Victory Cruise Line Cancels 2020 Season

Uncertainty about potential restrictions in travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted one cruise line, operating in the Great Lakes, to cancel its remaining cruises in 2020. Victory Cruise Lines, announced it will cancel all planned itineraries for the remainder of the 2020 season

The Lake Huron Shipwreck of the Iron Chief

The picture post on our sister site about the huge dock in Forrestville gives rise to the question. Why did they name the boathouse the Iron Chief? A little exploring showed that there indeed was a ship with this unusual name but she was not made out of iron. Today, she lays in over a hundred feet of water off the shore of the Grindstone City in the Thumb Area Bottomland Preserve

Michigan House Passes Bill Damaging to Commercial Fishing, Faceoff Coming in Senate

The Michigan House passed a trio of related bills that will cease all commercial perch fishing on the state’s Great Lakes. The “Trio” also continues to ban the taking of walleye and lake trout by the remaining 13 commercial fishing companies left in Michigan. The next step will be a vote in the Senate where it will face a competing bill that is less damaging to Michigan commercial fishing