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Survey: St. Louis River Estuary walleye population is up

DULUTH, Minn. — The walleye population in the St. Louis River Estuary, roaming between the Fond du Lac dam on the river and sometimes far out into Lake Superior, is strong and growing.

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Minnesota warden Keith Olson retiring after 34 years on Lake Superior

DULUTH, Minn. — Keith Olson was piloting the 27-foot Department of Natural Resources patrol boat through the Duluth Ship Canal, close to the north pier, back into the harbor after a couple hours of checking Lake Superior anglers.

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Pretty in pink: Beach stands out from gray rocks along Superior's North Shore

MINNEAPOLIS — In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, one beach in northern Minnesota stands out. While most of Lake Superior's iconic shoreline is gray rock, this stretch is a surprising pink.

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With the arrival of spring temps, ice coverage on Lake Michigan is likely to end up just below average this season

CHICAGO — As ice coverage across the Great Lakes falls from winter highs with spring and summer warming ahead, Lake Michigan is likely to end up with a just-below-average season.

Chicago Tribune

A Michigan marvel: Grand Island's ice caves reveal brutal beauty

MUNISING, Mich. — Along the eastern shore of Lake Superior's Grand Island, giant icicles drip from the cliffs like fangs, a fitting reminder that winter in the Upper Peninsula has a bite.

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Dennis Anderson: A venture off the Gunflint Trail leads, through snow and over thick ice, to lake trout

ON THE GUNFLINT TRAIL – The recent cold that enveloped Minnesota's northern border bottomed out at 37 below zero, a temperature that would test the mettle of Pete Harris' blaze orange deer-hunting outfit. Fortunately, a heat wave had moved in and as we slid Pete's snowmobile off its trailer, the…

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Shipwreck hunters find wreck claimed by Lake Superior in 1891

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. — Explorers have found the wreckage of a schooner-barge that sank in a Lake Superior gale more than 130 years ago.

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Shipwreck found in Lake Superior – after 131 years

The Atlanta was carrying a load of coal when a storm sank it on 4 May, 1891

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Great Lakes scientists dive into winter research

DULUTH, Minn. — Scientists from across the Great Lakes region know a lot about the water in summer, when they can go out in boats and conduct research under a warm sun.

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An underwater hotel on Lake Superior? The idea is raising eyebrows in Minnesota shore town

DULUTH, Minn. — The mayor of Two Harbors wants to build an underwater hotel in Lake Superior, and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office is being asked to decide whether he has made any unethical moves while promoting the idea with the help of an anonymous self-proclaimed billionaire.

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