20 Happy Water Trails to You by Chris Julin 
Designated trails help big lake paddlers find the best - and 
most polite - places to beach their kayaks and canoes.

26 A Sense of Place
Three artists flourish while establishing their place 
along the shores of the Upper Peninsula.

32 A Warning from the Sturgeon General …
Anticipation of the summer opening of the Great Lakes 
Aquarium has its fishy mascot waiting on fins and needles.

34 Mighty Moose Are Back by Paul I.V. Strong
It's been awhile, but these north woods behemoths seem 
to be adapting to life on the south shore once again.

40 Spring on the St. Louisby Carol Rahr Haubner
A change of seasons on a major Lake Superior estuary 
brings out the best in the riverbank's wild flora.

Rooms With a View
42 Their Viewpoint by Annette D'Angelo O'Brien
A little tweak here and a little tweak there and the perfect 
lakeside home becomes just a little more perfect.

54 Summer Planner - Things You Just Gotta Do
These are a few of our favorite things to do in, on and around Lake Superior in those precious days of summer.

OUR COVER It's the beauty of shores like those along Pukaskwa National Park in Ontario that has boosted the popularity of lake kayaking and has inspired some paddlers to organize designated water trails See page 20. Photo by Gary and Joanie McGuffin.

  1 Publisher's Note

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  6 Around the Circle

 12 Lake Superior Journal
     A Tale of a 'Tail'
     James R. Marshall

 50 I Remember
     Lake Superior Miracle
     Aaron R. Kelson

 54 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 62 Advertiser Index

 67 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

 68 View•Point
     Changing the Locks