22 Beacons on the Lonely Shore by Fred Stonehouse
An introduction to nine historic lighthouses that saved the lives of sailors in peril along Michigan’s Shipwreck Coast

33 The Life of a Sailor by Jim Semmelroth 
No one can truly know the life of an inland seaman except for those who have worked vessels on our fresh-water oceans.

38 Edge of Forever Images of Peter Eide
Lake Superior provides the image threads that this talented photographer weaves into tapestries of color and calm.

43 Road Open by Hugh E. Bishop
A new byway means that you can get there (Minnesota’s Iron Range) from here (the shore) in comfortable wonder.

Lake Superior Living
51 Living It Up Downtown by Konnie LeMay
Home can be where the traffic lights are.
61 Hosting Hostas by Michele & Clayton Oslund
Hardy hostas survive cold climates and lukewarm gardeners.

Travel Special
68 Best of the Lake by You, the Readers
Great advice on the top places to see, to do and to experience Lake Superior.

OUR COVER Rough edges don’t diminish the beauty of the Grand Island East Channel Lighthouse near Munising.  Story, page 22. Photographer Tom Buchkoe.

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Letters to the Editor

  8 Around the Circle

 14 Lake Pride

 15 On the Shelf

 16 Lake Superior Journal
     An App Approach
    James R. Marshall

 64 Wild Superior
    The Most Wanted Birds
    Sparky Stensaas

 66 Heritage
     A Century at Cornucopia

     LSM Gift Guide

 68 Travel
     Events Calendar &
     Regional Tidbits
        Michigan - 69
        Minnesota - 71
        Ontario - 75
        Wisconsin - 77

 79 Lake Superior
     Marketplace 

 79 Advertiser Index

 80 View•Point