40 Hands-On History

June-July 2007/Volume 29 Issue 3

FEATURES

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By the Shores
photo by Aaron Peterson
As seen from atop Sugarloaf Mountain, a kayaker paddles past an outcrop near Marquette, Michigan, along the 120-mile Hiawatha Water Trail.

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Paddle As One
by Ann Treacy
Dragon boat races are gaining popularity around the lake and we follow one team as it pulls together for local charities … and for each other.

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Hands-On History
by Konnie LeMay
It’s what one might expect of a museum designed by an elementary schoolteacher - a place where history is seen, heard … and touched.

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Lake Superior Living
46 A Home with Family History  by Annette D’Angelo O’Brien
   A couple make a generations-old cottage property a full-time home.
52 Ideal Northern Home: Duck Luck  by Donn Larson
   An award-winning designer advises how to improve your kitchen.
55 Recipe Box: A Wishin’ for Fishin’ Brings Him Home
   Fish and fishing rate high on the healer’s list of healthy living.

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Summer Restaurant & Lodging Guide
RL2 Living the Lodge Life  by Jane & Erik Nordberg
   Michigan family turns a vacation destination into their occupation.
RL6 Stops Along the Trail  by Bob Berg
   Inn-to-inn hiking puts comfort at the end of every day’s trail.
RL8 The Listings
    Find more than 140 listings of area restaurants and lodgings.

Departments

   5 Letters

   5 Who Are We

   7 Welcome to the Big Lake
      The Lake Deserves Its Day
      by Konnie LeMay

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

  10 Around the Circle

  13 Reviews

  14 Making It In the North
       What Good is a Moose?
       by Paul Lundgren

  22 Lake Superior Journal
       Birds of a Feather
       by Davis Helberg

       LSM Gift Guide

  89 Superior Catches
       Unique and Local

  90 Travel & Events
       Superlative Superior
       by Ann Possis

       94 Michigan    99 Minnesota
     101 Ontario     104 Wisconsin

107 Lake Superior Marketplace

111 Advertiser Index

112 View•Point
       That Takes a Lot of Gull
       by Jack Rendulich

35 Blacklock