Free rides on the Michigan Technological University research vessel Agassiz will give people a peek at how scientists study the Great Lakes, at the second annual Lake Superior Day Festival on Sunday, July 20 in Copper Harbor. The Agassiz will depart from the Isle Royale Queen dock every half hour from 1 to 4 p.m The excursions are part of the Ride the Waves Program, with funding from General Motors.
Other activities include a community picnic featuring fish stew, homemade pies and rieska (Finnish flatbread), canoe races and kayak demonstrations, interactive art, demonstrations of a remotely operated underwater vehicle by Dollar Bay High School students, live music, poetry and a presentation on the health of the Great Lakes by Marcel Dijkestra, a PhD candidate at Michigan Tech.
Activites will take place at the 6th Street Dock along the Copper Harbor Boardwalk, near Isle Royale Queen boat dock.
Lake Superior Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in July in many communities around Lake Superior. The event, now in its 11th year, is spearheaded by the Lake Superior Binational Forum to highlight the special connections people have to this unique world treasure.
To learn more about Lake Superior Day events around the lake, visit the Lake Superior http://www.superiorforum.org/.
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