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Lake Superior water level up from last year
The total amount of water flowing, raining or melting into Lake
Superior for April was up considerably from its long-term average water
supply for that month. More…
Duluth Hosts “Leatherheads” Stars During Whistle Stop Tour
George Clooney’s new movie “Leatherheads” is the story
of the beginnings of the National Football League, which in actually
started in 1920s when the Duluth (Minnesota) Eskimos became the first
of the officially franchised teams. In the movie, the Eskimos are
called the Bulldogs, and like their namesake, the Bulldogs bulldogged
their way to wins with one rule in mind: “There are no rules.” [with pictures] More…
Make Your Picks for Best Wisconsin Towns
Most Scenic Beauty. Best on a Lake. Best Snowmobiling Getaway. These are among 21 categories for choosing the Best Towns of
Wisconsin. Anyone with Internet access can nominate their favorite
towns with less than 15,000 population. More…
Agate: What Good Is a Moose? Ranks #1 on National List
A small, independent moose made the top of an important national
booksellers list this month. The American Booksellers Association
released its Winter 2007-2008
Book Sense Children’s Picks list in its November 15 issue of
Bookselling This Week. More…
Local Book Wins National Awards
A children’s book by a local author and a local illustrator earned
Silver and Bronze awards in a first-time national children’s book
competition. More…
Traveling By Air? Everyone Needs a Passport
The U.S. government’s passport requirement for air travel between
the United States and Canada again applies to everyone as of Oct. 1. More…
Isle Royale National Park Prohibits Untreated Ballast Water Release
Isle Royale National Park Superintendent, Phyllis Green, announced
emergency restrictions for the Lake Superior waters within Isle Royale
National Park. More…
Heritage Center dedicated at National Monument
The fulfillment of nearly a 50-year-old
promise came to fruition Friday, August 10, 2007, with the grand
opening of the Grand Portage National Monument’s Heritage Center. [with pictures] More…
Dr. Julius F. Wolff Jr. Dies at 89
Dr.
Julius F. Wolff, widely viewed as the top expert on Lake Superior
shipwrecks, died Friday, July 13, 2007, in Duluth. “Julius Wolff was
the dean of Lake Superior shipwreck historians,” says Frederick
Stonehouse, a fellow maritime historian and author who lives in
Marquette. [with picture] More…
Sleeping Giant wins popular vote, but doesn’t make the cut for Seven Wonders of Canada
The Sleeping Giant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, won the
popular vote in the CBC’s Seven Wonders of Canada campaign by a wide
margin. But the three judges, who had to weight several criteria,
didn’t name it among the final seven. More…
Low Water Keeps Wenonah from Isle Royale
Because of low water levels on Lake Superior, there’s not enough water to accommodate the passenger vessel Wenonah at Isle Royale National Park. More …
Bridging the Straits (Michigan History)
As
early as the 1880s, Michiganians talked about building a bridge across
the Straits of Mackinac. When the Grand Hotel opened on Mackinac Island
in 1888, railroad and shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, a member
of the hotel’s board of directors, declared, “What we need is a bridge
across the Straits.” [with picture] More…
To Passport or Not to Passport: The On-Going Question
The latest news in this on-going question of whether
a passport is needed to enter the United States from Canada and Mexico
was muddied Friday (June 8, 2007) with the announcement of temporary
change for the use of U.S. passports, which are required for the first
time this year for air travel from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the
Caribbean. More…
Cindy Hayden Named Business Person of the Year
The
president and co-publisher of Lake Superior Port Cities Inc., Cindy
Marshall Hayden, was honored as the “Business Person of the Year” at
the 15th Annual Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards in Duluth. [with picture] More…
The Most Popular Sight
What unique architectural structure have most Great Lakes sightseers seen, either from a boat or from land? More…
A Tasty Tribute to the Pasty
New
York has its deli sandwiches, Chicago has its pizza … but around Lake
Superior, nothing beats a pasty for local comfort food. [with pictures] More…
Chairman of Lake Superior Port Cities Dies
James R. Marshall, co-owner and chairman of Lake Superior Port Cities Inc., publishers of Lake Superior Magazine, died on Sunday, September 17, 2006, in Duluth, Minnesota. More…
The Island Kingdom of James Strang (Michigan History)
James Jesse Strang possessed grand visions. Born in
New York in 1813, he came to Wisconsin in 1843. It was there that he
had an opportunity to reach his lofty goals of becoming another Caesar
or Napoleon. More…
The Gathering Place (Michigan History)
Today, Sault Ste. Marie is a pretty town located along
the Marys River. It has many restaurants, boat tours and gift shops,
but as Michigan’s oldest settlement, it has a long history. More…
A Boy at Mackinac (Michigan History)
The son of a military surgeon, Harold Corbusier lived
on Mackinac Island from age 10 to 12, and again when he was 19. As a
boy he spent his free time sailing, fishing, ice skating and exploring
the island. He kept a journal about his daily activities. More…
Isle Royale, A Profile (Michigan History)
Isle Royale is one of the largest islands
in the Great Lakes. Located in the northwest corner of Lake Superior,
Isle Royale is actually an archipelago (a series of islands). [with pictures] More…
LSM Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
The owners of Lake Superior Magazine
- James R. Marshall, Cindy Marshall Hayden and Paul Hayden – received a
Lifetime Achievement Award in the prestigious Joel Labovitz
Entrepreneurial Success Awards in Duluth, Minnesota, on Wednesday, May
17. [with picture] More…
U.P. Makes Top 10 Summer Destinations
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has made a Top
10 destination list not just of Michigan, not just of the United
States, but of the whole world. The U.P. is being touted as a Top 10 summer destination by ShermansTravel.com. More…
Ash firewood burning banned at Lakeshore
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has banned ash firewood to prevent
the spread of emerald ash borer. The emerald ash borer is a small,
exotic wood-boring beetle discovered in southeast Michigan in summer
2002. More…
100 Years of Keeping the Lights On
In January 1906, six men from Duluth and
one from St. Paul formed the Duluth-Edison Electric Company,
authorizing $2 million in stock divided into 20,000 shares at $100 each. [with picture] More…
Lake Superior Magazine Makes Chicago Tribune’s Top 50
Lake Superior Magazine rubbed pages with the likes of the New Yorker, National Geographic, Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Time and Vanity Fair on the 50 Best Magazines 2005 list published today, June 23, in the Chicago Tribune’s Tempo section. More…
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