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Adieu Alder

After 16 years, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder will leave Duluth for eventual posting in San Francisco. Read more

Jun 18, 2021 2:12 PM Maritime

Standing with Stannard Rock

Finding Creative Ways to Use & Aid a Historic Sentinel Read more

Jun 11, 2021 4:14 PM Konnie LeMay Maritime

COURTESY SUPERIOR WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP

Achievement Award 2020: The Practical Partner, SWP Delivers the Solutions

Each year since 1994, Lake Superior Magazine has chosen an organization or individual to honor for making a significant contribution to the well-being of Lake Superior and its people. For its broad reaching, solution-finding programs, for its willing Read more

Oct 13, 2020 10:00 AM The Lake

2019 Lake Superior Magazine Achievement Award

Keeping Community Afloat Madeline Island Ferry Line and Apostle Islands Cruises keep service in mind Read more

Konnie LeMay The Lake

Lake Superior Day 2019 - Be the Big Lake's BFF

A roundup of Lake Superior Day/s activities from all four shores Read more

Jul 17, 2019 11:43 AM The Lake

USS Duluth Flag Raising

Crewmembers of the USS Duluth raised the "battle ensign" flag as part of a visit to their ship's namesake city. Read more

Jun 14, 2019 9:53 AM Nik Wilson Maritime

Looking Back: USCG Cmdr. Erin Williams considers her time in Duluth

When U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Erin Williams took over to head the Marine Safety Unit Duluth in 2016, her most recent assignments had taken her to Alaska and to Europe, but she’d always had Duluth in mind as a work destination. In June, she will wrap up Read more

May 16, 2019 4:25 PM Maritime

SPARKY STENSAAS

Our Cunning Corvids Ravens & Crows Give ‘Bird Brain’ a Good Name

Most would not call these birds lovely. For that, we have warblers. Few would consider their caws and quorks melodious, either. The calls of the Common Raven and American Crow just seem raucous. Read more

Nov 12, 2018 1:45 PM Jeanne K. Hanson Natural World

Rev. Edward J. Dowling

Ils Sont Disparu! They Are Gone: The Baffling Fate of Inkerman & Cerisoles

An air of mystery drifts around all shipwrecks. The very word “shipwreck” evokes powerful images of crashing seas, screaming winds and desperate crews. Read more

Nov 12, 2018 1:43 PM Frederick Stonehouse Maritime

LOIS NUTTALL

Taming Water, A Diverting Story of Ebbs & Flows

It is 1925, and, finally, we have some solutions to fix “for all time” the problem of variable Great Lakes water levels. Read more

Oct 15, 2018 11:34 AM Michael Creger The Lake

The Port’s Leading Authority, Davis Helberg

Forty years ago next spring, the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, opened their arms to the world when they welcomed the British ship Ramon de Larrinaga. Read more

Oct 12, 2018 9:33 AM Bill Beck Maritime

2018 Achievement Award Winner: Frederick Stonehouse, Marquette Booster, Maritime Historian & Master Storyteller

OK, I admit it. It seemed a little awkward to present our annual Achievement Award to someone who’s been part of our Lake Superior Magazine family for so long (he even has a story in this issue), but then I started calling around and quickly knew for Read more

Aug 2, 2018 10:38 AM Konnie LeMay The Lake

2003 Achievement Award Winner: Davis Helberg

Davis Helberg is this year’s Lake Superior Magazine’s Achievement Award winner – our annual honoring of an individual or organization that has made a lasting contribution to the whole of Lake Superior. Read more

Aug 2, 2018 9:57 AM Konnie LeMay The Lake

PAUL SUNDBERG

Rockin' the Rift, The Billion-Year-Old Split that Made Us

Lake Superior was almost an ocean, not just a sweetwater sea. Read more

Jul 30, 2018 3:18 PM Konnie LeMay The Lake

BRYAN HANSEL

Rescuing The Rock, A Volunteer Movement to Save a Lighthouse

Maybe it’s the isolation, the endless battle against wind and waves, or the tales sheltered within. Whatever the allure, I’m drawn to lighthouses. And I have a favorite. Read more

Jul 30, 2018 3:17 PM Deborah J. Mann Lake Superior