Ontario’s Second Oldest Park Celebrates 150 Years: Waverley Park
Have you ever been to an old-fashioned picnic in a beautiful park with a big band (Roy Coran’s Big Band, in this case) playing entertaining...
Elle Andra-Warner
From Duluth to Hollywood: Dorothy Arnold
So, what’s the connection between the legendary New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio and a Duluth-born Hollywood actress? While it’s well-known that Joe DiMaggio...
The Duluth Eskimos: NFL’s Trailblazers
Can you imagine the National Football League holding a Super Bowl in Duluth? While that is no longer possible, there was a Duluth professional football...
Crossing Lake Superior: Father Baraga’s Journey
In the summer of 1846, a small 18-foot birch bark canoe travelled 40 miles across the unpredictable open waters of Lake Superior from the Apostle...
An Eclectic Mix of “World’s Largest Statues”
A recent article in a national publication about the “World’s Largest Statues” raised the question whether there are any such statues in the Northern Wilds...
Revillon Frères: The Fur Trade Company Often Forgotten
Think back to the fur trading days in our Northern Wilds, with all its lakes and rivers. The fur trading companies that usually come to...
Family Holiday Traditions: Part 1
The Christmas Card Tradition Carries On By Elle Andra-Warner In this digital age of emails, texts, social media, cell phones, and DMs to send holiday...
Historical Monument for the Indigenous Group of Seven
A modern-day ‘historic’ event took place in Nipigon, Ontario, in October of this year. An impressive monument was officially unveiled at Nipigon’s Bridgeview Lookout Tower,...