Month: June 2017
National Water Trails of the Heartland
The National Water Trails system celebrated its fifth anniversary at the end of February. And a lot has happened to both increase use of America’s amazing water systems, and their stewardship by local communities, since water trails were added to the original National Trails System Act of 1968. Let’s take a look at some around […] Read More
The Complete Listing of Marinas and Locks on the Inland and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
Exploring the Iowa Great Lakes
For more than a century, families have fled the stifling summer heat and crowds in Midwestern cities to seek respite on a cool, distant lakeshore. Twin Cities residents flocked to Lake Minnetonka, in Longfellow’s celebrated “land of the Dacotahs,” while Chicagoans rumbled northward to tony Lake Geneva, Wis. They still do so today. And, in […] Read More
Destination: Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn., a vibrant Midwest lake destination? You better believe it. Completion of the Ft. Loudoun Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1943 created Fort Loudon Lake, which extends from the dam site at Lenoir City upstream about 50 miles to Knoxville, where it slices through downtown. OK, technically it’s the Tennessee River […] Read More