Re:Are the Great Lakes really inland seas?
by RajT88 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @04:47PM
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IL local and fisherman here.
The beaches can have algal blooms which make it smelly some days, and of course there's the history of the dead alewives (but that's not really an issue anymore).
Most days the beaches are lovely, the water clear and nice smelling. The farther you get from big cities, the more true that is. I spent a week on North Manitou Island once. It was incredibly beautiful, like if Hawaii was freaking freezing all the time.
The fish near Chicago have some issues, but it's less Mercury and more PCB's and other toxins.
The beaches can have algal blooms which make it smelly some days, and of course there's the history of the dead alewives (but that's not really an issue anymore).
Most days the beaches are lovely, the water clear and nice smelling. The farther you get from big cities, the more true that is. I spent a week on North Manitou Island once. It was incredibly beautiful, like if Hawaii was freaking freezing all the time.
The fish near Chicago have some issues, but it's less Mercury and more PCB's and other toxins.
https://dph.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idph/publica...