34 Adventure Mine

April-May 2007/Volume 29 Issue 2

FEATURES

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By the Shores
photo by Andrew McLachlan
This glowing “Sunset on Lake Superior” was taken at Pukaskwa National Park in Ontario. Much of the park can be accessed only by hiking or boat.

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Come Back, Coaster Brookie
by Marty Kovarik
Anglers have long adored this lake-loving, larger version of the brook trout, but with its traditional spawning habitat altered can it ‘come back’?

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An Aptly Named Adventure
by Konnie LeMay
If you want to know about mining history, you can read a book, or you can follow the Portfleets deep into an Upper Peninsula mountain.

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Lake Superior Living
38 Finding a Better Beat in the Heart of a Home by Gail Trowbridge
   You don’t have to bust out walls to create a great new kitchen.
44 10 Tips from a Kitchen Expert  by Gail Trowbridge
   An award-winning designer advises how to improve your kitchen.
47 Recipe Box: Serving Comfort & Food by Beth Erickson
   Sharon Locey’s Ham-Wild Rice-Mushroom Quiche.

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Summer Recreation Guide
RG2    Choosing a Lake Superior Boat
by Donn Larson
RG13  The Call of the North, Wilderness Anchorages
by Bonnie Dahl
RG28  My Vacation as a Lighthouse Keeper
by Karen Halbersleben
PLUS  More Great Recreational Ideas
   A circle of swimming beaches; gardeners choose favorite tools;
   golf course designers; a roundup of hiking, biking and birding.

Departments

   5 Letters

   5 Who Are We

   7 Welcome to the Big Lake
      Where Did Winter Go?
      by Konnie LeMay
      Supplement: A Big Fish Story

    8 Around the Circle

  12 Reviews

  16 Kitchi-Gami Almanac
       Lake map & notes, water levels

  17 Lake Superior Journal
       Succumbing to the Lure
       by Dixie Franklin

       LSM Gift Guide

  89 Travel & Events
       Cool to Go to School
       by Bob Berg

       92 Michigan   94 Minnesota
       96 Ontario      98 Wisconsin

100 Lake Superior Marketplace

107 Advertiser Index

108 View•Point
       Jam Packed
       by Paul Sundberg

49 A Guide