MEDIA KIT 2019
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EDITORIAL GREAT LAKES NATIONAL SPACE MATERIALS ISSUE FEATURES DESTINATIONS BOAT SHOWS RESERVATION DUE
Lansing Boat Show Chicago Boat, RV & Sail Show LAKE SUPERIOR Minneapolis Boat Show Rossport Islands/Nipigon Bay, ON Toronto International Boat Show Mid-America Boat Show (Cleveland) 11/30/18 12/07/18 LAKE MICHIGAN Saugatuck/Douglas, MI Milwaukee Boat Show Winter New Boat Models Duluth Boat, Sports, Travel & RV Show January LAKE HURON/GEORGIAN BAY Grand Rapids Boat Show Issue is available & Grand Bend, ON Fort Wayne Boat Show 12/31/18 February After-Market Upgrades LAKE ERIE/LAKE ST. CLAIR Miami International Boat Show through 03/15/19 Detroit, MI Spring Fishing & Boat Show (Mississauga, ON) Detroit Boat Show LAKE ONTARIO/LAKE SIMCOE Hamilton, ON Western New York Boat Show (Buffalo) London Boat, Fishing & Leisure Show Hamilton Boat Show Northern Illinois Boat Show
LAKE SUPERIOR Milwaukee Sports Show Batchawana Bay, ON Novi Boat Show 02/05/19 02/12/19 LAKE MICHIGAN Green Bay, WI Spring Palm Beach International Boat Show March LAKE HURON/GEORGIAN BAY 1000 Islands-Clayton Issue is available & Women in Boating North Channel/Manitoulin Island, ON Spring Boat Show 03/05/19 April LAKE ERIE/LAKE ST. CLAIR Erie Canal/The Tonawandas, NY Traverse City Boat Show through 05/15/19 LAKE ONTARIO/LAKE SIMCOE Annapolis Spring Boat Show Niagara River Region, NY
LAKE SUPERIOR Minneapolis, MN Catawba Island Boat Show 03/29/19 04/05/19 LAKE MICHIGAN Launch Chain O’Lakes, WI Great Lakes Boating Festival May Safety, Preparedness, (Grosse Pointe, MI) LAKE HURON/GEORGIAN BAY Issue is available & & Basic Boating Law June Mackinaw City, MI Bay Harbor In-Water Boat Show 04/24/19 LAKE ERIE/LAKE ST. CLAIR (Prior to Memorial Day weekend) Catawba Island, OH HarborFest Boat Show through 07/15/19 & Music Festival (Chicago) LAKE ONTARIO/LAKE SIMCOE Rochester, NY
LAKE SUPERIOR Apostle Islands, WI Clayton Antique Boat Show 05/30/19 06/06/19 LAKE MICHIGAN Port Sanilac Antique Boat Manitowoc, WI Summer & Vintage Show Environmental Impact July LAKE HURON/GEORGIAN BAY North American Demo Boat Show Issue is available & City of Owen Sound, ON of Boating (Cedar Point) August 06/27/19 LAKE ERIE/LAKE ST. CLAIR (Prior to July 4th weekend) Port Credit In-Water Boat Show Dunkirk/Chautauqua County, NY through 09/15/19 LAKE ONTARIO/LAKE SIMCOE Toledo Antique & Classic Boat Show Peterborough & The Kawarthas, ON
LAKE SUPERIOR Metro Boat Show Hancock, MI Newport International Boat Show 08/01/19 08/08/19 LAKE MICHIGAN TrawlerFest Bay Bridge Northport, MI Fall It’s What’s Inside… Int’l Boatbuilders Exhibition September LAKE HURON/GEORGIAN BAY Issue is available A look at boating & Conference (IBEX) & Port Austin, MI 08/27/19 interiors and décor United States Sailboat Show October LAKE ERIE/LAKE ST. CLAIR through 11/15/19 Algonac, MI United States Powerboat Show LAKE ONTARIO/LAKE SIMCOE Fort Lauderdale Sackets Harbor, NY International Boat Show 35+ BOAT 10/04/19 10/11/19 Year End New Products for 2020 November SHOWS & Boating Apparel IN 2019! Issue is available December & Accessories ◀ 2018 10/30/19 BUYER’S and throughout 2020 GUIDE Schreiber • • Rossport •Terrace Bay OUR COVERAGE AREA & DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS
Rossport, ON • Thunder Bay • U.S. TERRITORIES Crane Lake MID ATLANTIC 6.7% 788,962 0.3% 30,251 • Wawa REGIONAL BOAT Grand Portage • LAKE N. ATLANTIC CANADA 9.1% Grand Marais• SUPERIOR REGISTRATIONS 1,078,920 The Great Lakes region GREAT LAKES 26.8% Copper• accounted for 26.8% GULF COAST Harbor 3,179,916 MINNESOTAM NNESOT Silver Bay• of boats registered by 10.6% • Hancock Gay the states in 2016. The 1,149,997 Apostle Islands, WI • • region also had the most Knife River Houghton PACIFIC • • boats per capita with • Longville Cornucopia • • 9.7% • Ontonagon Big Bay INLAND Duluth• Baraga• •Goulais River one registered boat for Port Wing• Bayfield••La Pointe • 1,274,296 18.8% • L’Anse Manitoulin Island in Superior • every 6.4 households. SOUTH •McGregor Washburn Sault Ste. Marie North Channel, ON 2,232,954 • •Bessemer Marquette Sault Ste. Marie • ATLANTIC Nisswa Ashland • • • Echo Bay • Crosslake • Saxon• • 17.9% • • Cable Brimley Marietta • Desbarats • Kerrick • • Brainerd • • Bruce Mines 2,126,515 Barbeau •Blind River • Spanish SOURCE: USCG, US CENSUS BUREAU Richards Landing Killarney QUEBEC MICHIGAN • DeTour Village • Little Current• • •• • Drummond • Hayward Hessel Cedarville Island Ottawa Kipling • Rapid River St. Ignace • •Mackinac Island • Manotick• • Gladstone • Escanaba • Garden Mackinaw City • •Manistique Beaver Island • Cheboygan •Ford River•Ford • Pellston • • Mullet Lake Carling Brutus• •• Topinabee •Sauk Rapids •Alanson Rogers City GEORGIAN • •Cumberland Harbor Springs • •St. Cloud Balsam Lake • • Oden • LAKE Ham Cedar River• Washington Island Bay Harbor••Petoskey Indian River • • Tobermory Lake • Presque Isle BAY Monticello• •Forest Lake • • Walloon Lake Ramsey • Green Bay, WI Ellison Bay Gills Rock Charlevoix Albertville•• • Anoka • •• •Boyne City HURON •Lion’s Head Rogers • Holcombe •Sister Bay • • Roseville Stillwater Northport East Jordan Boyne Falls •Alpena Tiny Port Severn Independence • Menominee• • Ephraim • • • • • • • Penetanguishene Coldwater Rockport •Minneapolis New Richmond• Fish Creek Leland Torch Lake Gaylord • • Cumberland Beach Lansdowne Prairie Farm Marinette• • Baileys Harbor • • Midland• • • • • Spring Park Wayzata • St. Paul •Oak Park Hts. 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