Lake Superior Regional Information

Learn about what is happening in this photo of Lake Superior.

When it's windy you can see the resuspended sediment from this live webcam operated by Dr. Jay Austin at the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) on the U. of Minnesota-Duluth campus.

There's another cam on the other side of the lake at the Granite Island Light Station.

You can use our Data Viewer to view real-time temperature and other meteorological data from an offshore buoy installed by LLO near the Duluth city water intake.

Explore the Lake Superior Region

• Understanding NE Minnesota Waters (exit)
• Lake Superior Recreational Resources

• Fisheries Information
• Trout Streams in the Superior Basin

Lake Superior and Superior Basin Information

• Minnesota Sea Grant - Lake Superior (exit)
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Lake Superior Basin (exit)
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Lake Superior (exit)
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Program (exit)
  • Coastal Horizons Newsletter (exit)
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Superior Basin (exit)
• Wisconsin Superior Basin Partnership (exit)
• Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) (exit)
• Lake Superior Binational Forum (exit)
• Great Lakes Environmental Indicators (GLEI) (exit)
  • GLEI article in Lake Superior Angler (2.0 MB pdf)
• Minnesota Basin Map (exit)
• Wisconsin Basin Map (exit)
• St. Louis River Alliance (exit)
• Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (exit)
  • Draft EIS (large file -- 25 MB pdf)
• North Shore Management Board (exit)
• Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (exit)

See also: Resources in the Citizen/Schools section

Great Lakes Information

• Great Lakes Atlas (exit)
• Environment Canada (exit)

Stormwater and Wastewater Information

Northshore MN Communities

• Grand Marais MN (exit)
• Silver Bay MN (exit)
• Two Harbors MN (exit)

Coastal Zone Counties

Duluth Area Townships

Duluth-Superior Area Colleges

Hermantown MN

Proctor MN

Cloquet MN

Duluth MN Stormwater

• City website (exit)

Superior WI Stormwater

• City website (exit)

Superior WI Area Villages

Duluth/Superior Wastewater

• Duluth MN Wastewater
• Superior WI Wastewater (exit)

Southshore WI Communities

• Ashland WI (exit)

Contact Local Decision Makers

• Elected Officials
• Agencies

Understanding

• Water-borne diseases - streams
• Water-borne diseases - beaches (exit)
• The Natural Landscape
  • Geology
  • Geomorphology
  • Waterfalls
  • Foam
  • Rip Currents
  • Lake Superior Turbidity
  • Lake Effect Snow
  • ICE!
  • Ice Terminology
  • Danger! Thin Ice!
  • Ice Ridges
  • Anchor Ice
  • Beach Ice
  • Superior Ice & Volcanoes