St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation

Canada: Making tracks to Quebec's Le Massif de Charlevoix

2012-12-13 06:45:00

A ski vacation deep in the heart of Francophone Quebec is an adventure in its own right. But at Le Massif de Charlevoix, a year-round resort about 90 miles northeast of Quebec City, getting to the slopes by rail adds to the experience. Not content to...

New York's Erie Canal by boat

2011-01-23 00:00:00

"Now I know what's meant by 'steering committee,'" the lock tender said with a laugh as the water, rushing through the sluice gates of Erie Canal Lock 32, raised us to his level. Karin was at the tiller of Seneca, our 42-foot charter boat, and I had my...

Matt Weinstock, Jan. 6, 1960

2010-01-06 16:32:49

'The Winter Vault' by Anne Michaels

2009-05-24 00:00:00

The Winter Vault A Novel Anne Michaels Alfred A. Knopf: 342 pp., $25 We regularly hear that progress entails loss. We come across it ourselves every time smog blurs the skyline or the computers we don't really command crash -- something typewriters...

Explore temples, pagodas

2004-08-08 00:00:00

SOUTHEAST ASIA Discover the steamy allure of some of the world's newest vacation hot spots on 16-day tours to the legendary kingdoms of Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). The Southeast Asia tours, offered Oct. 14, Dec. 30 and Feb. 3, will visit the...

Finding sandwich bliss

2012-10-26 15:48:32

Saltie is a sandwich shop, about as big as a saltbox, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I ate there in April 2011 and still think about the sandwiches my companions and I sampled and shared. We tried the Captain's Daughter, whose combination of top-shelf...

From canals to clocks: Famous Chicago conventions

2012-05-20 00:00:00

The NATO summit, which opens Sunday with more than 60 heads of state expected to attend, is the most august such gathering in Chicago history. As far as conventions go, though, the number of participants is middling compared with others the city regularly...

Taken For Granted: A sailor, his ship, his legacy

2011-10-14 16:31:00

The sleek, 130-foot yacht dwarfed the wooden replica tied up alongside. Five hundred years of maritime progress was on display. During a brief stay in Frankfort Harbor, the Ni�a drew the curious to this small northern Michigan town, providing a unique...

Report: U.S., Canada scrap Seaway expansion idea

2011-08-16 06:04:00

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A published report says the United States and Canada don't believe the St. Lawrence Seaway needs to be expanded to allow larger, ocean-bound ships to enter the system. The Watertown Daily Times reports that the U.S. Army...

Odawa tribal citizen nominated for seaway board

2011-09-23 09:17:00

President Barack Obama nominated Wenona Singel, a tribal citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, earlier this month to be a member of the Advisory Board of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Singel’s nomination was sent to...

Study: Great Lakes shipping important to economy

2011-10-18 08:45:00

TRAVERSE CITY — A newly released study says the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway maritime industry supports 227,000 jobs and generates billions of dollars in wages, tax revenue and purchases. The industry-funded analysis released Tuesday...

Agencies getting tough with ship ballast dumping

2011-02-06 10:49:00

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — After decades of delay, government officials are beginning to crack down on cargo ships that allow foreign invasive species to hitchhike to U.S. waters, where they have turned ecosystems upside down and caused billions of...

A passenger train carrying skiers and sightseers through frozen Quebec province travels along the St. Lawrence Seaway on the way to Le Massif de Charlevoix ski resort.

2012-12-12 19:13:47

What: The Quebec Maritimes were sculpted by the Ice Age, and much like Kenya, offers a scenic, adventurous yet laid-back outdoor escape. During late summer and fall, kayak or bicycle along the "whale route" of the St. Lawrence Seaway for sightings of blues, belugas, minkes, and humpbacks.

2010-08-03 14:08:05

, he served stateside as commander of a tank corps training center. A career soldier, he rose to brigadier general between the wars. In 1942 he was Allied commander in chief for U.S.

2008-12-02 17:44:17