Annual State of the Lake Report
20 Economy in Motion by Konnie LeMay, Hugh E. Bishop
One of the biggest, broadest, best-paying industries in the lake region reaches
from before the voyageurs into our future.

33 Photo Contest Winners 
Amateur photographers from near and far strut their photographic stuff
with images wonderful to whimsical.

40 Two Tales of the Dogs by Jason Rice & by Jim Ryder
   • A musher’s first John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. 
    • An unexpected adventure on the ice floes of Lake Superior.

46 U.P. Inspired by Konnie LeMay
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has inspired many great writers.
Two of today’s best known names are both: Harrison.

Lake Superior Living - Loving Winter
51 Turn Up the Heat by Kelnaa Kankaanpaa
Swelter in a steamy sauna then roll in snow or jump into a freezing lake.
Makes perfect sense to some Lake-landers.
   One Moonlit Winter Night by David Oltman
   Crazy for Winter - Plunging into the Lake

Travel
67 Lasting Impression by Paul Lundgren
Feeling good about being last in the Birkie.

OUR COVER Two canine athletes take a break from the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. Story page 40. Photo by Sparky Stensaas

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Letters to the Editor

  6 Around the Circle

  8 Lake Pride

 10 On the Shelf

 10 Lake Superior's Own
     Toasting Davis Helberg
    Hugh E. Bishop

 12 Lake Superior Journal
     My Lady of the Lake
    James R. Marshall

 16 Heritage
     Frederic Remington's
     Voyageurs
    Hugh E. Bishop

     LSM Gift Guide

 64 Sports
    She Shoots!
       She Scores!
    John Gilbert

 70 Travel
     Events Calendar &
     Regional Tidbits
        Michigan - 70
        Minnesota - 72
        Ontario - 76
        Wisconsin - 78

 79 Lake Superior
     Marketplace 

 79 Advertiser Index

 80 View•Point
     A Pillar of Sunlight
     Paul Sundberg