Travel
Steve Isola
Features
Grand Portage-Isle Royale Transportation Line
Choices for Cruising the Minnesota Shore
Visitors to Minnesota’s North Shore this summer have great options for getting out onto Lake Superior – one of the best ways to know the Big Lake. more
May 11, 2017 4:52 PM Travel
Travis Novitsky
Life on Lake Superior’s Ontario Shore in 1867, When Canada Became a Country
In 1867, travel in the area of today’s Thunder Bay was limited to paddling waterways or going by steamship. There were no major east-west roads or railways. Sault Ste. Marie had 800 residents who used the St. Marys River as their highway. more
May 1, 2017 12:00 AM Ontario
Courtesy Peg Sandin
Ironwood Draws Art and Theater Downtown
To see how much Lake Superior influences local artists, one need only walk into Ironwood’s Downtown Art Place, a community art center that represents 40 regional artists. more
Apr 1, 2017 12:00 AM Michigan
Paul L. Hayden / Lake Superior Magazine
Excerpts from “Spirit of the Lights”
The evening's first visitors at Marcia Hales' Park Point lighting display were a trio of bundled-up women. “Shirley will show you around,” Marcia joked, gesturing toward her bearded collie. “Or you can follow the cats.” The ladies were skeptical. more
Tia Osweiler
The Ford Bungalow: Keweenaw Bay’s Secret Oasis
Henry Ford’s secluded retreat in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan thrives today as a waterfront inn. more
Dec 1, 2016 12:00 AM Michigan
Courtesy Grandma's Restaurants
Their Kind of Grandma: An Iconic Duluth Restaurant Turns 40
It's 40 years and counting for a groundbreaking Canal Park eatery. Get the backstory about Grandma's family of restaurants. more
Dec 1, 2016 12:00 AM Minnesota
Courtesy Gammondale Farm
Take a Sleigh Ride at Gammondale Farm
Picture yourself in a Currier & Ives postcard scene, big snowflakes gently dropping. With red cheeks in the brisk December air, you’re bundled up and bunched together on a sleigh ride in pastoral Slate River Valley near Thunder Bay. more
Dec 1, 2016 12:00 AM Ontario
Minnesota DNR
Never Snowshoed? Try It at a Minnesota North Shore State Park
Choose one of the state parks that offer snowshoe walks with instruction. They even supply snowshoes (in limited numbers) to borrow. more
Dec 1, 2016 12:00 AM Minnesota
Courtesy Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum
Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum Expands
Slednerds and slednecks can find snowmobile history heaven in Naubinway, Michigan, at the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum. A 36-by-76-foot building addition brings the number of displays to 180 unique and prototype sleds stretching back decades. more
Dec 1, 2016 12:00 AM Michigan
Paul L. Hayden / Lake Superior Magazine
Inside Les Voigt State Fish Hatchery, Which Produces More Than 300,000 Fish Each Year
To stock Lake Superior, Les Voigt State Fish Hatchery outside Bayfield, Wisconsin, produces about 150,000 brown trout, 90,000 splake and 90,000 lake trout each year. It also attracts a lot of visitors – 5,000 to 7,000 annually. more
Aug 1, 2016 12:00 AM Wisconsin
Courtesy Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior
Porphyry Island Beckons with a Lighthouse, Trails & Gallery
An adventure to Porphyry Island on Black Bay about 8 miles east of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park starts with how you get there. Most people arrive by kayak, canoe or boat. Or you can hire a fishing charter, a floatplane or helicopter. more
Aug 1, 2016 12:00 AM Ontario
Scott See
Quincy Smelter, Last of Its Kind
Frequent visitors to the Keweenaw Peninsula all seem to know the Quincy Mine with its towering Shaft House. Lesser known, but also historically significant, is the Quincy Smelter off M-26 on the shore of the Keweenaw Waterway in Hancock. more
Aug 1, 2016 12:00 AM Michigan
Courtesy of CBS
Paul Shaffer Comes Home: Our Interview with the “Late Show” Musical Director, Playing Thunder Bay in October
The voice on the phone was unmistakable. Paul Shaffer was ready to answer questions about his career, his memoir and his hometown of Thunder Bay, where Paul and his “Late Show” band will perform on October 7. more
Jul 25, 2016 3:41 PM Ontario
NEWS ALERT: Find Road Conditions Now
You can get there from here. Check out these links to interactive maps showing the latest road conditions for all four shores. more
Jul 14, 2016 2:25 PM Travel
Courtesy A.G. Thomson House
How Duluth’s A.G. Thomson House Made It to the Top of TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor gave the A.G. Thomson House its Travelers’ Choice Award, naming it the No.1 B&B in the United States for the second time in four years. We caught up with co-owner Tim Allen to ask how he and his wife, Angie, brought the inn to the top. more
May 12, 2016 3:09 PM Minnesota
Discovery Charters
Cruising the Ontario Shore on a Sightseeing Tour
What makes a water tour of the Rossport Islands worth the trip? You get to view both the “inside” of the islands and the “outside,” a local term describing the open Lake. Inside, trees grow 3 feet from the water; outside, none are within 150 feet. more
Apr 1, 2016 12:00 AM Ontario
Courtesy Hartley Nature Center
Exploring Hartley Park’s Urban Wilderness
It is surrounded by residential neighborhoods, but this urban park still allows you to forget that you’re in the city while enjoying a quiet walk. more
Apr 1, 2016 12:00 AM Minnesota
Marie Zhuikov
Lake Superior Journal: A Cruise Across Time
The nip in the air may be why the passengers of the Wenonah consisted of only me and two other women. Like me, they were traveling not just across the water on Minnesota's North Shore, but across time. more
Apr 1, 2016 12:00 AM Minnesota
Courtesy Brian Thiry
Santa’s Adventures in the Mall
When Santa came to our magazine office, he didn’t say “Ho, Ho, Howdy.” He simply shook my hand and gave me the merriest of smiles. I asked Santa to tell me some of his memories from past holidays so we can see the season through Santa’s eyes. more
Dec 1, 2015 12:00 AM Minnesota
Courtesy Grand Superior Lodge
Finding the Perfect Romantic Winter Getaway
What do you call “romantic”? A cozy snowed-in cabin with a cheery fire in the stone fireplace? A stylish room in a high-class hotel or an elegant stay in an historic bed-and-breakfast inn? more
Dec 1, 2015 12:00 AM Travel
The Travel Guide
Planning a Big Lake trip? Updated annually by our editors, this mile-by-mile guide covers the entire Lake Superior Circle Tour, including side trips, and comes with a handy tear-out map. 160 pages, magazine format. $9.95.
The Ultimate Guide
The Ultimate Guide to the Region is filled with even more information, insider tips and photos. 294 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ½", softcover book. $19.95.
Best of the Lake 2016
The votes are tallied and the results are in. See what readers chose as their favorites in this year’s 12 categories.
