The Great Lakes

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{"text":"Anyone on here very familiar with the history of the Great Lakes? Just doing some reading on down time, wanted to see if anyone has anything to say about experiences on or by the lakes ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true,"externalShare":false}

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796016 发表于 2020-01-26 03:37:10 Canadians burned down my nabor hood in 1812

","text":"first the Canadians burn down the White House and then they send us Justin Bieber... Why do they keep attacking us?","replyToPid":312882}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I saw on the learning channel a story about all the mysterious happenings on Lake Superior. There is an area that has more indecent then the Bermuda triangle.  That same documentary talked about the Edmund Fitzgerald. \nLake Superior / Lake Getchegumee\nIf  I'm remembering correctly they found the Edmund Fitzgerald,  they were planning a dive down to it.  They decided to leave everything alone. Treated it as a memorial. \n\nI live in Minnesota. took the kids up the north shore a couple times a summer. We always just love it..\n\na lot of the north shore was shaped by lava flows. \nbecause of that there are agates called Last Superior Agates. \n\nThere was a state park we use to go to all the time \nGooseberry Falls . it's where the gooseberry river dumps into the lake there are multiple falls the cool part is that they are so smooth that they are a natural wet slide. \n\nThen there is the boundary waters national park and canoe area that's the area that goes from Lake of the Woods to Lake Superior between Minnesota and Canada.  one word. Incredible. \nYou can't talk about Lake Superior  with out talking about the \"smelt run\" it truly an experience.","replyToPid":0}

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719873 发表于 2020-01-26 01:20:54 look up the Edmund Fitzgerald

","text":"We Canadians sank it with our super secret sub","replyToPid":312673}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I spent 2 years on Lake Michigan while in the USCG. I can tell you, at the south end near Calumet city and Hammond, IN the water is green and brown. Once you hit Wilmette and go up to Michigan it is a beautiful blue. It is a little over 900 feet deep and I couldn't tell you the number of people I have pulled out of there. That thought big waves only happen on the ocean. I was in 18 foot waves in Lake Michigan in a 21 foot RHIB.","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"duluth,mn. one of my all time favorite city's.  south end of lake superior.","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"look up the Edmund Fitzgerald","replyToPid":0}

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900409 发表于 2020-01-26 03:01:39 We were drunk on screech and swish. \n\nSame excuse we use for everything. \n\nWhen we burnt down the Whitehouse in 1812 same thing. \n\nIf you look close at historical paintings out can see the empty bottles chucked about.

","text":"Canadians burned down the White House? I didn't know that... You guys really are a bunch of hosers a...","replyToPid":312842}

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834825 发表于 2020-01-26 03:41:34 first the Canadians burn down the White House and then they send us Justin Bieber... Why do they keep attacking us?

","text":"Could have forgiven them for the White House...But that Bieber Blabber Bubblehead was just too much","replyToPid":312885}

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796016 发表于 2020-01-26 03:43:54 well there is a few good things from Canada. A&W's and you can't forget Labat Blue

","text":"that's true and their mounties do wear those cool hats","replyToPid":312887}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Thank you\nI was seeing a lot about just how rough the water could be. Especially in the winter. Hence lots and lots of vessels have gone down. Makes sense that there would be a lot of rescue attempts for people. There were references that basically Superior and Michigan can be every bit as rough as the Bearing sea. It is hard to imagine that on lakes, but it aslo proves the old point to never underestimate the power of flowing water. It can eat your lunch in a heartbeat and keep on rolling like you were never there\nThanks again for sharing your information and story. And thank you for being in the USCG and helping so many people","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"That was actually part of what made me want to dig into the history of the lakes 😊  One of my boys did a history report years ago about the Edmund Fitzgerald. Then I heard the Gordon Lightfoot song the other day and just figured I'd do some reading about the lakes...Been very interesting so far. Was hoping maybe to hear some first hand accounts of experiences from locals or visitors","replyToPid":0}

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901782 发表于 2020-01-26 01:46:11 duluth,mn. one of my all time favorite city's.  south end of lake superior.

","text":"What makes it one of your favorites?","replyToPid":312715}

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780067 发表于 2020-01-26 01:48:54 What makes it one of your favorites?

","text":"It's just awesome. the huge freighters that you can watch come into port.  check YouTube lots of vids. railroads, lots of history.  great city. when nice weather.  winter can be brutal.","replyToPid":312722}

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901782 发表于 2020-01-26 01:52:19 It's just awesome. the huge freighters that you can watch come into port.  check YouTube lots of vids. railroads, lots of history.  great city. when nice weather.  winter can be brutal.

","text":"I sure will look them up...I'd like to get to see some of those freighters up close some time.  It's got to be quite the sight to behold to see them in port \n\nThanks for your input!! 😊","replyToPid":312729}

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780067 发表于 2020-01-26 01:56:46 I sure will look them up...I'd like to get to see some of those freighters up close some time.  It's got to be quite the sight to behold to see them in port \n\nThanks for your input!! 😊

","text":"famous for its lift bridge and canal.  you can be feet from the freighters.  wish I had a freighter horn on my rig.","replyToPid":312733}

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901782 发表于 2020-01-26 02:21:09 famous for its lift bridge and canal.  you can be feet from the freighters.  wish I had a freighter horn on my rig.

","text":"Freighter horn instead of the train horns! You'd definitely get noticed!\n\nHang on, I just got hacked 🧐","replyToPid":312759}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"the Great Lakes were formed when massive glaciers started to melt at the end of the last ice age... as they melted they slid South and dug massive craters in the ground... I didn't Google that either so I could be wrong but that's the story that I heard","replyToPid":0}