It’s a Wonderful Lake

by Konnie LeMay

IN the Frank Capra movie classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey wishes he were never born and then gets the life-changing experience of seeing the world without him. George’s life, it turned out, enriched everyone around him.

There is no question that Lake Superior enriches the lives of those of us privileged to reside on or near it and those who visit. But just how much does that 10 percent of the world’s surface fresh water affect us? That is the question we explore in our very special State of the Lake Report “It’s a Wonderful Lake.”

How would we “disappear” the water? Not with an angel named Clarence. Perhaps those glaciers never left water in the basin. Or the lake may be a victim of alien abduction or of Arizonan abduction - both may need our fresh water.

Why disappear our magnificent, mystical Great Lake? In kicking off the 30th year of Lake Superior Magazine, we couldn’t think of a better way to remember to appreciate the Lake than by taking it away … for a few pages. Here, then, is what might happen meteorologically, ecologically and economically without our Wonderful Lake …

Introduction <<
Weather & Water
Will the Other Lakes Remain Great?
Not Just Wolf’s Head Canyon
Life without a Wonderful Lake

Sidebars

A Receding Sea
Disappearing a Lake

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