20 A Home for the Holidays by Cindi Perkins 
When the Laurium Manor in Michigan gussies up for Christmas, it revives glory days from a century past.

26 Holiday Recipes from Naniboujou Lodge
The chef at Minnesota’s premier getaway suggests fresh tastes for the traditional holiday meal.

27 Stormy Seas a Photo Feature
Lest we forget that Lake Superior is no domesticated body of water, these photographers show us the lake’s wilder side.

32 The Lake Beyond 2000
Twenty regional leaders predict what might come of their lake areas in the 10 years after the year 2000.

36 The Last Big Wreck by Frederick Stonehouse
Ten years ago, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mesquite became the last major wreck on the lake. Could it happen again?

Special Section: Rooms With a View
46 Up on a Hilltop by Konnie LeMay

Special Section:
Winter Travel & Events
56 Up the Down Waterfall by Shaun Parent
Ice climbing is gaining more and more of a foothold around the circle of Lake Superior, according to a national expert.

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Who We Are)

  6 Letters to the Editor

  7 Around the Circle

 12 Lake Superior Journal
     To the Top of 
        Lake Superior
     James R. Marshall

 41 Holiday Gift Guide 

 54 I Remember
     Recycled Dump Days
     Marnie O. Mamminga

 59 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 62 Advertiser Index

 63 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

 64 View•Point
     Your Guess Is As 
        Good As…

Shaun Parent tackles the Tears of Joy climb at Orient Bay, Ontario. Lake Superior hosts world-class ice climbing. Get the scoop on page 56. Cover photo by Steve Teal.