Lake Superior’s November Storms and Shipwrecks
November storms on Lake Superior can be mighty wicked and dangerous for ships. Well-known is the tragic story of the 729-foot lake freighter Edmund Fitzgerald, which...
Elle Andra-Warner
From Billions to Extinct: The Vanished Passenger Pigeon
Up to the mid-1800s, it’s been estimated that there were between three to five billion passenger pigeons living in North America. Famous for flying in...
Indigenous Art: Traditional to Contemporary
Some Indigenous art—like rock art—has been created for thousands of years, while others, like unique styles of paintings, have evolved in the last hundred years....
Early Vessels on Lake Superior
What does Stannard Rock Lighthouse, Isle Royale, and St. Ignace Lighthouse (Canada’s first lighthouse on Lake Superior, which was lit on July 1, 1867, the...
Camping Adventures: Part Two
Wilderness Camping Where Polar Bears Roam I admit it—I’m the kind of camper who likes four-solid walls around me. But I’ve enjoyed the non-traditional tent-camping...
Canada’s Famous Dionne Quints
So, what did the launch in 1943 of five new coastal freighters at the Walter Butler Shipyards in Superior, Wisc. have to do with Canada’s...
The sinking of James Whalen tug: Down but not gone
THUNDER BAY—The tug James Whalen—Thunder Bay’s first icebreaker—was built in 1905 by Bertram Engine Works in Toronto for owner Canadian Towing & Wrecking Company, Port Arthur...
Urban Explorers in the Wild
With the high cost of fuel these days on both sides of the border and the lingering shadow of covid, some are rethinking taking long...