With
its rugged shoreline and deep, cold waters, Lake Superior offers
exciting opportunities for travel, exploration, and enjoyment. From the
Grand Sable Dunes and Apostle Islands of the south shore to
mountain-studded St. Ignace Island and majestic Thunder Cape on the
north, the lake is deeply ingrained in North America’s
cultural and environmental heritage.
Around
the Shores of Lake Superior is an ideal trip planner and a
unique guide to the region. As author Margaret Beattie Bogue follows
the Lake Superior shoreline clockwise through Minnesota, Ontario,
Michigan, and Wisconsin, she evokes the richness of local history and
highlights hundreds of landmarks and points of interest that surround
the lake. Grand Portage, Fort William Historical Park, the Agawa Canyon
Pictographs, Isle Royale, the Pictured Rocks, and the Apostle Islands
National Lakeshores are just a few of the many sites featured, each
with a short descriptive history, directions, and contact information.
In keeping with the guide’s easy-to-follow organization, all
sites are keyed to a foldout map pocketed in the book’s back
cover.
This book also includes illuminating essays that give context to the
natural and human history of the region—the Ojibwe presence,
French exploration, industry on and around the lake, and the impact of
this history on the natural environment. With more than 200 color and
black-and-white images, this updated and greatly expanded Second
Edition will enrich the appreciation of the region for both visitors
and residents of the upper Great Lakes..
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Around the Shores of
Lake Superior
A
Guide to Historic Sites
by Margaret Beattie Bogue
University
of Wisconsin Press,
2007
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