Hunters can step into the trees and never emerge. A blizzard can catch hikers unawares. One fun fact about the area I discovered when visiting in the winter was that people have brightly colored balls or other items on their radio antennas to help their vehicle be seen above the snowdrifts. There are bears and wolves in the area too. And you have to be wary of hitting moose on the road. But the U. The people are called Yoopers and many in the Keweenaw area are of Finnish and Welch descent.
A favorite lunch is the ubiquitous pasty. You can buy the delicious meat pie just about everywhere. One of my very favorite places to visit is The Jampot. They also sell fresh baked cookies and other treats as well as wonderful coffee they roast themselves.
They are wonderful men, and so interesting. Geology is a hot area of study there, and the friend who introduced me to the monks makes beautiful agate jewelry and other pieces. The towns merge together and are situated on hills that look down on a charming riverside downtown. Michigan Tech brings culture and interest to the town as well. There are thriving bookstores to explore and small shops to wander.
North Wind Books is a favorite of mine. The Upper Peninsula around Lake Superior is layered with interesting topics from environmental concerns to lighthouses to the Ojibwa, also known as Chippewa, culture and legends. We report because the news impacts all of us.
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Share This: Share this article on Twitter. Share this article on Facebook. Share this article via email. Print this article. Brad Silet is the fisheries biologist for the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of the Chippewa Indians. One change Silet is worried about is the volatility of the lake levels. Waves of Lake Superior crashing against the rocks at higher levels than ever seen in recorded history.
Whitefish Point Lighthouse just before a storm. The ups and downs of the Great Lakes The effects people are talking about now are the historically high lake levels of the Great Lakes. Ready or not — the Great Lakes as a climate refuge The Great Lakes region is frequently touted as one of the most climate-resilient places in the U. A view looking at islands just south of Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Shorter hockey seasons, more invasive species Eventually, there will be less ice cover on Lake Superior.
Lake Superior on a winter day. Looking through a window pane at a fisherman on an island near Isle Royale is removing a bit of the fish that researchers can use to determine the age of the fish. Raising whitefish Brad Silet with the Sault tribe said Native American fisheries experts are trying to figure out what they can do to save whitefish and other kinds of fish important to them. Related Articles:. There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America with water one foot deep.
The maximum wave ever recorded on Lake Superior was 9. If you stretched the shoreline of Lake Superior out to a straight line, it would be long enough to reach from Duluth, Minnesota to the Bahamas. Over streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior with the largest source being the Nipigon River in Ontario. The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is about 8 metres or 27 feet, making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes.
Underwater visibility in some spots reaches 30 meters. In the summer, the sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge. Some of the world's oldest rocks, formed about 2. Changes in water levels are more noticeable from prevailing winds pushing water to the Eastern shore.
The dense basalts of Lake Superior acted like a wall or brake for the glaciers 18, years ago, which is why there is a driftless area in Wisconsin today. Thanks to Karen.
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