14 Riding the Roller Coaster by Hugh E. Bishop 
Long tied to cyclical industries, Northeastern Minnesota
seeks security in economic diversity.

22 6th Annual Photo Contest Winners
They did it again! From far and near, Lake Superior Magazine readers strut their photographic stuff beautifully.

28 Coast Guard Ice Rescues by Jim Merkel
When you don't want to go with the (ice) floe, who ya gonna
call? These trained rescuers are on the job.

32 Silver Islet's Anchorby Elle Andra-Warner
A national news anchor can find family happiness with a
summer job in a seasonal town.

Rooms With a View
36 Lighthouse for Learning by Konnie LeMay
University of Minnesota-Duluth's new state-of-the-art library has all the right high-tech tools, plus dynamic views of the lake.

 

OUR COVER Mystery, might and mist all come together in Ben Carrasca's photo contest submission "Winter Entry" taken of Roger Blough as it enters through the Duluth pier. See contest results page 22.

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Around the Circle

  9 Lake Superior Journal
     The Woodrush's Last 
        U.S. Post
     James R. Marshall

 42 Heritage
     They Printed 
        Their Money
     D.A. Guiliani

 45 My Lake Superior
     Two Rivers Run 
        Through It
     Thomas J. Godfrey

 48 From the Bookshelf
     Hugh E. Bishop

 49 LSM Gift Guide

 57 Wild Superior
     American Pine Marten
     Konnie LeMay

 58 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 62 Advertiser Index

 63 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

 64 View•Point
     Family Tree