12 Lake Superior Magazine 2002 Achievement Award

16 On the List of the Lost by Gary Valentini
Sometimes Lake Superior keeps its shipwreck secrets … and sometimes
divers will find a long lost ship under its waters.

23 The Big Picture a Photo Feature 
Tom Algire prefers large-format film to record vast expanses of lakeside landscapes or intimate glances at everyday splendor.

27 What Comes Naturally
Four regional artists search in nature for their art supplies and
turn these outdoor items into artwork with natural beauty.

Lake Superior Living
33 These Very Old Houses by Julie Buckles
Ashland historic homes offer comfortable modern living.
      History in a Bottle … or a Tray by Doug Davis
Regional breweries of the past left behind buy-worthy trinkets.

Annual Superior Skiing Guide
44 Happily ‘Board’ with Winter by Frida Waara
Where do you find a snowboard mom? Halfpiping for the terrain park.

OUR COVER Sunrise at the Duluth, Minnesota, canal lighthouse puts an anchored vessel into the background shadows. See other Tom Algire images beginning on page 23.

  1 Huck's Corner

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Around the Circle

  6 Lake Pride

  9 On the Shelf

 10 Lake Superior Journal
     The Promise of 
     the Americas
    James R. Marshall

 32 My Lake Superior
     Pearls Without 
     the Oysters
    Rachel Meyer

 38 Holiday Gift Guide

     LSM Gift Guide

 43 Best of the Lake

 64 Travel
     Events Calendar &
     Regional Tidbits
        Michigan - 55
        Minnesota - 57
        Ontario - 61
        Wisconsin - 62

 63 Advertiser Index

 64 View•Point
      Trash to Treasure