Lake Superior
Features
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
Francis M. Carroll Collection
Drawing a Line in the Water
Did a bad map give Isle Royale & the NW Angle to the U.S.? Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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 ______. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
Kitchi-Gami Almanac – August/September 2013
Notes about Lake Superior from the August/September 2013 issue. Read more
A Look Around the Lake
Stats and facts about Lake Superior and the states and province next to the lake.
Kitchi-Gami Almanac
Data and occurrences concerning Lake Superior.
- August/September 2013
- June/July 2013
- April/May 2013
- February/March 2013
- December/January 2013
- October/November 2012
- Lake Superior Heating Up
- August/September 2012
- June/July 2012
- April/May 2012
- February/March 2012
- Wild About Weather
- December/January 2011
- October/November 2011
- August/September 2011
- June/July 2011
- February/March - 2011
- Collapsing Arch
- Drought in Summer 2010
- The Name
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Art & Exhibitions Film Workshops
Viewing and Reviewing “Aishiteru”: Letter as a Vista at the Crossroads of Doll and War-
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Theater & Dance
Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale-
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Theater & Dance
Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale-
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Theater & Dance
Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale-
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Theater & Dance
Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale-
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Theater & Dance
Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale-
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Theater & Dance
Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale-
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