes Waterway include Duluth-Superior, Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Two Harbors, Hamilton and Thunder Bay. [4] Shipping channels separate upbound traffic from downbound traffic. The upbound direction is away from the St. Lawrence River (westerly or northerly except in Lake Michigan where upbound is southerly).
The Duluth MN–WI Metropolitan Area, [2] commonly called the Twin Ports, is a small metropolitan area centered around the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. The Twin Ports are located at the western part of Lake Superior (the westernmost part of North America 's Great Lakes ) and together are considered one of the larger ...
DULUTH — The Adella Shores, loaded with salt and on its way to Duluth in May 1909, was nearly a week late when crews from other vessels came into the port with tales of the floating debris ...
Whitefish Bay is an unincorporated community on the Lake Michigan shoreline in the town of Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin. [1] [2] Native Americans, likely the Menominee, called Whitefish Bay Ah-Quas-He-Ma-Ganing ("save our lives"). [3] Glidden Drive stretches along the shore in Whitefish Bay.
Perched on the shores of Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, life in Duluth is ruled by the whims of the lake. And the lake likes to keep things cool.
Many credit Scandinavian immigrants for bringing the fish boil to Door County. Fish boils were originally used to feed large crowds of lumberjacks and fishermen. It was a quick economic way to feed large groups of people. It later became an attraction at restaurants. [1]
Vermilion Point is a remote, undeveloped shore in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.Located 9.75 miles (15.69 km) west of Whitefish Point, Michigan, this historic spot lies on a stretch of Lake Superior’s southeast coast known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" or the "Shipwreck Coast".