Thirty minutes after departing, Glen and I are cruising at 7, 000 feet over Lake Michigan.
His goal: to win "the Mac"--Lake Michigan's annual race from Chicago to Mackinac Island.
Mr. Tourre resides in a high-rise building overlooking Lake Michigan and Chicago's stately Field Museum.
It had a bandstand and beer garden, not the smartest attraction, given Lake Michigan's icy winds.
This translates into 4.6 million megaliters of clean water, enough to fill Lake Michigan.
Then there's the weather, which on Lake Michigan can vary enormously from year to year.
Gael-force winds of change off the shores of Lake Michigan have swept through Milwaukee.
This city on the shores of Lake Michigan is enjoying its 21st-century moment.
Our building was on the Magnificent Mile, in downtown Chicago, on a corner a few blocks from Lake Michigan.
They divide their time between the historic Loop district, on the edge of Lake Michigan, and Uptown, further north.
"I would say there's at least some evidence for Asian carp being present in southern Lake Michigan, " Jerde said.
The prime downtown parcel near the city's popular Navy Pier offers views of Lake Michigan and has long tantalized investors.
It has the best pizza, a great skyline, gorgeous Lake Michigan, museums and a diversity of cultures on every corner.
Scientists fear that if they are allowed to travel upstream, they could spawn, multiply and threaten the larger ecosystem of the Lake Michigan.
Fortunately, vast pine forests in Wisconsin and Michigan could be cut and shipped down Lake Michigan to Chicago to support this westward expansion.
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But scientists have detected Asian carp DNA in dozens of water samples collected farther upstream, some just a few miles from Lake Michigan.
The cityscape today is a sheet of steel stalagmites, scored with the trails of highway lights curving around the rim of Lake Michigan.
On January 17, 1900, the locks of the canal were opened and water began to flow from Lake Michigan downstream towards New Orleans.
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Jenn Gibbons, 27, embarked in mid-June on a solo 1, 500-mile rowing trip around Lake Michigan, to raise money for breast cancer survivors.
Johnsen discovered that four Porsches had been used during filming, including a gutted one that, in another memorable scene, plunges into Lake Michigan.
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Chicago's plan revolves around providing a compact event in the middle of the city, on the shores of Lake Michigan, using many established venues.
Lanier said she bikes around Chicago often, but the city's best outdoor offering is Lake Michigan, and that still feels pretty urban, she said.
From Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry, famous architects from the last 100 years have peppered the shoreline of Lake Michigan with their worthy creations.
The city's plan revolves around providing a compact event in the middle of the city, on the shores of Lake Michigan, using many established venues.
The February 2011 blizzard embarrassed the city when hundreds of cars and buses were entombed in snow on the roadway that runs along Lake Michigan.
Bob Manglitz, president and CEO of Lake Michigan Carferry, said the agreement would keep the Badger afloat and save the jobs of more than 200 employees.
Emily calls the shores of Lake Michigan home and loves curling up with a book (or knitting) and a mug of tea on a blustery day.
They have advanced to within 55 miles of Lake Michigan in the Illinois River, which connects with a shipping canal and other waters that reach Lake Michigan.
None are known to have reached the lakes, although their DNA has been found in Lake Erie and in Chicago waterways a short distance from Lake Michigan.
Some advocates wants billion-dollar barriers constructed to seal off Lake Michigan from the Mississippi watershed, which opponents say would disrupt shipping traffic and cause flooding around Chicago.
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