Points North
Ban lead bullets? Gimme a break!
Lead fragments turn up in tests of venison donated to food shelves and immediately we are cautioned not to feed venison to children and pregnant women. Wildlife officials say centerfire bullets are prone to “fragmentation,” apparently exploding into toxic lead shrapnel when they enter a deer. Wow. It’s a wonder hunters and their progeny weren’t lead poisoned into extinction long ago. more...
News
Historic Quebec Lodge Now B&B
A historic log lodge in Red Rock, Ontario opened this year as a bed and breakfast. The Quebec Lodge was a retreat for corporate executives at the town’s paper mill, which closed two years ago. The 4,000 square foot lodge was built in 1938 and overlooks Lake Superior’s Nipigon Bay. It can accomodate 10 people. more...
Gunflint Outfitters Promote Family Fun!
Along the Gunflint Trail, canoe camping is a family affair. Canoeing groups of all ages venture into northern Minnesota’s famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to explore a wonderland of pristine lakes interconnected with forested portage paths. For many children, a BWCAW visit is their introduction to camping and the outdoors. more...
Apocalypse Deer!
Whop, whop, whop, whop. Bang!
Where are we? Hunkered down in some Third World hellhole? Nope, we’re exterminating deer in northwestern Minnesota. The Minnesota DNR recently called in the troops, so to speak, using airborne sharpshooters to wipe out whitetails in an area where bovine tuberculosis was found in cattle and deer.
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Lake Superior's Historic North Shore
This handy pocket-sized book is a great guide to the many historical locations along the Minnesota portion of the North Shore. more...
Places to See
It Feels Like ‘’HOME’‘ Founders' Museum & Pioneer Village
Thunder Bay, Founders Museum, Pioneer Village more...
Events
Celebrate Spring At Mission Marsh
A special waterfowl viewing day will be held at the Mission Marsh Conservation Area in Thunder Bay. Situated at the mouth of the Kaministiqua River, this nature area includes wetlands and forest habitat supporting a variety of wildlife. Late April is typically the peak of the spring duck migration.
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Outdoor Activities
A Bowman Island Adventure
"We are leaving for another world," remarked Captain Gary Lange as we slid away from the marina dock and headed down the mighty Nipigon River for Lake Superior.
Four of us were aboard the 47-foot trawler, Anica Lee—Lange, his friends Karlo Kaustinen and Chesley Imhoff, and myself. Lange described Karlo as "the only person other than my daughters who can operate my boats." Imhoff, known as "Ches," has roamed the island-studded waters of Lake Superior’s Canadian North Shore since the 1950s.
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Faces of the Wilds
Maple Syrup Sugaring
One of the first sure signs of spring in the Northern Wilds is when the sap starts to run in the sugar maples. Don Mount of Two Harbors has made maple syrup for 30 years. He says it varies somewhat with weather conditions, but the middle of March through the first two weeks of April is when the sap flows in the sugar bush. Usually, the run doesn’t begin until snow has melted away from the base of the trees. more...