20 Flocking to the Birdsby Scot Stewart 
Leaves aren’t the only bright colors that can be spotted in autumn. Colorfully feathered migrators fly by, too.

   Special Commemorative
24 Split Rock: Time’s Sentinel by Hugh E. Bishop
The history, the current keeper’s family, plans for the future - everything that makes Split Rock Lighthouse stand out.

49 Carving A Niche by Kimberly K. Kelly
Three artists from around Lake Superior find inspiration - and a few artistic materials - in the wood(s) at hand.

Rooms With a View
61 How Suite It Is by Konnie LeMay
A northern Minnesota couple feels that the best way to enjoy guests is to give them a special suite to call their own.

66 Best of the Lake & Fall Planner
Want to know the best secret spots, antique hunting, trails and other “bests” around the lake? Our readers will tell you.

 

OUR COVER A rare view of the decommissioned Split Rock Lighthouse with beacon beaming along Lake Superior’s Minnesota shore. The light’s past, present and future is illuminated on page 24. Lee Radzak

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Around the Circle

 10 On the Shelf
     Regional Books

 12 Lake Superior's Own
     James R. Marshall
     Paul L. Hayden

 16 Fish Tales
     Tall Tales from 
        Small Fries

 53 LSM Gift Guide

 66 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 78 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

 79 Advertiser Index

 80 View•Point
     North Woods Gothic