17 The Stranger by Michael  J. Glaeser
Some find the risk of transporting cargo on Lake Superior worth the profit; some find a price too high to carry.

24 ‘island of the yellow sands’ by James L. Carter 
Protected by a legend of monsters and real-life shoals, the rarely visited Caribou Island, Ontario, still holds a rich history.

33 Where It’s In to Be Finn by David Maki
In Hancock, Michigan, even those residents who aren’t Finnish know the proper way to pronounce “sauna.”

Lake Superior Living
37 Aging Nicely at 75 by Annette D’Angelo-O’Brien
A family takes generations and much care turning its seasonal cottage into a year-round lakeside residence.

44 Make Entertaining a Brie-ze by Arlene Coco
How to welcome warmly holiday guests, invited or drop-in.

45 Letting Her Lights Shine by Hugh Bishop
A Duluth, Minnesota, woman lights up the holidays.

Lodging & Restaurants Guide
49 The Hospitality of Bluefin Bay by Hugh E. Bishop
A visit to Bluefin Bay leads a fully updated 32-page guide to where to eat and to stay. 

OUR COVER What might we find over the snow-covered ridge at the edge of the lake? Perhaps the tracks of a wolf. See story page 12. Photographer Peter Eide.

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  6 Around the Circle

  9 On the Shelf

 12 Wild Superior
     Tracking Tracks
     Christina Sterner

 15 Lake Superior Journal
     The Mechanical
     Sled Dog
     James R. Marshall

 48 LSM Gift Guide

 81 Travel
     Events Calendar &
     Regional Tidbits
        Michigan - 81
        Minnesota - 82
        Ontario - 84
        Wisconsin - 85

 87 Lake Superior
      Marketplace 

 87 Advertiser Index

 88 View•Point
     Is the Frost Biting?
    R.J. & Linda Miller