18 On the Levels byKonnie LeMay
It's the low down on low water, who predicts Great Lakes 
water levels and where the predictions are pointing.
      Read More: Online Supplemental Article

23 Royale Treatment by Cyndi Perkins 
Each year a few artists earn coveted time to soak in some 
Isle Royale inspiration and then gift the island back to us.

30 3M Turns 100 by Hugh E. Bishop
From Two Harbors to the world, 3M overcame a hard-
scrabble Lake Superior shore's beginning to become a giant.

Rooms With a View
35 Viva la Vista by Konnie LeMay
How can you make a hilltop house overlooking Lake Superior even better? With a brand new bay window for starters.

Travel Special Sections
46 Superior Golf & the Signature Hole
See the new listings of more than 75 golf courses in the lake
region, plus find out what it takes to make a "signature hole."

58 Unforgetable Adventures by Paul Lundgren
Some people go to extremes for a lake adventure. Others
simply find the right guides to design a more modest proposal.

OUR COVER A toasty fire warms a beachfront campsite at Agawa Bay, Ontario, for these adventurers. By Gary and Joanie McGuffin.

  1 Huck's Corner
     The Old Dog and the
        (Inland) Sea

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  6 Around the Circle

 10 On the Shelf

 13 Lake Superior Journal
     Our Lake's Guardians
    James R. Marshall

 41 Superior Science
     One Potato …
        Duck Potato
     David S. Lonsdale 

 43 About the Boat
     The big 
        Paul R. Tregurtha
     Rod Burdick 

     LSM Gift Guide

 62 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 70 Advertiser Index

 72 View•Point
     Sky Bright
     Jason Rice