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Saturday, December 08, 2012  The Grand Marais Breakwater Project should be completed in a matter of days

Thursday, September 13, 2012  After nearly four months of construction, crews placed the last pieces of rocks in the breakwater Wednesday

Friday, June 22, 2012  The Army Corps of Engineers has announced it is indefinitely suspending construction on their portion of the breakwater project

Monday, June 04, 2012  The first rocks arrived in Grand Marais Thursday for the new breakwater

Monday, April 23, 2012  It's been 50 years since residents and tourists in Grand Marais have seen a functioning breakwater harbor, and in just over a month crews will start construction

Friday, March 23, 2012  After a long fight, the little Lake Superior shoreline town of Grand Marais has seen a dream turn into reality

Thursday, December 15, 2011  The "little township that could" just received the permit from the Army Corps Thursday afternoon

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  The Department of Environmental Quality recently granted Burt Township the permit to build a new breakwater and save the harbor, which is filling with sediment but they're still waiting on a permit and funding from the Army Corps of Engineers

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  The township wants to start construction by the middle of October in order to finish it by May 2012

Friday, January 14, 2011