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Celebrate Lake Superior Day in Copper Harbor Sunday

Sunday, July 21 is Lake Superior Day, and a special public celebration is planned from 1 to 4 p.m. in Copper Harbor. The Lake Superior Day community picnic and festival will be at the 6th Street dock on the Copper Harbor Boardwalk.

Festivities include a fish boil and other local foodstuffs, a talk about the health of Lake Superior by Michigan Tech PhD student Marcel Dijkestra, demonstrations of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) built by the Dollar Bay High School Enterprise SOAR (Student Organization of Aquatic Robotics) team, kayaking demonstrations, live music and more.

Celebrated annually since the early 1990s, Lake Superior Day is observed around the lake basin on the third Sunday in July. With 917 shoreline miles, Lake Superior represents more than a quarter of the state of Michigan’s shoreline. Its beauty draws tourists and recreational users, while its natural resources provide local jobs, making the lake an economic engine for the region. Lake Superior also plays an important role in the transportation of raw materials from the upper reaches of the Great Lakes basin down to the cities of the lower Great Lakes and beyond.

Lake Superior continues to face environmental challenges such as the threat of new aquatic invasive species, pollution from its watersheds and toxic contaminants in fish and wildlife. Michigan has taken a lead role in protecting, restoring and monitoring the natural assets associated with Lake Superior. Since 2010, more than $20 million from sources including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the State of Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program has been awarded to groups in Michigan to help protect and restore the big lake.

For additional program information contact

Dr. Guy Meadows
Director, Great Lakes Research Initiatives
307 Great Lakes Research Center
Ph: (906) 487-1106
gmeadows@mtu.edu

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