16 Lighthouses of the Apostles by Bob Mackreth
Meet the men, women and 8 beacons that save ships from wrecking on the shores of these beautiful Wisconsin islands.

27 Lands in Trust by Hugh E. Bishop 
Who is working to conserve Lake Superior’s most special places? At least two dozen private groups can make that claim.
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49 Fearful Flight by A.J. McAuley
Augustine Dubreuil flew out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with his 2-year-old daughter as co-pilot. Then the fog crept in …

52 Dynamic Dunes by Jack Salmela
If you really want to know all about the Grand Sable Dunes of Michigan, take a stroll with researcher Walter Loope. We did.

Lake Superior Living
57 Nested in Silver Islet by Beryl Singleton Bissell
How to manage an all-year house in a summer neighborhood. 
    Berdie’s Begonias by Konnie LeMay
This bevy of floral beauties can still stop Highway 61 traffic.

Travel
64 Our Annual Best of the Lake
We can bearly, er barely, contain ourselves: Readers’ top picks are revealed.
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OUR COVER Sand Island Lighthouse in the Wisconsin Apostle Islands shines beauty as well as beacon. Courtesy Wisconsin Tourism Department.

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Around the Circle

  6 Lake Pride

  8 On the Shelf

 10 Lake Superior Journal
     Bless All Things
     Mechanical 
    James R. Marshall

 12 Lake Superior's Own
     Between Two Nations:
     Tom Baldini
    Hugh E. Bishop

 33 Lake Superior 
     Collection Gift Guide

 64 Travel
     Events Calendar &
     Regional Tidbits
        Michigan - 66
        Minnesota - 69
        Ontario - 74
        Wisconsin - 77

 79 Advertiser Index

 80 View•Point
      Bird's-eye View