Great Lakes Waterway River between Huron and Erie. Usually, one or more U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers help keep the water passage open for part of the fall and early winter, although shipping usually ceases for two to three months thereafter. The Great Lakes Waterway is co-administered by the governments of Canada and the United States of America. The waterway allows passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland port of Duluth on Lake Superior, a distance of and to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, at . Together with the Saint Lawrence Seaway, the Waterway allows both ocean-going vessels and the ore, grain and coal-bearing
Lake Superior Stele Arts Board. The program funds the acquisition of art to be displayed in state buildings that are accessible to the public. Lake Superior Stele Lake Superior Stele is a relief sculpture created by Wenzhi Zhang, a notable Chinese artist and educator. Consisting of 120 individual stoneware tiles attached to a steel framework, Lake Superior Stele spans two stories of the Academic and Student Services Building on the campus of Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minnesota. The piece was officially unveiled in March 2008. The mural combines representations of the region's iconic architecture, culture, industrial heritage and landscapes into an intricately