Flooding along Lake Ontario. A sunken ship.Eerie waves. A dissected Asian carp. All images from a memorable 2017 -- and part of Great Lakes Today reporting that ranged from Montreal to Duluth. Take a look at our favorite photos of the year.
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![After heavy spring rains, flooding hit the shoreline of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bd3ef90/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x536+0+0/resize/880x590!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Flake_ontario_no_wake_sign.jpg)
VERONICA VOLK /
![A lake sturgeon study was threatened by President Trump's budget plan.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b090d56/2147483647/strip/true/crop/855x960+0+0/resize/880x988!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2F19113848_1339671949486198_7688991322010000881_n.jpg)
ANGELICA A. MORRISON /
![Freezing spray from Lake Ontario created this 'ice house.'](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a1f1c0f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x400+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fice_house.jpg)
Veronica Volk /
![Two replica Christopher Columbus ships sparked protests in Oswego, N.Y.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8e7455f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x600+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2FColumbus_Native_American_protest.jpg)
Payne Horning, WRVO News /
![After an Asian carp was found within 10 miles of Lake Michigan, scientists dissected it for clues about its travels.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37fad75/2147483647/strip/true/crop/710x340+0+0/resize/880x421!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fasian_carp_cross_section.jpg)
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!["Eerie Erie," an other-worldly image from Ontario photographer Dave Sandford.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/844f489/2147483647/strip/true/crop/480x336+0+0/resize/880x616!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2FDaveSandford_EerieErie_large.png)
Courtesy of Dave Sandford /
![Tourists on the Maid of the Mist tour boat in Niagara Falls.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a5251b4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/729x960+0+0/resize/880x1159!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2F20526279_1386869508099775_9109389880143063214_n.jpg)
ANGELICA A. MORRISON /
![Bald eagles are being poisoned from eating lead shot in carcasses.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5586451/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x1254+0+0/resize/880x920!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fbald_eagle.jpg)
Angelica A. Morrison /
![](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9c13173/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x485+0+0/resize/880x711!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201711%2Fniagara_falls_blob_twitter__maidofthemist_0.jpg)
Maid of the Mist via Twitter /
![Gord Downie, a Canadian rock icon and Great Lakes supporter, died in October.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a079a10/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x489+0+0/resize/880x538!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fgord_downie.jpg)
Courtesy of the Tragically Hip /
![Gunilda, a luxury yacht, sank in 1911 in Lake Superior.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8dbfe0c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/792x528+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fgunilda_wreck_by_jitka_hanakova.jpg)
Courtesy of Jitka Hanakova /
![Surreal paintings by Alexis Rockman highlighted challenges facing the Great Lakes.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/97fda01/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1000x500+0+0/resize/880x440!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fgreat_lakes_paintings_alexis_rockman.jpg)
Courtesy of Grand Rapids Art Museum /
![The Albany Symphony Orchestra marked the bicentennial of the Erie Canal's beginnings.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4cae9ea/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x564+0+0/resize/880x620!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Ferie_canal_aso_musicians.jpg)
Courtesy of Albany Symphony Orchestra /
![Western N.Y. grape farmers are confronting climate change.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/920ce93/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1824x2850+0+0/resize/880x1375!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fmorrison_grapesedited_2.jpg)
ANGELICA A. MORRISON /
![On some islands in Lake Erie, students fly to school.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9b684c4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fput_in_bay_cockpit.jpg)
Elizabeth Miller /
![In Minnesota, Native Americans preserve the tradition of harvesting wild rice.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c1fe954/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x3000+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fwild_rice_boat_close_up.jpg)
Dan Kraker /
![In March, Great Lakes Today hosted two public meetings of the International Joint Commission.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3871b6d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2400x1538+0+0/resize/880x564!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwbfo2%2Ffiles%2F201712%2Fijc_panelists_screen_0.jpg)
Eileen Elibol /
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