Lake Superior
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.
Jul 30, 2018
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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.
Jul 23, 2018
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.
Francis M. Carroll Collection
Drawing a Line in the Water
Did a bad map give Isle Royale & the NW Angle to the U.S.?
Oct 5, 2017
Parks Canada
Land, Water & History: Exploring Our Geoheritage
Have you ever stood barefoot on massive rocks beside Lake Superior? The idea of geoheritage is to connect people to geological history by pointing out significant features and highlighting the way we use and interact with the landscape.
Feb 1, 2017
Bob Berg / Lake Superior Magazine
Beach Monitoring Resources: Waves, Rip Currents and More
Before you visit the beach, check these websites for rip current alerts, wave conditions and no-contact advisories.
Amy Schwartz
Lake Superior Journal: Superior Blues
Despite their resemblance to igneous rocks, the blue rocks we sought were not formed in the magmatic bowels of the earth, but rather in fires lit and stoked by men. In the late 1800s, several iron-smelting furnaces operated along that beach.
Jun 1, 2016
Courtesy City of Duluth
Our Working Water: Big Lake to Your Faucet and Back Again
You probably don’t give the water from your faucet a second thought, but our lakeside cities do and invest millions to bring us clean water.
Feb 1, 2016
Just How Big is Lake Superior?
Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area – 31,700 square miles (82,100 square kilometres) – and holds 10 percent of the world's surface fresh water.
Jeremy Frech
Microplastics: Pollutants in a Small Package
Plastic pollutants, like microbeads and nurdles that sometimes end up in Lake Superior, soak up any toxins in the water, such as PCBs and dioxin. If wild critters ingest the plastics, the toxins can enter the food chain.
Oct 1, 2015
2017 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.
Video: Lake Superior is ...
During the Lake Superior Day festivities in Duluth, we asked visitors and locals, kids and adults, to fill in the blank: Lake Superior is ______.
David Whittaker / Courtesy Brook McIlroy
Waking Up Our Waterfronts: The 2014 State of the Lake Report
Recent decades have seen an amazing investment and revitalization of our city waterfronts into welcoming places for residents and visitors. Three writers take us to the Big Lake’s major cities to witness the waking up of our waterfronts.
Jun 16, 2014
Lake Superior Day 2014
Held this year on Sunday, July 20, Lake Superior Day celebrates the body of water that dominates and defines our region. Here's what's planned on each of Lake Superior’s four shores for the Lake Superior Day weekend.
May 8, 2014
Kitchi-Gami Almanac – August/September 2013
Notes about Lake Superior from the August/September 2013 issue.
Aug 6, 2013
Lake Superior Day 2013
This year Lake Superior Day falls on Sunday, July 21, and once again there are activities being planned all around the Big Lake.
May 28, 2013
Kitchi-Gami Almanac - June/July 2013
Notes about Lake Superior from the June/July 2013 issue.
May 21, 2013
Darin Bainter
Fires and Floods: A State of the Lake Special Report
Our State of the Lake report this year focuses on the 2012 disasters – what experts think will come next, how our communities are preparing for the unexpected, and how neighbors help neighbors.
May 20, 2013
Courtesy USDA Forest Service / Superior National Forest
Snapshots: Floods, Fires and Blowdowns
A look at recent floods, fires and blowdowns in our region.
May 20, 2013
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Video: 2013-14's Lake Superior Ice in 60 Seconds
This week the U.S. Coast Guard concluded five months of ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes. In this time-lapse video, watch the Lake Superior ice develop and, ever so slowly, break up in the spring.
Konnie LeMay
James R. Barker on a Foggy Duluth Morning
The James R. Barker, one of the largest vessels on the Great Lakes, gliding out of the fog and into the Duluth Ship Canal on a July morning.
Paul L. Hayden
High Falls on the Pigeon River
The High Falls on the Pigeon River, on the border between the United States and Canada in northern Minnesota, experienced almost double its normal flow after heavy rains during the week of May 20, 2013.
Phil Bencomo / Lake Superior Magazine
Video: Spring at Gooseberry Falls
Spring is a fantastic time to visit Gooseberry Falls, just up the shore from Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Paul L. Hayden / Lake Superior Magazine
Stormy Lake: Big Waves on Lake Superior, April 11, 2013
Ahead of an April snowstorm, wind gusts in Duluth topped 60 mph, creating huge waves on the Lake. Lake Superior Magazine's intrepid Paul Hayden braved the elements to capture this footage from Minnesota's near North Shore and Duluth.
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A Look Around the Lake
Stats and facts about Lake Superior and the states and province next to the lake.