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February / March 2022

This issue: Photo Contest Winners; Cruise Ships and Tall Ships; a special section on Delight in the Details for weddings, plus Cookies & Cocktails for your Valentine, 2 young wellness entrepreneurs plus Fat Biking, Mitt Stitching and More Winter Fun. Read more

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Around the Circle This Week

Shipping Done, Surfing Up & 1 Old Moose Read more

Loving Winter

You're Gonna Love Winter

Two Season-Loving ‘Newcomers’ Share Some Wise Words about the Season of Snow Read more

Superior Ice

Picturing the Big Lake: 7 Winter Photography Tips

Photographer Dennis O'Hara gives us seven simple tips for photography during the winter, a special season of quiet snowfalls, pristine white landscapes and clear blue skies. Read more

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Live Superior Water Bottle

Double-walled stainless steel keeps your beverage fresh and copper vacuum insulation keeps it cold without condensation. Read more

Features

Nao Trinidad

Festival of Sail Lake Superior

The Festival of Sail Lake Superior will arrive the first weekend of August in 2022 with at least 12 featured vessels. Read more

Lake Superior Journal: Wintering Over on Isle Royale

Howard Sivertson

Pete Edisen was one of the few winter residents who spent several winters at Rock Harbor. The last mail, freight and passenger boat left the island in late November each year, leaving them totally isolated until the following April. Read more

Maritime

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Bob Skogen

The Ice-Fishing Fox

So there we were, two grown men in a 5-by-7-foot aluminum-framed, fold-up ice house watching little holes in the ice with high expectations. We thought catching fish would be the highlight of our day. We were way off. Read more

Apr 5, 2013 1:40 PM Superior Notes

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James Smedley

True, there’s the cold and the barrier of ice between you and the fish. But fair-weather anglers harbour a sneaking suspicion that we might actually be having fun on the ice and catching fish they’re missing. The next step is to join us. Here's how. Read more

Recreation

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AUDREY BUTTS

The water may not be flowing, but in-the-know winter visitors to Gooseberry Falls State Park find plenty to draw their interest. Read more

Minnesota

Finding the Perfect Romantic Winter Getaway

Courtesy Grand Superior Lodge

What do you call “romantic”? A cozy snowed-in cabin with a cheery fire in the stone fireplace? A stylish room in a high-class hotel or an elegant stay in an historic bed-and-breakfast inn? Read more

Travel

Chickadee in winter

Rick Baetsen

Animals face the same arduous winter we do and have adapted by heading for warmer locations (migration), going into hiding (dormancy) or facing the music (cold out there). Read more

Natural World

Visit our Lake Superior Gift Shop

In the Duluth Skywalk 109 W. Superior Street

Travel Planning

Aids to help you find your way around Lake Superior and the region.

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