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From Our Office
Welcome to those of you who are
receiving this magazine for the first time thanks to a Christmas gift
subscription. We hope you enjoy this issue and those that follow during
the coming year.
All of our subscribers, new and longtime, will notice that this issue
came bagged with our annual Lake
Superior Travel Guide - a bonus “seventh” issue that subscribers
get for free each year and others may buy separately. This year’s
mile-by-mile guide not only has the latest information about traveling
around the Big Lake, but also a few new features.
 Travel has been much on our minds here in the office
because we also finished updating our travel book. We published the
first edition of Lake Superior, The
Ultimate Guide to the Region in 2005 and have updated it in
subsequent printings, but this brand-new, second edition, adds a
wonderful new look with full color photos throughout. While keeping the
alphabetical listing, we’ve organized the chapters into Michigan,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario for easier use by those traveling to a
specific area. Look for the new version to be in bookstores or
available through our office in March.
Save These Dates
January 29-February 4 - John Beargrease Sled Dog
Marathon events, including the Beargrease Gala, the Cutest Puppy
Contest and, of course, the starts of the marathon and half marathon.
See details at www.beargrease.com.
Lake Superior Magazine is proud to be a sponsor of this
event.
On the Web - www.lakesuperior.com
Links from this issue’s online Table of Contents:
• From Photo Contest, see all the Grand Prize, First and Second Place
and Honorable Mention winners from this issue online,
plus
additional
Finalist photos.
• From Travel & Events, see more tidbits
about visiting Washburn, Wisconsin.
• From Reviews, see additional books
reviewed online.
Worthy Causes
Our mainly rural towns around the Lake Superior region depend
on the talents and time of volunteer fire departments. That is
especially true along the northern shores of Lake Superior, where the
only full-time, paid fire departments are in Thunder Bay to the west
and Sault Ste. Marie to the east. The nearly 780 kilometres (about 485
miles) of highway between the two have firefighting protection from
trained locals giving their time, with local towns providing what help
they can. All deserve donations and time, but for this issue we focus
on the White River, Ontario, volunteers who are fundraising $220,000 to
replace their 1967 pumper truck. The department also has a 1990 pumper
and a 2000 rescue truck, says Chief Rick Greenwood. Some 25 residents
volunteer; three are women. Fires are rare in that area (averaging just
one each year), so the bulk of the work is vehicle rescues along the
180 miles of highway covered by this department. The group raises funds
with draws (raffles), car washes and payments from Canadian Pacific
Railway when the volunteers supply water to trains from the pumper
truck as needed. To find out more about White River’s department,
e-mail to whiteriverfiredept@shaw.ca.
To
volunteer
in your town, check with town hall.
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Travel has been much on our minds here in the office
because we also finished updating our travel book. We published the
first edition of Lake Superior, The
Ultimate Guide to the Region in 2005 and have updated it in
subsequent printings, but this brand-new, second edition, adds a
wonderful new look with full color photos throughout. While keeping the
alphabetical listing, we’ve organized the chapters into Michigan,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario for easier use by those traveling to a
specific area. Look for the new version to be in bookstores or
available through our office in March.