Are there whales in lake erie

Investigate TV. Gray DC Bureau. Latest Newscasts. Why are there whales painted on that Cleveland building on Lake Erie's coast? By Amanda Harnocz. Updated: Apr. Share on Facebook. Email This Link. Share on Twitter. Share on Pinterest. Share on LinkedIn. Most Read. Tornadoes leave path of destruction in several Northeast Ohio counties.

Could whale watching on the Great Lakes be the next big thing? NOAA photo. The discovery of whale fossils was first documented in Michigan in and whale bones and teeth have been found here ever since, proving the existence of finback, sperm, and right whales in the region. And where there are whales, there are whale watchers, right? Indeed, say those in the know. A recent edition of Seiche , the Minnesota Sea Grant newsletter from the University of Minnesota, addressed reported whale sightings in Lake Superior and referenced the unofficial source for info on the subject, the North Shore Visitor website featuring Freshwater Whale Watching Along the North Shore.

Most Lake Superior whale sightings are reported between March and the end of October, but whale spotter Marissa from Minneapolis declared a February sighting, the earliest showing in the few years that the FWWANS web page has been online.

Aerial Bridge, Duluth Minnesota Seiche photo. Membership in the loosely knit Lake Superior Whale Watching Society is open to all who are interested in the marine mammals; you need not have witnessed a whale in the Great Lakes to join. The award-winning Pure Michigan advertising campaign has yet to feature the activity. Perhaps the cause of Great Lakes whale watching needs the same publicity machine behind the Asian carp story.

Afterall, stories about those fish and their potential threat to the freshwater seas seem to surface often in the news, despite the fact that no one has reported seeing an Asian carp in the Great Lakes. Still, this seems the appropriate time to alert you to the website under development, so be sure to Like us on Facebook and share your email address click here and sign up at the lower right to receive alerts about the launch of GLWWS and other news from Great Lakes Gazette. I have been scuba diving West Bay many years and have never seen the whales till now.

Keep those pictures coming. I would just like to correct one inaccuracy. It is always early April, he likes cooler water but not ice! OMG Thank you! Good one, Jane! A few minutes ago, I was chatting with […].

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