Enjoying Watersports on Lake Superior
Learn to kayak or do stand-up paddle boarding this summer with the YMCA! Marquette, MI – The ice-bergs in Lake Superior have melted at last and summer has finally arrived! Time to start getting out and enjoying some of the great recreational sports that make living in the Upper Peninsula unique. Saturday June 28th, 2014 […]
We’re Holding Our Own: Tale From The SS Edmund Fitzgerald
written by: Ryan Stephens | Ghosts are forces of nature with unfinished business. They simply have something they need to accomplish before they move on. The water is dark as used motor oil and as cold as ice. Even through my six inch thick diving suit, Lake Superior chills me to the bone. I am […]
Microbeads Were a Terrible Idea And They’re Coming Back to Haunt Us
Microbeads—the tiny plastic spheres used as exfoliants in face wash, toothpaste and just about any other beauty products on the shelves—were a really, really bad idea. Our wastewater treatment plants aren’t designed to handle them, they don’t biodegrade and there are now a mind-boggling volume of microbeads winding up in all the wrong places. A […]
Cliff Diving in Marquette Michigan
Put Some Adventure Into Your Outdoor Experience
The city of Marquette is not known for its bustling streets or night life when the city rests. It is known for its pristine wooded areas and the sheer beauty of the nature surrounding the city in every direction you travel. There are plenty of things to do in the outdoors when you visit Marquette […]
Facts For World Water Day
A look at how water has and will continue to shape human culture.
Have you ever stopped to think just how water has shaped humanity and it’s many cultures? Despite the diversity we find from place to place one thing is common to all; that without water there is no humanity. In preparation for World Water Day on March 22, 2015 we wanted to share the importance of […]
Kite Skiing on Lake Superior
Marquette, MI – March 25, 2014 – This year’s winter of record breaking frigid cold has brought the Great Lakes ice cover to reach 91 percent, a level not seen since 1973. Here an Upper Peninsula resident takes advantage of the frozen waters by kite skiing on Lake Superior. You could say kite skiing is […]
