Buoys 1, 11, and 12 in southern Lake Huron were the last of 81 buoys from Buffalo, N.Y., to Sault Ste. Marie to be hauled onto the deck of the 225-foot buoy tender Saturday, said Ensign Philip ...

The last time NOAA sent a ship of the Jefferson’s size and capability to the Great Lakes was the early 1990s, when the NOAAS Whiting, a 1960s era vessel with a storied career, mapped Lake Huron ...