Your Guide to Becoming a Lake Superior Sailor
From Lake Bum to Rail Bait IÂ feel when you grow up in Thunder Bay, on or near Lake Superior, you walk a line. You either...
Features
I Saw it First! Ship Spotting on Lake Superior
by Rae Poynter
What do windmills, road salt and Italian pasta have in common? In essence, probably not much, except for one leg of their journeys: Lake Superior....
The Historic Highway 61
by Shawn Perich
The North Shore has become so focused on present-day tourism that many visitors and new residents are vaguely aware of the region’s long and storied...
Isle Royale: Another World
My wife Shelley led the four of us along the narrow path with Lake Superior to her right and thick brush to her left. She...
Coaster Brook Trout
by Shawn Perich
When is a brook trout like an onion? One answer may be when it is fried golden brown. But a better answer is when Lake...
Water Birds by Canoe
The Canadian Shield lakes of the Northern Wilds region are often rich in aquatic species, but seeing terrestrial wildlife, because of the dense forests, is...
Talking with the Powells
by Shawn Perich
“The stories don’t always fit the narrative.” Dicky and Sherry Powell haven’t been home for a while. Specifically, they haven’t been home since the U.S....
The Fish that Stole my Heart
by Joe Shead
I have fished Lake Superior long enough to know that some days you’re a hero and some days you’re a zero. I love fishing that...