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Lake Superior Day 2019 - Be the Big Lake's BFF
A roundup of Lake Superior Day/s activities from all four shores Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
KONNIE LeMAY / LAKE SUPERIOR MAGAZINE
Fishing You Were Here, Let a Charter Be Your Guide
It was 5:15 a.m. on a June day, and Jon Dahl was commuting to his family business in downtown Duluth. Read more
2018 Lake Superior Day Celebrations
Always the third Sunday in July, Lake Superior Day was started in the early 1990s. The celebration spans the entire weekend in some Big Lake communities. Find an event near you. Read more
RICK FOWLER
Lake Superior Journal: On a Mission, When Ice Pushes, the Coast Guard Pushes Back
This excerpt from an old Navy manual came to mind as I sought “permission to come aboard” across the gangplank of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, docked just above the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, on a brisk mid-March day. Read more
Freezing Degree Days
This shipping season, the Lake Superior region was expected to reach its “500 Freezing Degree Days” mark by Dec. 31, 2017, fully two weeks ahead of the usual Jan. 8 date. Read more
