Paul von Goertz
Canon PowerShot SD400, 5.8mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec.
Paul von Goertz of Knife River, Minnesota:
I just completed mounting a replica steamship's mast into my new deck 75 feet from the Lake. What I like about it is that the masthead light is off the Governor Miller, sister ship to the Irvin. So for all the years the Irvin sailed (1937 -1980), the light shined over the lake. Now it does once again. From the pic, you can also see the flagpole built into the mast. It will serve as the [von Goertz] memorial to all those sailors who lost their lives on Lake Superior, including the three commercial fishermen from Knife River in the late '30s.