Father Claude Allouez, commissioned by the French government to map Lake Superior, encountered a group of Dakota at Fond du Lac who spoke of their villages on Sandy Lake.

Also, as it turned out, for the Lake Superior State Water Trail. Going through our file of outdoor travel maps, Sallie had found a pocket-size guide that one of must have picked up nearly two ...

The second map of Minnesota's Lake Superior Water Trail came out this spring. Two maps to go and the water trail will be complete, giving sea kayakers a safer opportunity to paddle the North Shore ...

An incredibly wet year has helped push Lake Superior nearly a foot above its normal water level and inches from its record high level for this time of year while causing headaches for waterfront ...

Wisconsin has one of the world's most important bodies of water right next door. Nope, we're not talking about Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior. We're talking about the Mississippi River. The river ...

Some Lake Superior shoreline residents have complained that not enough water is being let out of the big lake through control structures on the St. Mary’s River in Sault Ste. Marie.

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has been fighting Enbridge to get Line 5 out of their watershed. Supporting Line 5 undermines the tribe's sovereignty and land rights promised by a ...

A new book looks at the disappearance of the French naval warships with 78 men aboard, the greatest loss of life on Lake Superior.

DULUTH - The French sailors' spirits must have been running high as they headed out onto Lake Superior on that November day 99 years ago.After a long journey from France in what would turn out to ...

A major new search effort hopes to discover how two French ships vanished without a trace in the waters of Lake Superior.

Maybe this will help put its size and movements in perspective: A drop of water that fell into Lake Superior in October, 1826 has finally reached the St. Mary's River this month.

Michigan is shaped by its waterways, making it particularly susceptible to potential water-level changes caused by climate change.