Satellite image of western Lake Erie during the 2011 algal bloom. There are neon green swirls along much of the shoreline extending in some places to the middle of the lake.

MusicNovember 10, 2025November 10, 2025

Open Letters to Lake Erie and Lake Ontario on their Treatment by Gordon Lightfoot in the Sixth Verse of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

I am sure that you’ve been known to steam like a young man’s dreams in your day. I am sure there have been at least a couple people who have felt inspired and wondered what their life held for them while gazing out on your green, musty waters.