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Lake Superior near record-low levels; Big ships, small boats and fish are all...
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...Writer Lake Superior has dropped nearly a foot this year...autumn water level in eight...freshwater lake is largely...for Great Lakes Fleet/Key Lakes Inc., which...the Great ...

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