U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District

Guardians of the Great Lakes

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Guardians of the Great Lakes

D9 PHOTO COLLAGE The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes is responsible for all Coast Guard operations throughout the five Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence Seaway and parts of the surrounding states including 6,700 miles of shoreline and 1,500 miles of the international border with Canada. The 6,000 active duty, reserve, civilian and auxiliary men and women who make up the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes deliver multi-mission services in search and rescue, maritime safety and security, environmental protection, maritime law enforcement, aids to navigation and icebreaking.

U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes
1240 East Ninth Street
Cleveland, OH 44199
(216) 902-6000

U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Command Center - 1-800-321-4400
Emergency Dismissal Plan Hotline - 216-902-6185

🚨❄️WINTER STORM WARNING A winter storm is expected impact the #GreatLakes District this weekend. Be sure to #HaveAPlan & let someone know where you will be! The U.S. Coast Guard remains #AlwaysReady to safeguard lives, protect waterways, & respond to #Emergencies #USCG https://t.co/c38yJSTVc4

#News - @USCG conducts ongoing ice-breaking operations in the #GreatLakes as part of #OperationTaconite & #OperationCoalShovel Our #IceBreaking cutters ensure the movement of commerce by keeping our waterways open. Read More Below: https://t.co/G4y4WreO6d #SemperParatus

#BZ to USCGC Neah Bay for conducting a direct assist today on #LakeErie Neah Bay provided help to the M/V American Spirit that was transiting the #GreatLakes & escorted the vessel to its destination in Toledo, OH. #IceBreaking #VesselSafety #SemperParatus https://t.co/CmzwFpZhxd

#News - #USCG is scheduled to close Pipe Island Passage in the #StMarysRiver on Jan. 22, 2026 at 10 a.m. #LakeHuron The Pipe Island Course will become a two-way route. Read more: https://t.co/5uwSbhnJ6a

#News - #USCG Captain of the Port Northern #GreatLakes is scheduled to close the waters between #StIgnace and #MackinacIsland in #LakeHuron on Jan. 20, 2026 at 1 p.m., to facilitate growth of the ice bridge between St. Ignace and Mackinac Island Read more https://t.co/6sRUgwtC6O

#News - Commercial #Icebreaking operations are scheduled to take place in the Port of #Escanaba #Michigan #LakeMichigan on Jan. 18-21, 2026. Use caution on the ice and please stay away from areas where ice-breaking operations are U/W! Read more below: https://t.co/0d5RKAGfg4

#NEWS - @USCG SEC NGL is set to close Grays Reef Passage on #LakeMichigan, on Thursday at 4 p.m. #VTS #GreatLakes #MarineTraffic Read below for more ⬇️ https://t.co/euwjTLWCF3

#News - @USCG Sector Eastern Great Lakes held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new STA/ANT building in #Buffalo #NewYork today. RADM Russell E. Dash, commander, #GreatLakes District, alongside other command staff and partner agencies attended the ceremony https://t.co/mFfv2i4kr9

#News- Earlier today, SEC NGL received report of a pediatric patient on Beaver Island requiring higher-level care. @USCG AIRSTA #TraverseCity conducted a medevac from a remote clinic, transporting the patient and chaperone to the AIRSTA where awaiting EMS transferred the patient. https://t.co/sGjAgHpHwJ

(2/2) 6 cutters & roughly 140 crew members, are currently operating on the #GreatLakes & have assisted 5 vessels since Friday These cutters maintain ice tracks & can perform direct assists to keep the #MarineTransportationSystem safe in icy conditions PC: @LanceAerialMedia

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