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See you at the shows!

If you love college basketball, March is a month all about madness. If you enjoy daylight, March is the month when we turn our clocks forward to “save” an extra hour of it. But if you are in the outdoors and tourism business, March is the month to attend trade shows.

True, some outfitters and other outdoor businesses have been traveling to shows all winter. Here at Northern Wilds, we most often attend shows during March. This month, we’ll have a presence at three shows. Topping the list is the Duluth Women’s Expo, Saturday, March 16, where Amber and Sue will be on hand to pass out Northern Wilds and encourage you to sign up for a free drawing. On the same weekend, Friday-Sunday, March 15-17, Shawn will be attending the Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo at Hamline University in St. Paul, where he will be assisting Ray Rivard of Nipigon River Adventures. Stop by the Nipigon booth to say hello.

Carl Madsen of Rockwood Lodge and Outfitters on the Gunflint Trail will have Northern Wilds available at his booth at Canoecopia in Madison, Wisc. March 8-10.

Say hello to Carl and pick up a copy.

This month, we also say goodbye to a member of our writing team, dining columnist Maren Webb. She and her family recently moved to Duluth for new job opportunities. We wish them well and say thank you to Maren for three years of fine columns. We also extend our condolences to the Grand Portage community, who are grieving the loss of respected tribal leader Norman Deschampe. He will be missed by many far beyond Grand Portage.

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ic. Emily Stone provides an overview of the ongoing environmental challenges affecting Lake Superior. Rae Poynter introduces us to upcycled art, a creative use of common objects. She also reports on an interesting food-sharing program begun by Cascade Vacation Rentals in Lutsen. Peter Fergus-Moore visits EcoSuperior, an organization that makes a green difference in Thunder Bay. In Duluth, Eric Chandler talks with a couple who will sell surplus power from their roof-top solar panels back to the grid. Gord Ellis provides a run-down of lead-free sinkers for fishing. John Stember takes us to Hedstrom’s Lumber Mill, which is a zero-waste facility.

In her final column, Maren Webb features local restaurants that are finding alternatives to plastic straws.

Our favorite musher, Erin Altemus, recounts her below-zero Beargrease Marathon. We meet Lloyd Hautajarvi, who makes wooden landing nets in Duluth, in a story by John Stember. We also meet fishing guide Carl Haensel, who gives a rundown of area fly-fishing opportunities. Amy Schmidt explains why it is important to sit down as a family for dinner. Teas from around the world were introduced to Julia Prinselaar at a Thunder Bay tea shop. Intrepid traveler Casey Fitchett files a report from the top of Costa Rica. Elle Andra-Warner looks into the history of Lake Superior tug boats.

Last, but not least, we say hello to Leah Pratt, the illustrator of our Kid’s Page. In our full-color magazine, Leah delivers a page where our young readers provide the color!—Shawn Perich and Amber Pratt

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The Lakehead’s multi-faceted environmental centre THUNDER BAY— Red River Road is a busy thoroughfare in Thunder Bay. Most people drive right by #562 at the corner of Hill Street, without remarking on the plain gray building near the Portuguese takeout restaurant. But EcoSuperior, the building’s owner, is anything but anonymous in the city and district’s environmental scene. In fact, it would be somewhat easier to describe what EcoSuperior isn’t involved in, environmentally.

“Our range of activities is very broad and keeps getting broader,” says executive director Ellen Mortfield. “Being a non-profit in this day and age requires a lot of diversity to survive, and we’ve survived since 1995.”

Mortfield should know: she has been with EcoSuperior since its inception as Thunder Bay 2002 Clean and Green.

EcoSuperior has indeed evolved with the times and the politics as public and politicians’ perceptions on environmental issues evolve.

While the non-profit operates in a staggering variety of environmental areas, it operates through partnerships with local and neighbourhood agencies where possible. For example, EcoSuperior is working with Confederation College students to analyze beach sand samples for microplastics in Lake Superior. The non-profit publishes a fact sheet for public and commercial use on the source of microplastics and what they mean to our shared ecosystem (in short, microplastics are very bad news). EcoSuperior staffers also do public presentations on this and a host of other issues.

“We make ourselves as accessible as possible,” Mortfield says.

In a related area, an idea emerged when a local bartender voiced frustration about the amount of plastic straws thrown away each night and was looking for ways to reduce it. This led to the launch of an EcoSuperior campaign to reduce the use of disposable plastic straws in Thunder Bay. EcoSuperior developed a plan to educate residents and restaurants alike on the impacts of plastic pollution and equip them with the resources to make change.

Nearly 50 local eateries have signed up for The Last Straw initiative, reducing straw use through customer education, implementing straws-by-request policies or switching to paper or reusable straws, both now available for purchase through EcoSuperior.

In recent years, radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, has been in the news, particularly in the Thunder Bay area. Radon (also present in tobacco smoke) is odourless, colourless and undetectable through human senses but is carcinogenic and potentially fatal. A study in 2014-15

Metal straws are available from EcoSuperior. | SUBMITTED by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit discovered that nearly half the homes in the McIntyre and Neebing city wards showed unacceptably high radon levels, the city average being 16 percent. EcoSuperior works with the Health unit and Health Canada in mitigating high radon levels through the sale of radon home test kits and information workshops.

“People were quite upset when the test results were released,” Mortfield says.

“But the radon gas problem is relatively easy to fix. There are also referrals available for local professionals to do the testing and mitigation, if people so prefer.”

A Thunder Bay Health unit study in nearby Oliver-Paipoonge Township also showed many dwellings with dangerous levels of radon gas.

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“We do what we can to help out (there),” Mortfield says. “And we are certainly open to shared initiatives here and even south of the border, where opportunities present themselves. We’ve even had inquiries from restaurants in Duluth about our Last Straw program, and we’re just starting to get requests from First Nations organizations in the area.”

To that end, the Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School in Thunder Bay is one of several organizations to benefit from the EcoSuperior Earn a Bike program. Here, youth are presented with bikes needing repair and tuning up.

They learn the mechanics of bicycle maintenance, do the repairs and tuning, and receive the bikes as a reward. This encourages pollution-free travel in line with the Active Transportation outreach program.

While the non-profit seeks to promote all sectors of society to adopt more physically active transportation, such as walking and cycling, EcoSuperior’s Active School travel is aimed at school-age children, to teach and encourage less polluting transportation habits.

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tives, while many other programs were lost following recent provincial government funding cuts.

“We see our role as educators, not regulators,” Mortfield says. “We provide information and support, and the nice thing about this is the community support we receive. We are definitely seeing that the public awareness is at a higher level than when we first started.”

Unfortunately, the political winds do not always blow in favour of EcoSuperior’s environmental direction. The Stephen Harper government shut down the Great Lakes Binational Forum, which drastically curtailed networking and shared initia-

“We’re still able to do outreach when funding is temporarily down,” Mortfield comments. “We’re trying to increase revenue through other sources to make up for the shortfall. We are lucky to have a mix of new and experienced staff...resilient and adaptable. Most have areas of specialty but we all wear many hats.”

From waste reduction, to active transportation, from invasive species to food security initiatives, EcoSuperior is present in an astonishingly wide range of environmental activity.—Peter Fergus-Moore

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A solar power surge in Duluth DULUTH— It might seem like a strange choice to install residential solar panels on your roof in Duluth, but Mimmu and Chad Salmela installed a 3-array 8-kilowatt (kW) system in November, 2018. When asked how the photovoltaic (PV) panels were working, Chad Salmela said, “We’re not getting much out of them yet because they’ve been covered in snow 90 percent of the days since we installed them. Let’s talk in August.”

When August comes around, the year-round advantages to solar may start to show themselves for the Salmela family, even in a northern location like Minnesota. Solar energy is a booming industry in Minnesota and continues to grow at a rapid rate. In 2015, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce, there were only 35 megawatts (MW) of electricity produced by solar energy in Minnesota. By the end of 2017, that number increased to 715 MW. Minnesota allows net metering, which means that electricity produced by residential solar panels over the amount needed by the homeowner may be sold back to the utility company. Another way to put it is that you are given credit for the solar energy you produce that you don’t need. You can use that credit later in the year when you may not produce as much solar power. This is a “grid-

tied” system instead of one that might be a stand-alone system that uses a battery to store extra electricity.

“We get paid by Minnesota Power the same amount per watt as what we pay when buying from them,” said Mimmu.

Upfront costs for a solar array can be daunting, but the costs are coming down. According to a 2018 report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the cost for panels in Minnesota has dropped from $9/watt to $4/ watt. The Salmelas said, “We also recognized that when more people participate in solar, the future price of solar goes down.”

Alex Thelen, solar consultant with All Energy Solar, said, “I fear a lot of people think that solar is too expensive for them to afford, but the truth is if you are able to pay your electric bills there is no reason to think solar is out of reach.”

Rebates and incentives are available to help lower initial installation costs. Rebate programs vary with each utility company. The Salmela family works with Minnesota Power that has a program called SolarSense. They offer rebates that are based on how much energy a resident’s PV system is expected to produce. The rebates are given out

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A screenshot of the Duluth Shines! solar suitability application that shows an insolation map on the left and detailed analysis of every rooftop in Duluth on the right. | SUBMITTED on a first come, first served basis. There is also a 30 percent federal income tax credit (ITC) if you install a system during 2019.

After that, the ITC steps down to 26 percent in 2020 and then 22 percent in 2021.

From 2022 onward, there will no longer be an ITC for residential solar installations.

Mimmu estimates it will take seven to 10 years for their solar panels to pay for themselves, even after accounting for snow cover.

“I’d say in Duluth it will be closer to 10 years,” she said. “Then we make money generating electricity for the rest of you to buy from us.”

That’s a funny line, but they have bigger motivations as a family for their solar panel installation.

“First, we liked the idea of generating our own power from the sun and the sustainability aspect of it. Regardless of your politics or belief in global warming, it’s eventually free energy. The rebate from Minnesota Power and the tax benefits definitely played a big part in taking down the total cost and it was one of the major factors in our decision-making. Knowing that the tax benefits would likely go down year after year, we wanted to start as soon as possible,” said Mimmu.

Thelen reiterates the point consumers should consider when thinking about a solar panel installation: “What I hope to convey to our customers is that going solar is simply money allocation. If you have exposure to your roof or an open area on your property and you own your home, you have the ability to take the money you were spending on your electric utility bills and spend it on owning your power plant. This power plant is also a source of clean renewable energy that has an infinite source, the sun!”

A residential solar installation that is tied to your utility company is a complex project. Make sure to consult with your local utility company and a reputable, licensed installer to see what steps you may need to take. For example, Minnesota Power has an online publication called the “2018 Consumer Guide to Solar Power” that includes a five-step checklist for completing a solar panel project that ties into the power grid.

It’s important to assess whether your home site is suitable for a solar installation.

“When we are looking for an area to install a solar array we first look for mostly unshaded southern, eastern or western exposure,” said Thelen. “If there are no roof spaces available with good exposure then we can look towards a ground mounted solar array.”

Interested homeowners can research their site suitability through a website called Duluth Shines! – Duluth’s Solar Suitability Application. The University of Minnesota – Duluth Geospatial Analysis Center analyzed every building in Duluth over 200 square feet in size. You can click each roof to calculate the size array it would support and the cost. The website also includes links to reputable installers and information about rebates and incentives.

You can use this site for researching suitability anywhere in Minnesota outside of Duluth with the Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis application that is built into the Duluth Shines! website.

It’s easy to be skeptical about solar energy in the middle of a dark Minnesota winter. Consider Germany, a country that lies in latitudes that are all farther north than Minneapolis. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2017, Germany produced 7.5 percent of their electricity needs with solar panels, the third highest in the world. In a 2016 IEA report, they produced more solar electricity per capita than any country in the world. According to Thelen, “We have a very similar climate to Germany and get almost the same amount of sun. If they are able to generate a large portion of their energy needs from solar and other renewable sources, there is no reason to think we in Minnesota can’t do the same.”

Homeowners like the Salmela family that install rooftop solar PV panels will reap long-term benefits.—Eric Chandler

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Cascade Vacation Rentals launches Project: Food LUTSEN— Food waste is a big problem. So is hunger. It’s estimated that Americans throw away $165 billion worth of food— or 35 million tons—every year. For an average family, that could mean wasting about $2,000 every year on uneaten food.

Meanwhile, it’s estimated that around one in 10 Minnesota households struggle with food insecurity. While these issues can feel insurmountable, efforts to manage waste and provide food to those in need can make a real difference in local communities. Recently, Cascade Vacation Rentals began a program called Project: Food, an initiative designed to help reduce waste and provide food for local food shelves.

Cascade Vacation Rentals hosts thousands of visitors to the North Shore every year. When guests check out of a vacation rental, they sometimes leave behind unused boxes and cans of food. Over the course of peak visitor season, this can amount to large amounts of food being left at vacation rental properties. The goal of Project: Food is to keep these food items out of landfills and to put them into the pantries of those who need it.

Andrew Beavers of Cascade Vacation Rentals describes how Project: Food came from the desire to give back.

“One of our colleagues was at a conference for vacation rental companies a few years back,” said Beavers. “They were sharing ideas on different ways vacation rental communities can help out the local area.

We have so many homes in this area, and we wanted to get food to folks in need.”

Since so many of the items guests leave are still perfectly fit for consumption, it made sense to find a way to give these items to those in need. With Project: Food, instead of throwing unwanted food away, guests at Cascade Vacation Rentals can decide whether they want to bring their food items home or whether they want to donate them to a local food shelf via the program.

“The program is a really simple process,” said Beavers. “The way it works is our housekeepers put a branded grocery sack in the homes when they clean, and if guests have food items they don’t want to bring home, they can put them in the bag.”

Project: Food accepts non-perishable, unopened food items for donation. Examples would be boxes of pasta, canned foods, foods in unopened jars, or anything that would be typically given to a food shelf. When the housekeepers clean after a stay, they’ll pick up the bags with the food and bring them to the office. From there, the staff distributes them to either the food shelf in Grand Marais or the food shelf at Birch Grove in Tofte, where it will be given to families in need.

Beavers said that while the program just started in June of last year, the donations continued to grow into the busy season of late summer and early fall.

Project: Food accepts non-perishable, unopened food items. | SUBMITTED “It was a great success, and it was exciting to see how many people were eager to participate. Our homeowners are great and love the program, too. While they’re

renting they can still be giving back to the local community,” said Beavers.

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ELY— A dynamic new exhibit is coming to the International Wolf Center to replace the celebrated “Wolves and Humans” exhibit that has been on display at the Center since it opened in 1993.

director. “The innovative exhibit will use interactive technology and powerful stories to teach kids and adults about the roles that wolves play in ecosystems, and how they are managed to co-exist with humans.”

To prepare for the new gallery, staff are documenting the current exhibit and dismantling it. As of last month, the Wolves and Humans exhibit is now closed to the public. The rest of the Center will remain open to visitors on weekends for its usual winter hours. While the exhibit area is closed, visitors are still able to watch the Center’s ambassador wolves, listen to numerous programs in the auditorium and watch wolf-related movies in the theater.

Since the original exhibit was built in the early 1980s by the Science Museum of Minnesota, the world has learned much more about wolves.

Scientific research is evolving, the climate is changing, research is expanding and biologists now have a deeper understanding of wolves and wolf behavior than when the original display was created.

“Board members, wolf biologists, volunteers and staff have been planning with the design team for nearly a year,” said Rob Schultz, executive

“The new exhibit will give visitors, especially families, an opportunity to experience wolves in fun, creative ways,” Schultz said. “A howling room will simulate what it’s like to hear wolves at night in the wilderness, an airplane cockpit will recreate the

unique birds-eye view that just a few biologists get while tracking and observing wolves from the air, and a science lab will help children of all ages explore the biology of wolves.”

The new exhibit has been made possible through a $1 million grant from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. The International Wolf Center Board has been deeply appreciative of support for the project by Representative Rob Ecklund, Senator Tom Bakk, Ely Mayor Chuck Novak, and the Ely City Council.

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The Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society presents

The Upper Midwest Scuba and Adventure Travel Show

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Featured Speaker: Brett Seymour Speaking on The USS Arizona

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GRAND MARAIS— Born from a log cabin on a 20-acre homestead in the 1890s, Hedstrom’s Lumber Company has adapted and survived better than most forest products operations over its 105-year existence. It all started on July 14, 1914, when Andrew Hedstrom, driven by the need for lumber as a carpenter and the high costs of importing wood by boat to Grand Marais, kickstarted a sawmill up the wagon tracks of the Gunflint Trail.

At certain points during the tumultuous century, Hedstrom’s Lumber has burned, cut back, and adapted to the economic realities within the timber industry. At its pith lies castiron resilience and a pursuit to find a sustainable balance as a business, perhaps a byproduct of long winters and hard work. At one point, the mill was a major producer of the bread

and butter wood products needed locally—churning out 25 million board feet a year.

Unfortunately, depending on the long-term health of the timber industry is precarious. Although Hedstrom’s has learned this the hard way—within the last two decades through the closure of the Two Harbors property—the downsizing perhaps was a gift in disguise.

Forced to figure out what it could and couldn’t support after the fire of 1981 and recessions of the 2000s, Hedstrom’s reluctantly began the long process of finding a new identity. It cut back a quarter of its employees and attempted to find a niche market with few regional competitors.

“It’s been a challenge,” said Chris Hegg, interim president. “In some ways, it would have been smarter for

Hedstrom’s to move down to Two Harbors or the Iron Range where there is more timber and more staff.

But the Hedstrom family was always committed to staying here [Cook County] because of the family roots...

We are probably going to stay this size, which is sustainable, because you really cannot come in here and build a huge operation because there is not enough log available.”

And so, Hedstrom’s Lumber Company, instead of expanding elsewhere, started to cater towards specialty lumber for smaller organizations like the North House Folk School. Additionally, the mill shrunk to fit the employment realities and increasingly small timber resources of the Arrowhead region. In other words, the sawmill adapted to limitations in order to survive and consequently created a maintainable vision for the future.

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The North Shore Forest Collaborative (NSFC) has the solution. Apply now for our reduced-price fencing program.

Fencing must be used to plant and protect white pine and white cedar seedlings on your North Shore property in either Lake or Cook County, within three (3) miles of Lake Superior. Applications are due March 15, 2019. To apply, visit the NSFC website, at northshoreforest.org.

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Quilters By using each piece of every tree, Hedstrom Lumber Company creates zero waste. | SUBMITTED “Right now, it’s a good fit because at this size we can get the material, we can get enough employees, and we have an existing facility. It is really hard to build a new modern mill...This will never be a huge business here, but it can be this size,” said Hegg.

Most of the timber that comes to the mill comes off land from the U.S. Forest Service and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. About 25 percent of the wood can be used to make boards, while the other 75 percent is too small. This surplus becomes either pulp for making paper or the four primary leftovers from a sawmill: wood chips, sawdust, shavings and bark. By using each piece of every tree, Hedstrom’s creates zero waste.

According to their website, “We use every inch of every log that enters our mill. Bark and sawdust are burned as a heat source. Our mill is 100 percent thermally self-sufficient.

Quality chips are sold for paper production. Bark becomes a landscaping product. Sawdust is sold to pellet manufacturers. Any leftover waste materials are sold as fuel to other biomass facilities.”

For example, bits of seasoned wood are shaved off boards during the planing process to create finished lumber and then the wood shavings are bagged and sold to farms as turkey bedding. In addition, wood chips—the chief byproduct of the sawmill—are trucked off to paper companies for pulp. Sawdust and bark are primarily used in the winters to heat the mill

and nearby buildings, and power the kilns and steam lines. As a result, the mill has been 100 percent thermally self-sufficient since 1975.

Sustainability isn’t just about being environmentally conscious. As a business, it is also about knowing how many people it can reliably employ, engaging in ethical practices to ensure future markets, and especially in Hedstrom’s case, getting the most out of each individual product. Each setback over the years, although incredibly tough at times, has pushed Hedstrom’s Lumber Company to understand its sustainable place within the larger environmental, economic, and social needs of the community.

—John Stember

Story and song are used in this beautiful theatrical musical to bring to life the lives of frontier women.

March 7-10 & 14-17 Thursday-Saturday 7 p.m.

Sunday 2 p.m.

Tickets $10 Adult, $5 Youth (12-17) $3 Child (under 12) Tickets available at the door or online at grandmaraisplayhouse.com

Arrowhead Center for the Arts 51 W. 5ht St., Grand Marais, MN

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Thunder Bay’s World Dance Collective performed at last year’s Eighth Annual Arts and Heritage Awards. | SUBMITTED

Thunder Bay hosts art awards night THUNDER BAY— April 5 will be a special evening at Thunder Bay’s Magnus Theater when the city’s creative community gathers for the Ninth Annual Arts and Cultural Heritage Awards. The event recognizes outstanding artistic work in multiple categories.

“It’s like our little Academy Awards for Thunder Bay,” says Ash Young, the city’s cultural development and events supervisor. “It’s filled with performances, usually from the nominees.”

Nominations can come from individuals and organizations. Creative categories include Music, Film, Visual Art and Fine Craft, Stage Performance, Literature, Photography and Heritage. There are cultural categories for Organization, Sponsor, Venue, Festival or Event, and Professional.

Four heritage awards are given for Built Heritage, Cultural Volunteer, Outstanding Youth, and Lifetime or Professional. Winners receive an award made by local artist Boy Roland, a certificate signed by the mayor and community recognition.

“It’s the way we can support arts and culture,” Young says.

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The Honourable Patty Hajdu presents Candi Badanai with the award for Stage Performance at the Eighth Annual Arts and Heritage Awards. | SUBMITTED emony gives more recognition to people who are doing a lot of good work in the community.”

When he moved to Thunder Bay about three years ago, Young was surprised to find a vibrant creative scene. In addition to a plethora of music, art and entertainment, the city has individuals and organizations committed to preserving buildings and other aspects of the city’s past.

In the early years, the ceremony was a smaller event held at the Finlandia Club.

The move to the Magnus allowed it to become an award show and brought much improved attendance that draws local politicians, officials and celebrities. An after-show party at the Red Lion Smokehouse helps nominees continue the celebration after the gala.

“Often people aren’t aware of everything that is happening,” he said. “The cer-

All in all, Young says, “It’s a fun event.”

—Shawn Perich

Points North Fly-fishing keeps growing in the North access points of some lakes in order to monitor usage.

“Some really good brook trout lakes are not seeing anglers,” Haensel says. “There are fish up there waiting.”

By Shawn Perich

A growing smallmouth bass fishery also holds promise for fly-fishers. In the past decade or so, smallmouth have expanded into lakes where they previously didn’t exist or were found in very small numbers.

Quality-sized bass are found in both rivers and lakes. Haensel, who also guides smallmouth anglers via driftboat in the St. Louis, Cloquet and other rivers, as well as area lakes, says he frequently sees bass in the 16- to 20-inch range, as well as occasional fish topping 20 inches.

Fly fishing continues to grow in popularity across the Northern Wilds as more anglers take up the sport and discover new ways to catch fish doing so. Carl Haensel, a Duluth-area fly-fishing guide and conservationist, says one reason fly fishing is growing is because anglers are finding plenty of good fishing.

Healthy fisheries are often the results of conservation efforts. While the Northern Wilds are blessed with vast public forests, nearly endless rivers and lakes, including Superior, and excellent water quality, conservation-minded anglers strive to ensure it stays that way. Haensel is the northern Minnesota chair for Trout Unlimited, one of several area angling organizations focused on conserving fishery resources. In recent years, these groups have done habitat work on Lake Superior tributaries such as the Kadunce, Manitou, Sucker, Knife, Stewart and Blackhoof rivers. This work often involves stabilizing eroding banks or habitat improvement work. One improvement undertaken by TU has been introducing large woody debris into streams.

Some waterways contain fewer large, mature trees than they once did. When those trees eventually die and topple into the stream, they create excellent habitat for trout and other species. Electrofishing near trees added by TU have sometimes found hundreds of fish using them for cover. Haensel said the Stewart River has had better survival of young wild steelhead following the creation of these log jams.

“The last few years have been some of the best for North Shore steelheading,” he says. “It’s not always easy. There are no guarantees. But steelheading is attracting more people.”

Veteran steelheaders would agree with his observation that fly-fishers are a growing segment of the steelheading scene.

They are also using new techniques, such as spey-casting with two-handed rods and “swinging” flies in the current. Sometimes, especially on weekends, North Shore rivers become crowded with anglers who have heard “the run is on” via social media. This, too, is a relatively new thing.

Haensel says North Shore fly-fishing clinics often fill up within a day of being announced on social media.

Some aspects of North Shore fishing have changed as well. During the 1980s and 90s, stocking programs for lake trout, Chinook and Atlantic salmon, and Kamloops rainbow trout created near-shore, river mouth and stream fisheries that no longer exist. The recovery of Lake Superior’s native lake trout led to a cessation of stocking in Minnesota waters. Hatchery-raised lakers were prone to congregate near river mouths, while wild ones do not. Salmon stockings were deemed ineffective for creating fishing opportunities and were ceased. Haensel says naturally reproducing Chinooks remain common in Lake Superior, but very few make autumn spawning runs in Minnesota streams. The long-running Kamloops rainbow stocking program ended recently due to concerns of genetic pollution when the hatchery fish spawned with wild steelhead. The most dramatic change from discontinuing stocking these species is substantial diminishment of river mouth and shoreline fishing opportunities.

Another native fish that inhabits shoreline waters is gaining prominence. Large brook trout, called coasters, are beginning to recover from near extirpation during the 20th Century, primarily due to the adoption of protective fishing regulations setting a minimum size limit of 20 inches for brook trout in Lake Superior and the

Fishing guide and conservationist Carl Haensel says fly-fishing is alive and well in the Northern Wilds. | SUBMITTED portions of tributary streams accessible to lake-run fish. While the average size of Minnesota coasters remains closer to 12 than 20 inches, they are becoming more numerous.

“Last year there were a lot more reports of nice-sized coasters everywhere from easily accessible places like the Grand Marais harbor to places that no one talks about,” Haensel says.

Further upstream, nearly all North Shore tributaries support wild brook trout.

Haensel says that here, too, the cessation of stocking has changed the fishery.

Gone are the catchable-sized brown trout and brook trout from the hatchery. Wild brown trout persist only in a couple of streams. In places, brook trout are now fewer in number, but good fishing exists.

“Some of our streams can grow 14- to 20-inch brook trout,” he says, “but only if we practice catch-and-release.”

The best brook trout fishing, of course, is in places that are hard to reach. Haensel says more anglers are “hoofing it in on their own steam” to reach remote waters by hiking pathways such as the Superior Hiking Trail or using mountain bikes to traverse old logging roads. Apparently, there are more remote waters than there are anglers willing to fish them. Some of Minnesota’s designated stream trout lakes see very little fishing pressure. The Minnesota DNR has placed trail cameras at the

TU is also introducing the national organization’s Trout in the Classroom program into area schools. Currently, they are working with one school in Duluth, but Haensel hopes to work with other schools along the North Shore.

Haensel will be giving a presentation about fly-fishing for North Shore steelhead at the Great Waters Fly-Fishing Expo at Hamline University in St. Paul, held Mar. 15-17 (greatwatersflyexpo.com). You can contact his guide service at: namebini.com.

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Algae blooms on Lake Erie (pictured) are already common due to warmer water temperatures and higher levels of nutrients. Lake Superior—known for its clear, cold water—only began experiencing algae blooms in the past several years. | NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY

Going Green on Lake Superior

By Emily M. Stone

Lake Superior has a lot of fans. Its identifiable shape shows up as tattoos, jewelry, bumper stickers, and more.

We hug it with a Circle Tour, we snuggle up close in our cabins and tents, and we gaze lovingly into its crystal clear waters.

Algae blooms can release toxins, close swimming beaches, diminish the allure for tourists, and lower property values. Kaitlin Reinl, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), is working with scientists at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (APIS) and UMD’s Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) to understand why the algae blooms are happening now.

Deep, cold, and powerful: We sometimes allow ourselves to believe that The Lake is big enough and strong enough to endure anything we throw at it. Its perceived water quality is part of its allure.

That perception is true, to a point. The Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping Project (GLEAM) put together a map of all the Great Lakes that shows the cumulative environmental stress caused by 34 factors, including climate change, aquatic invasive species, and nutrient loading. Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario are ringed with red-colored trouble spots, while Lake Superior stands out as a sea of cool blue health. But looks can be deceiving. The Greatest Lake has issues, too, including algae blooms, aquatic invasive species, and microplastics.

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A cluster of zebra mussels. | CENTER FOR GREAT LAKES & AQUATIC SCIENCES, UNIV. OF MICHIGAN noticing changes to water clarity both north and east of Duluth. After the flood, citizens began reporting algae blooms along its shores for the first time in the history of Lake Superior.

“The summer of 2018 was huge for algae blooms, based on reports from citizens,” Reinl reported. “We’re wondering if people are just more aware these days, or if historical algae blooms weren’t reported, or if there’s actually been an increase.” To figure out where the algae are coming from, researchers have been collecting water quality data near APIS, and trying to match the observations with algae growth.

They’re also using lab-based experiments to determine if the algae are already in the lake, or if seed populations are being washed into Lake Superior from rivers and inland lakes during floods and then reproducing rapidly.

People have noticed a connection between big floods and big algae blooms, but that might not be the whole story. While scientists look for the answers, Reinl offers

suggestions on how folks can help.

“We know that nutrients are connected to growth, so good management of inland waterways can reduce runoff into the lake,” she said.

Minimizing the application of lawn fertilizers, maintaining buffer strips of native vegetation along the shorelines of lakes and rivers, and supporting farmers in erosion control practices are all good ideas.

In addition, everyone is asked to report algae blooms anywhere in Lake Superior by calling the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore’s Visitor Center in Bayfield, WI, at (715) 779-3397.

While the algae problem is relatively new, the issue of aquatic invasive species (AIS) is shockingly old. Doug Jensen is the aquatic invasive species program coordinator at the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program in Duluth. From the moment he started talking, I was astounded at both the scope of the problem and the good news about the control of their spread.

“Since 1830, there have been 187 non-native species introduced into the Great Lakes,” Jensen said. Of those, invasive species include the sea lamprey, rusty crayfish, spiny water-flea, quagga mussel, and purple loosestrife. They interrupt food chains, stress native ecosystems, and damage infrastructure. “But 2006 is like the line of demarcation,” he continued, “The bloody red shrimp is the last new AIS found in the Great Lakes. Since then, we’ve only found one new non-native species of zooplankton, and it isn’t invasive.”

With 100 non-native species, Lake Superior is the least infested of any of the Great Lakes, despite hosting the largest inland port in the nation. This impressive accomplishment is due in large part to a ballast water management program for oceangoing ships started in 1993. When a ship leaves a foreign port, it fills ballast tanks with water to improve stability, balance, and trim. If that water—complete with little swimmers—were discharged into another body of freshwater, it could be a source of invasive species. Since 2004, ships have been mandated to empty and refill their tanks with saltwater in the middle of the ocean. The technique, nicknamed “swish and spit,” ensures that most invaders are discharged, and that salinity levels in the tanks are too high for any remaining freshwater species to survive.

Recreational boaters and anglers can help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species, too. Signs at public boat landings show visitors how to “Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers.” This national campaign reminds recreational boaters to clean, drain and dry their equipment to prevent the spread of AIS. It’s important for both Lake Superior and for Minnesota’s 11,842 inland lakes. And it’s working. Only seven percent of Minnesota’s waters have AIS. “If the spread of AIS was inevitable, all of the lakes would be infested by now,” said Jensen.

Education, watercraft inspection and enforcement is largely working to prevent AIS spread. Each year, Minnesota Sea Grant educates more than 10,000 people with AIS prevention messages.

If you stop by the Arrowhead Home

Environmental stress mapped across the surface of the Great Lakes, based on the combined influence of 34 different environmental threats. The colors represent relative stress levels compared to other parts of the five lakes. The map can be used to guide future restoration efforts. | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Not all of Lake Superior’s invaders are living, though. Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic found in facial scrubs, soaps, and toothpastes. They were added as abrasives or exfoliants, but after scientists in New York state discovered how prevalent they’d become in the Great Lakes, they also became headlines. Public outcry led to a federal ban on cosmetic microbeads that went into full effect in July of 2018.

When I talked with Dr. Lorena Rios Mendoza, a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin Superior and an international expert on microplastics, she was unimpressed by that accomplishment.

She’s been studying microplastics in Lake Superior, and it was sobering to hear her say “We don’t have a solution. We don’t even know the extent of the problem.”

Two sea lamprey clinging to an aquarium wall. | MN SEA GRANT and Builders Show—April 3-7 in Duluth— you can hear another of Jensen’s favorite messages. The national Habitatitude campaign educates consumers about the problems caused by releasing exotic animals or plants from aquariums, water gardens, and classrooms into the environment. Through Habitattitude Collaborative Networks, unwanted pets can be auctioned off and rehomed during “surrender events.” Over 500 animals have been rehomed in the past three years. The pets, the owners and the environment all win.

Plastics are everywhere. There are over 5,000 types of plastics that haven’t been banned. Any plastic item of any size can be broken down by ultra violet light into microplastics that are just as bad as those microbeads. Discarded contact lenses, the clear windows in envelopes, and plastic bags are a few common sources.

But plastics are inert, right? Wrong.

Many environmental toxins, like flame retardants, pesticides, and other “persistent organic pollutants” are hydrophobic. They don’t bond readily to water molecules, but they are adsorbed easily by the plastics.

This can concentrate toxins that might otherwise have settled out into the sediments and stayed there.

Microplastics are a bigger issue in Lake Superior than are chunks of trash, because the little bits look like food to a fish. When a perch eats microplastics, it’s also ingesting carcinogens, mutagenics, and endocrine disrupters. What happens to them, and what happens to us at a fish fry, are questions Rios is trying to answer.

“Plastic is everywhere. We are breathing plastic,” explained Rios. Scientists have found microplastics in tap water, bottled water, and beer. We release plastic fibers from our clothes when we do laundry.

Wastewater treatment plants concentrate microplastics in their effluent, and then there’s the garbage.

“When we say reduce, reuse, recycle, we need to add refuse!” advised Rios. She stopped eating at a favorite restaurant because they gave her a plastic drinking straw automatically, without asking. She refuses to take a bag with her sandwich when she goes out to lunch, and she tries to use plastic alternatives like cotton and glass. “I know it is painful,” she admitted, “but we must put pressure on industry to find better ways. We just have one planet.

Use it, but don’t abuse it.”

These issues are as big as the lake itself.

But the surrounding communities’ connections are also deep. “Lake Superior excites such a strong sense of place in people that I hope this can be our superpower,” said Deanna Erickson, education coordinator at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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Thompson has used materials such as gears, nuts and bolts, and old gauges to make his art. | BRANDON THOMPSON

UPCYCLED ART: Giving New Life to Old Materials

By Rae Poynter Recycling or reusing products is one of the simplest ways to help the environment. For most of us, the habit of recycling is little more than an everyday chore. But for others, finding creative ways to reuse old products is nothing short of an art form. Upcycling is a form of recycling in which old items are used to create something even better.

Several artists along the North Shore create upcycled art, and their work shows how artwork can be a part of the effort to go green.

Brandon Thompson from Duluth is one such artist.

A mechanic by trade, Thompson creates scrap metal art from extra parts in his shop. A spare piece might spark an idea for a sculpture, and he gets to work seeing what he can make out of it. By using old pieces for his sculptures, Thompson breathes new life into materials that would otherwise be considered junk.

“I’ve been working with metal since high school, and just started doing art in the last couple of years,” said Thompson. “It’s my hobby, and I have an itch to create.”

Thompson has made a wide array of scrap-metal art, from lamps and clocks to figurines and sculptures. He’s also used a wide variety of materials for his art, from gears and old gauges to chainsaw engines. The materials he uses gives his work a steampunk style, though he’s done many different kinds of sculptures.

“I just get an idea for something and go with it,” he said. “I do it mostly for myself, but most of it ends up for sale. Usually I’ll sell my art to people I meet who have a connection to something I’ve made. It’s neat because I get connected with people through my art that I wouldn’t normally meet or get to know.”

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While he doesn’t run an official shop for his art, Thompson attends several art festivals every year, where people find out about his work. And as word has spread about his art, other mechanics have offered old pieces for him to use.

“I work out of my shop at home, and I get parts from shops around the area,” said Thompson. “People know me and let me dig around for things that I can use.”

With a growing movement toward sustainable and locally made products, upcycled art continues to draw intrigue from people looking to make environmentally conscious purchases. It can also be a way for a community to work together.

Jill Terrill is the owner of Joy and Company, a shop in Grand Marais that sells a wide variety of upcycled art, some of which she creates herself.

“I’ve always loved recycling art,” said Terrill. “Since I was a kid I’ve always wondered what I can turn things into. I had a drawer where I’d collect materials to work with, to the point where my mother made me limit what I could keep in there.”

Brandon Thompson is a mechanic who also creates art out of scrap metal. | BRANDON THOMPSON

Julie Arthur makes rag rugs from a variety of materials, including old hotel sheets and towels. | JULIE ARTHUR At Joy and Company in Grand Marais, you can find art made from old records, wind chimes created from silverware, candle holders made from old wine barrels, and even a coffee table that was once an incubator. | SUBMITTED A walk through Joy and Company reflects Terrill’s love for upcycled art: one can find art made of old records, wind chimes created from silverware, candle holders made from old wine barrels, and even a coffee table that was once an incubator.

The building itself has undergone transformation, from a garage where cars were serviced to the art shop it is today.

A neat aspect of upcycled art is how it can represent the different businesses and artists in a single community. Some artists at Joy and Company use materials from the Cook County Recycling Center for their art, and Terrill has made ornaments out of woodworking scraps from Knotty Dawgs Woodworking in Grand Portage. She’s also received sample pieces from 1010 Interiors in Grand Marais and has made them into

signs and trivets so they wouldn’t end up in a dumpster. By using materials that a local business would otherwise throw out, artists can help a community’s sustainability efforts.

One artist who uses materials from local businesses is Tofte fiber artist Julie Arthur.

Many of her projects utilize old materials, and she finds creative ways to turn old fabric into new products.

“I weave rag rugs, which is something that goes back to our ancestors,” said Arthur. “Nowadays, when a garment gets old or gets a tear, we throw it away. But our ancestors saved everything and made sure it got reused.”

Arthur makes a habit out of looking for materials that can be reused instead of buying new ones. Some of her rugs are made

from old blue jeans, and she’s even hoping to make rugs from a collection of old tents, as tent material is very durable and could be used for outdoor or camping rugs.

One of the main materials Julie Arthur uses for her rugs are hotel bed sheets and towels.

“My son works at Bluefin Bay, and he realized that they threw away any sheet or towel with a stain or rip. That adds up to a lot of linens being thrown away. I could use them in some of my weaving, so I started taking the old sheets and towels to use in my rugs.”

Once Arthur gets the linens, she colors them with a method called snow dyeing.

The snow dyeing process starts with laying out the warp, or the long threads of material, on a screen. She then covers the screen

with snow and sprinkles the snow with dye. As the snow melts, the color comes out and blends to make different colors in the fabric.

“People are fascinated to learn about the snow dyeing process,” Arthur said. “It’s so much faster than painting or other kinds of dye, and it’s fun to look once the snow has melted and to see how it’s turned out.”

To not waste any dye, she even reuses some of it by collecting the dye water after the snow has melted, using the hotel bed sheets to soak it up, and then using the dyed sheets as filler.

“So much of weaving is utilitarian,” Arthur said. “And reusing materials is a centuries-old practice.”

There are limitless options for using old materials to create new art. As these artists show, building a sustainable life doesn’t have to be a chore.

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By Breana Roy

Duluth Art Walk

Held March 29 this month, the Downtown Duluth Arts Walk is a walkable, year-round event, held from 5-8 p.m. on the final Friday of each month. It is the creation of the Downtown Duluth Arts Collective, which represents more than 25 arts businesses and groups, individual artist studios and cultural centers.

All ages are invited to enjoy a night of art and entertainment, often featuring anything from new artwork to live music and performances. To learn more, visit: downtowndulutharts.org.

This oil on canvas, titled “Helping Each Other,”

by Duluth-based artist and teacher Carolyn Olson, is currently at Lizzard’s Art Gallery and Framing. Olson’s current series of work is based on mentorships and role models across generations. | CAROLYN OLSON

Duluth textile artist Kirsten Aune creates everything from wall-hangings, garments and lampshades, to quilts, toys and hand bags.

Her studio, which she shares with her sister, is located at 128 W. First St. | KIRSTEN AUNE

Finnish artist Sirpa Särkijärvi will showcase her newest paintings at the Joseph Nease Gallery this month, including “Transcriptions 44,” shown here. An opening reception for the exhibit, titled Transcriptions, will be held March 22 from 6-8 p.m. |SIRPA SÄRKIJÄRVI

Alison Aune is an award-winning painter and professor of art education at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Alison draws her inspiration from traditional folk art patterns. | ALISON AUNE 18

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The Red Herring Lounge is one of over 25 locations to showcase art from local artists, as well as live music and happy hour specials. They recently showcased watercolors by Chris Homan, which featured this piece, titled “Heart Beat.” | CHRIS HOMAN

The Net Maker CREATIVE SPACE: By John Stember Sixty-six-year-old Lloyd Hautajarvi builds wooden landing nets. He learned the craft some 30 years ago when his relationship with a fly rod began, like so many others, on the big rivers and crooked creeks of Montana.

Lloyd grew up in Duluth, far from the fly-fishing capitals of the East or West. As a child he was eager to learn how to catch fish on a fly. Living in northern Minnesota, he struggled to find someone to teach him.

It was a world he could not access.

Graduating from college with an engineering degree, Lloyd set out for the Air Force.

“They had the good sense of sending me out to Great Falls, Montana and they forgot about me there for three years,” says Lloyd.

From its mountain headwaters, the Missouri River crosses prairies of central Montana and into the heart of Great Falls.

Within two weeks of moving there, Lloyd signed up for a fly-tying class, which led to working Saturdays at a fly shop. He began to explore the nearby Missouri and clear creeks running from the mountains.

“We took advantage of every moment we had out there. We’d head off to the mountains...we’d take locals places they’d never been,” he said.

After his service in the Air Force, Lloyd left the Big Sky country as a trout fisherman and returned to his roots in Duluth.

One day while at his parents’ house, Lloyd happened to stumble upon two frames for net-making in the basement. It turned out, one of his brothers had built—in a high school shop class—forms designed to hold and bend steamed wood into tennis-racket-like loops. For years they’d sat forgotten, but Lloyd decided to put them back to work. He quickly made two fly fishing nets for himself, which he relied upon for several years.

Lloyd Hautajarvi builds wooden landing nets, a craft he learned roughly 30 years ago. | SUBMITTED

As years rolled by, Lloyd got married, continued to fly fish, and somewhere along the way picked up woodworking.

While looking at his two handmade nets one afternoon, he decided he wanted to try again. He felt he knew better now and could improve his designs.

When I arrived at Lloyd’s suburban home down a snow-bermed street in Duluth, he led me around back to his woodshop.

The walls were lined with cuts of maple, trout paintings, hand planes, and stacks of shaped hoops for unfinished nets.

To create a batch of fly fishing nets, Lloyd cuts skinny strips of walnut and ash to form loops. The thin pieces of wood are steamed for a night, then set into forms, and finally left to bend and dry out for a few days. After the hoop set is bent into shape, a unique wood handle is added, then all the pieces are glued and clamped together. From there, Lloyd drills holes and adds netting.

Within the small circle of people who hand build nets in Minnesota, Lloyd’s developed his own net-building niche be-

Within the small circle of people who hand build nets in Minnesota, Lloyd’s developed his own net-building niche because of his commitment to distinctive wood grains. | SUBMITTED cause of his commitment to distinctive wood grains. As opposed to straight grain, plain Jane lumber, Lloyd seeks out hard-tofind figured woods: quilted, mottled, curly, bird’s eye, and the elusive tree burl.

It all started back in the 1980s when a buddy of Lloyd’s asked him to cut up a black ash burl for a tabletop. After slicing

into the tree burl, which is a growth caused by injury to the inner bark, Lloyd noticed the striking changes to the grain. Years later, when he began to build nets, Lloyd set out to incorporate the uncommon and distinctive patterns of figured wood.

LDH nets have been shipped to five different continents. “Between South America

and Antarctica, I am hoping to check off the last two,” he chuckles. Although it is getting harder to find sources of wood— sawmills prefer wholesale retailers rather than weekend wood butchers—Lloyd finds comfort in the search.

To learn more, visit: ldhnets.com.

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Briand Morrison and Roxann Berglund

Set for a Big Year JAMS: By Will Moore Quality and consistency are the hallmarks of the musicianship of guitarist Briand Morrison and vocalist/keyboardist Roxann Berglund, two mainstays of the North Shore music scene. Playing several times a week throughout the year up and down the shore and around the Northland, they can be found playing nearly any stage from the Twin Ports to Grand Portage.

Morrison plays instrumental jazz guitar inspired by Wes Montgomery and other jazz greats. He often uses looping pedals to play multiple parts at once. Berglund will frequently accompany his music with vocals, though both artists also play solo gigs.

creative culture the area is known for.

“I was surrounded by folk music of all kinds just because we moved to a family camp and there was just guitars. It was, you know, the early 70s, and everybody had a guitar. Everybody sat around, and whether it was some sort of a gospel song, or some sort of a folk song, everybody was making music,” says Berglund.

She also says that she was lucky enough to learn from local music legends like vocal director Paul Muus.

“I had a lot of great mentors,” she says.

Morrison is the son of Ojibwe artist George Morrison. He was raised in Rhode Island, and says he got his musical start from his family.

Both artists have a myriad of projects ahead of them this year. Berglund is releasing a three-song demo of original indie-pop songs in March, and is working on a new bookings and promotions website called Bring the Music. She’s also refocusing on performing more solo gigs.

“My dad and my mother played guitar, and we did a lot of folk singing. We had a lot of friends in New York who were jazz musicians…but that was grown up stuff.

“It’s been a very long time. But it’s time to do that,” she says. “It’s a combination of my original music, which I haven’t really played out...and 70s rock classics.”

We were kids. We didn’t we didn’t want to listen to that. We wanted to listen to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones!” says Morrison.

Morrison is in the early planning stages of a project tentatively called the Anishinaabe Jazz Orchestra, to reconnect himself with his Native roots. The couple is also doing a number of shows that turn venues into galleries of framed George Morrison prints, available for purchase.

One such show will be in Superior, WI at Empire Coffee on March 28.

Morrison says he didn’t find an interest in jazz till he was a teenager, as improvisation was an added challenge to play.

“I just did this about face. And, I think the reason is because as a guitar player, the rock scene is so limited. So it’s like, that’s the natural progression to go,” he says.

Meanwhile, Berglund was raised in Cook County, and grew up steeped in the

Morrison will also be continuing his “Musical Impressions” series of original compositions set to slides of his father’s work. The next performance is March 30 at Mocha Moose near Two Harbors.

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“I think as musicians...when you have the music coming out and actually having that exchange, and somebody is listening to you it’s a whole ‘nother level. It’s beautiful and wonderful and evident to anybody,” says Berglund.

Morrison says that growing up around jazz musicians, he knows how that life-

style can be a struggle. So he’s grateful for making it work in a place he loves.

“In my life right now, I’m 57, and I get to live where I live and play guitar and make a living at it, and it’s amazing. It’s a dream to be able to do this. And now with Roxanne...well...she’s really going to make it.”

Morrison says, smiling at Berglund.

A list of gigs can be found at: briandmorrison.com. More information about the George Morrison poster shows will be available at: georgemorrisonartist.com.

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Linda Newman, owner of Scent from Nature in Hovland, started handcrafting beeswax candles in 2005. These candles have no additives, thus they are 100 percent natural, renewable and sustainable. Even the packaging is made of 100 percent postconsumer recycled paper and the ink uses vegetable-based dyes. All of the beeswax used is purchased from local beekeepers and Newman’s “headquarters” is off grid, using power from the sun. To learn more, visit: scentfromnature.com.

EXHIBITS Permanent Exhibits New Acquisitions Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth Selections of Traditional & Contemporary Native Art Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth

Thru March 3 21 Pillows: Cheryl Wilson-Smith Thunder Bay Art Gallery, theag.ca Lessons: The Artistry of Learning Thunder Bay Art Gallery, theag.ca From the Permanent Collection: Carl Beam’s Exorcism Thunder Bay Art Gallery, theag.ca

Thru March 5 Ray Allard: Jazz Forest Duluth Art Institute

Thru March 10 Beargrease Art Show Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth, beargrease.com

Thru March 24 Fibre Arts Exhibition Baggage Building Arts Centre, Thunder Bay

Thru March 31

Thru Spring

Sarah Brokke: Sacred Selves Duluth Pottery, Duluth

Thru April Kathy McTavish: Generative Textile Drawings Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth

Thru April 15

Quiet Simplicity: Life in 19th and 20th Century America Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth

Thru Aug. 18 Intersections Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth

March 1, Friday

62nd Annual Arrowhead Regional Biennial Exhibition Duluth Art Institute

Thru April 2020

Dan Welden Prints: Exhibition and Sale 7 p.m. Grand Marais Art Colony, grandmaraisartcolony.org

March 1-10

Moose of the Bold North: Root River Photography International Wolf Center, Ely, rootriverphotography.com

Thru May 5 Vern Northrup: Akinomaage Duluth Art Institute

Thru May 26 Manifesto: Jonathan Thunder Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth

The Art of Healing: Violence Prevention Center Exhibit (Reception March 1 at 5 p.m.)

Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, johnsonheritagepost.org

March 2-31 Julia Byrnes & Judy King: Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor (Reception March 2 at 1 p.m.) Lakeside Gallery, Duluth, lakesidegalleryduluth.com

Upcoming Events:

ART COLONY MEMBER SHOW APRIL 24 – MAY 5 OPENING RECEPTION APRIL 26, 5 PM

March 4-31 My Favorite Colors (Reception March 4 at 5 p.m.) Art & Soul Gallery, Ely

March 10-April 22 We Are Water: Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth

March 16-April 7 Thin Places: Spirit of the Wilderness Exhibition (Reception March 16 at 5 p.m.) Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, johnsonheritagepost.org

March 21-May 5 Emerging Photographers Duluth Art Institute

March 22-June 1 Sirpa Särkijärvi: Transcriptions (Reception March 22 at 6 p.m.)

Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth

FINDINGS JEWELRY SYMPOSIUM JUNE 11 – 15 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA JEWELRY ARTS GUILD

April 24-May 5 Art Colony Member Show Grand Marais Art Colony, grandmaraisartcolony.org

Gunflint Pines Year-Round Cabins Ski/Snowshoe Rentals Ice Fishing Gift Shop & Grocery Pizza & Ice Cream Open to the Public 218.388.4454 www.gunflintpines.com 217 South Gunflint Lake Grand Marais, MN 55604

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The Sleeping Giant Loppet, held March 2, is a ski festival that features multiple events with distances for skiers of all levels and abilities. | MARTY MASCARIN

NIPIGON ICE FEST

March 1-3 Ontario’s longest running, premiere ice climbing festival, held in Nipigon, will feature ice climbing clinics for beginners and intermediates, as well as a mixed climbing clinic. There will also be a guided snowshoe trek, a game night and a gear raffle. After a day of climbing or snowshoeing, warm up at the Legion Hall and enjoy presentations and guest speakers, starting at 7 p.m. A chili fundraiser will be available from 6-7 p.m. on Saturday, which will include all-you-can-eat chili, salad, desserts and beverages. All proceeds go to next year’s Ice Fest. Event registration required. outdoorskillsandthrills.com

SONES DE MEXICO

March 1, Friday Sones de Mexico Ensemble is the country’s premier folk music organization specializing in Mexican son, including the regional styles of huapango, gustos, chilenas, and son jarocho. Sones de Mexico will perform an evening concert of music and dance at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais on Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 adults and $5 youth ages 18 and under.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at: aca.tix.com. In addition to the concert, Sones de Mexico will teach a two-day residency at Great Expectations School with themes including Musical Geography of Mexico, Mexican Tragic Ballad Songwriting, Danza de Los Viejitos Mask Making, and Ancient Aztec Dance. A Mexican folkloric dance class for adults and teens will also be offered. More info can be found online. northshoremusicassociation.com

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SLEEPING GIANT LOPPET

March 2, Saturday Held in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park in Thunder Bay, the Sleeping Giant Loppet is a mass participation ski festival that offers fun for the whole family and challenges competitive athletes. It features multiple events with distances for skiers of all levels and abilities. The 8km mini-loppet is perfect for families, children and rookies. If you’re ready to increase your distance or work on your speed, than try the 20km Marie Louise Lake loop. The popular 35km is a relaxed event that takes place on the Burma Trail. For the ultimate challenge, register for the 50km classic, skate, or skiathlon distance. Following the races will be a party and awards ceremony at Sleeping Giant Brewery from 6:3010 p.m., featuring self-guided brewery tours, food from Pinetree Catering, and a separate children’s area with a movie and kids menu provided. Race registration required. sleepinggiantloppet.ca

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WOOD WEEK

March 5-11 The North House Folk School in Grand Marais is devoting a week to wood-working in its many forms. Choose from a dozen courses in a variety of areas: carving, turning, hand tools and power

tools. Friday, March 8 will be the Carver’s Conference, a day full of demonstrations, workshops, skill shares and community gatherings, including the rare mid-winter pizza bake. This year’s featured guests, Masashi Kutsuwa and Shinichi Moriguchi,

come from Japan. They will demonstrate Japanese folk craft for the first time in North America during Wood Week. Masashi will also give a public presentation on March 8. Other highlights include an open shop to work on projects, a “science” fair, and a showing of part of the documentary film series Hands. Class registration required. northhouse.org

DOG DAYS OF WINTER

March 10, Sunday Head to Trail Center Lodge on the Gunflint Trail for the annual Dog Days of Winter, featuring sled dog derbies, freestyle skijoring races, and a bonfire with s’mores, hot dogs, hot chocolate, and maple snowcones. Sled dog derbies include an eight-dog, 20-23-mile race; six-dog, 10-12-mile race; and a four-dog, 3-3.5-mile race. Registration for the sled dog derbies will begin at 8 a.m. Registration for the skijoring races begins at 10 a.m. and is open to all experience levels with a two-dog max per skier. Spectators are welcome to join the fun, but remember to leave your own pets at home. dogdaysofwinter.net

EATS FUNDRAISER

March 14, Thursday The Cook County School District #166 Education Foundation (CCSDEF) Presents EATS: Enriching Academics Through Sustenance. Held from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Cook County Middle/High School in Grand Marais, there will be a wide variety of tasty food to sample from local restaurants and food vendors. There will also be live music and a silent auction with items donated by local businesses and individuals. Tickets are $25 to attend and only 150 tickets will be sold.

Tickets are available at Java Moose, Blue Water Café, the PK-12 office at school, or from any CCSDEF board member. Contact a board member for more info.

This year marks the 44th Annual St. Urho’s Celebration in Finland, held March 15-17. There will be live music, a parade, kids’ games, a craft fair, lots of food and more. | SUBMITTED

COLORS OF MINNESOTA

March 14-15 Every state has colors; people just view them differently. Did you know that in Minnesota, the color of rain is purple? Or that when Minnesotans see blue, they see a land of 10,000 lakes? Join author Ryan J. Schroeder as he explores the state of Minnesota and the colors that surround us. Through a reading of his book, Colors of Minnesota, and a discussion as to how he chose what objects to represent which colors, his 45-minute program will entertain and engage children (age’s three to six) as they learn more about colors and the state of Minnesota. The program will take place at various locations, starting with the Grand Marais Public Library on Thursday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m., followed by the Silver Bay Public Library at 1 p.m. on March 15. Other locations include the Ely Public Library at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 25, and the Two Harbors Public Library at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27.

This program, sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. alslib.info

ST. URHO’S FINLAND CELEBRATION

March 15-17 Join the town of Finland for a weekend filled with family-friendly fun.

The year marks the 44th Annual St. Urho’s Celebration and the theme is Catching Hoppers: St. Urho Builds a Thingamajiggy! Festivities will include the Miss Helmi

Wood Week at the North House Folk School will take place March 5-11. | SUBMITTED

The Duluth Women’s Expo features numerous exhibits, seminars and speakers, live entertainment, samples and screenings, shopping and more. | SUBMITTED Talent and Beauty Contest Friday evening and the Finland MN Historical Society’s pancake breakfast and craft fair Saturday morning, followed by a tug-of-war competition across the Baptism River and the St. Urho parade. Door prizes and a raffle ticket drawing will be held at West Branch at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Other activities include live music at various locations, food and refeshments, kids’ games and crafts.

See page 25 for info on the Thunder Bay St. Urho event. friendsoffinland.org/sturho-2019

DULUTH WOMEN’S EXPO

March 16, Saturday Grab your girlfriends and head to the Duluth DECC for the annual Women’s Expo, featuring numerous exhibits, seminars and speakers, entertainment, samples and screenings, pampering, shopping, and more. This year’s schedule includes live music from Sydney Hanson, Mama Guppy and the Fish Heads, Laura Velvet Unplugged, and Leyla Aktekin – Notea-able, as well as a fashion show and a presentation by Engwalls Garden Center.

Exhibitors include doTERRA, St. Lukes, Re-

Max, Pampered Chef, Backroads Coffee, Lake Superior College, Miller Hill Mall, and many more. Northern Wilds will also be in attendance, so stop by our booth and say hi. The expo will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $6 at the door, or free if you sign up online in advance. duluthwomensexpo.net

COPPÉLIA

March 22-24 Held at the Duluth DECC, this sunny, classic ballet will enchant the whole family with its lively story set in a

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WHERE LIVING IN THE MOMENT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER

Hosted by 23rd Veteran, the Nearly Naked Ruck March in Duluth is a hike that raises money to help veterans transition back into society. | SUBMITTED small village a century or so ago. Spunky Swanilda loves Franz, but he falls for a beautiful mechanical doll made by the reclusive toymaker Dr. Coppélius. When Coppélius captures Franz, Swanilda poses as the doll to free Franz from the toy workshop where he is held captive. Spirited villagers dance. An experiment explodes. Toys whirl out of control. The entire village turns out for a wedding. Don’t miss this delightful Minnesota Ballet production with its revitalized costumes and sets, plus choreography additions by Allen Fields. Performances will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online in advance.

munity Centre in Atikokan. The Film Festival, which screens in more than 120 cities around the world, showcases the very best paddling films. traveltheheart.org

CABIN FEVER RELIEVER

March 24, Sunday Two Harbors Community Radio will host its Fifth Annual Cabin Fever Reliever music and entertainment extravaganza at the Two Harbors High School Auditorium. This year’s featured guest is Red House Records recording artist Charlie Parr, a blues and folk musician from Duluth, who will play an extended set. The show’s emcees will be the McCullough Brothers, also part of the Northwoods Band. Other notable performers will be the youthful Knife River piano wizard Eddie Ojard, storyteller Shane Dickey, the Two Harbors Ukulele Group (THUG), and singer Kelli Scoggin from Two Harbors High School. The event kicks off at 2 p.m. with kids’ activities, such as face painting and a percussion music circle. There will also be a bake sale and Cedar Coffee Company will sell gourmet coffee and treats before the show and at intermission. Free desserts and cider will be available, too.

THUG will open the pre-show at 2:30 p.m. and the rest of the performance will begin at 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door.

NEARLY NAKED RUCK MARCH CROSS QUETICO LAKES TOUR & REEL PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL

HERE IS WHERE I FOUND MYSELF VISITTHUNDERBAY.COM

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March 23, Saturday Hosted by the Beaten Path Nordic Trails, in collaboration with Ontario Parks, the Cross Quetico Lakes Tour is an all-day ski tour on the frozen lakes and portages of pristine Quetico Provincial Park, on the Trans-Canada Trail and the Path of the Paddle. There will be multiple routes that join together on the last leg of the journey, finishing at Dawson Trail Campgrounds; distances are 35km and 45km. Registration costs include a light breakfast, a shuttle bus to and from the trail head, dinner, and tickets to the Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour, held at 7:30 p.m. at the Little Fall Com-

March 30, Saturday Hosted by 23rd Veteran, the Nearly Naked Ruck March in Duluth is a hike that raises money to help veterans transition back into society.

However, this isn’t an ordinary hike; you must carry a pack full of weight (20 lbs is recommended for those who are new to rucking). If you load your rucksack with canned goods and clothing, you can drop it off at the finish line for local veterans in need. Registration and pre-ruck festivities start at 8:30 a.m. and the hike begins at 10 a.m. Choose two, five or up to 10 miles to hike, whatever is significant for you. Every so often you’ll be greeted by a warming station with restrooms, hot chocolate, music and more. Afterwards, enjoy live music at the finish line, food trucks and a beer garden. Held at Enger Park Golf Course; registration required.

Remember, Thunder Bay is on Eastern Time­—1 hour ahead of MN time.

The Northwestern Fur Trappers Annual Convention will be held March 1-2 at the CLE Coliseum Building. There will be vendors, demonstrations, live and silent auctions, a wild fur fashion show, exhibits, and competitions. The convention will be held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, March 1, and from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is free.

There will also be a smorgasbord, dance and silent auction, with live music by Plan B, on Saturday from 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m. at the Slovak Legion. Tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for kids under 10; children under 4 are free. nwfta.ca The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium will host various shows throughout the month, starting with Foreigner: Cold As Ice Tour on Monday, March 4, with guest The Pink Floyd Experience performing Dark Side of the Moon. Next up, Randy Bachman will perform on Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. Bachman stands in rarified air as a member of a very exclusive club of recording artists who topped the charts with two different bands: “American Woman” with The Guess Who, and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” as leader and singer with Backman-Turner Overdrive. Heeling All Nations, a gospel concert, will be held March 8-9, featuring multiple artists and speakers.

And don’t miss the Snowed In Comedy Tour, featuring four internationally-known comedians: Dan Quinn, Pete Zedlacher, Paul Myrehaug, and Erica Sigurdson— held Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Buying the Farm, by Shelley Hoffman and Stephen Sparks, will take place at the Magnus Theatre, March 1430. Magnus Bjornson, an old bachelor farmer, finds himself with mounting debt and suburban neighborhoods advancing from every direction. A young real estate agent arrives at the farm determined to succeed where others have failed. But chores, skunks and ants get in the way, not to mention Magnus’ niece Esme, who is unwavering in her resolve that this family farm is not for sale. This hilarious new comedy is produced in partnership with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. Tickets can be purchased online in advance. The pay-what-you-can performance will take place March 24. magnustheatre.com Finns and non-Finns of all ages can join the Finlandia Association of Thunder Bay for the 37th St. Urho’s Weekend, held March 16-17. Kick-off the celebration with the annual Bay Street parade at noon on Saturday, March 16. Meet at the Hoito Restaurant and pick up your rakes and signs, follow the ‘Order of St. Urho’ with the skewered grasshopper, and march with St. Urho and his family around the Bay and Algoma Historical District. The parade will lead you into the Finlandia Hall, and your Urho button will grant you entry to the show (purchased for $5 at the Hoito or at the door). A Pelimanni Orchestra will play a traditional Finnish march as you enter and a performance of old and new favorites will start the Variety Show. There will be carnival games and activities, as well as local performers and entertainers. After the day festivities finish around 3 p.m., the hall will be re-set and reopened at 6 p.m. for a ‘Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre’ with

local Capitol Players. This year features the original ‘The Saint and the Angry Leprechaun,’ which nods to the history of St. Urho’s Day. The dinner theatre is $35 a ticket and can be purchased from the Hoito. Then, come back to the hall on Sunday, March 17 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for the popular Finlandia Market, Mrs. Urho’s Tori. Local vendors, artisans and organizations will set up shop in the Finlandia Hall to showcase their unique products and crafts. Don’t forget to wear purple and green. thefinlandia.com The Red Lion Smokehouse will be closed starting Monday, March 18 to move to their new location at 16 Cumberland Street South. To celebrate the last night of their original location, as well as St. Patrick’s Day, they will be holding a Tapp’d Out Party on Sunday, March 17. Brunch will be served from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and the Gin & Tonics will perform from 8:30-10:30 p.m. There will be Kill the Keg prizes for the guest who’s pint ends each keg during the party. On March 11, Red Lion’s kitchen team will head south to take over Lake Avenue’s kitchen in Duluth as part of the Sister City Chef Exchange. On April 8, Lake Avenue’s kitchen team will be in Thunder Bay to take over Red Lion’s kitchen. Both restaurants will serve up a tasty five-course meal. facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse The Fourth Annual High Tea and Fashion Show will take place Sunday, March 31 at the Victoria Inn Hotel, Embassy Ballroom. Held from 1-4 p.m., there will be designer fashions and high tea with fancy sandwiches and desserts. Tickets are $50 and can be found at The Little Mermaid, Perfect Fit Lingerie and Fashion, Mars Clothing, The Loop, and Street Legal Clothing. This year’s proceeds will go to Roots to Harvest. This event is hosted by Community Living Thunder Bay and Perfect Fit Lingerie and Fashion. facebook. com/communitylivingtb Mark your calendars for the annual CLE Spring Home and Garden Show, held April 5-7 at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition grounds. See the latest in home and garden products with exhibitors in five venues, plus expanded outdoor display areas. There will be craft and merchandise tables, attendance prizes, the country market, and more.

Admission is $3 and parking is free. cle.on.ca

OTHER UPCOMING SHOWS

The Australian BeeGees - April 24 Great Russian Ballet “Giselle” - April 25 Rock of Ages - April 30 & May 1 Alessia Cara - May 19 The Illusionists - May 22

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Every Sunday, until March 17, embrace winter by taking part in a different fun outdoor activity for free with Winter FunDay. Held from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at Prince Arthur’s Landing, upcoming activities include winter science themed stations with Science North, activities with Parks Canada, and costume skating with All the Daze Productions. After you’ve enjoyed the Winter FunDay activity outside, you can warm up with a creative activity inside the Baggage Building Arts Centre from 1-3 p.m. thunderbay.ca/winterfundays

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Northern Wilds Calendar of Events Feb. 27-March 4

The Big Wu 9:30 p.m.

WTIP Winter Membership Drive WTIP, Grand Marais, wtip.org

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

Feb. 28-March 10

Nipigon Ice Fest Nipigon, outdoorskillsandthrills.com/ nipigonicefest

Disney’s Newsies 7 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) Duluth Playhouse

March 1, Friday

Free Friday Night Reels: The Charmer 6 p.m. Grand Marais Public Library Sones de Mexico 7 p.m. Arrowhead Center for the Arts, Grand Marais, northshoremusicassociation.com Dan Welden Prints: Exhibition and Sale 7 p.m. Grand Marais Art Colony, grandmaraisartcolony.org

March 1-2 Northwestern Fur Trappers Annual Convention 11 a.m. (9 a.m. Sat.) CLE Coliseum, Thunder Bay, nwfta.ca

March 1-3 Outside Mullingar 7:30 p.m.

(2 p.m. Sun.) Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth

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March 2, Saturday Sleeping Giant Loppet Thunder Bay, sleepinggiantloppet.ca DXC’s Tour Duluth 8 a.m. Marshall School, Duluth U.S. Nordic Cross National Championships 8 a.m. Spirit Mountain, Duluth, daytripperofduluth.com/nordiccross Ridge Riders Annual Trout Derby 9 a.m. West Bearskin Lake, Gunflint Trail, cookcountysnowmobileclub.com Winter Tree ID Workshop 10 a.m.

Limnology Lab on London Road, Duluth, z.umn.edu/wtd319 Wine & Yoga 11 a.m. Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse Rotary March for Veterans Celebration 5:30 p.m. AAD Shriners Building, Hermantown, rotarymarchforvets.org Consortium Aurora Borealis Concert 8 p.m. St. Paul’s United Church, Thunder Bay, consortiumauroraborealis.org Melt Hard 9 p.m. Duluth Playhouse

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March 3, Sunday Stride, Ride, Glide Triathlon 10 a.m.

Superior Municipal Forest Yellow Trail, Superior, Facebook: Stride, Ride, Glide Triathlon Songs of Love & Life: Pete Pellinen & Peter Kess 2 p.m. Vermilion Community College, Ely Choral Concert: Minneapolis Guitar Quintet 3 p.m. UMD Weber Music Hall, Duluth Mark Joseph 7 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com Postmodern Jukebox: Welcome to the Twenties 2.0 Tour 8 p.m. NorShor Theatre, Duluth

March 4, Monday Foreigner: Cold As Ice Tour

The Art of Healing: Violence Prevention Center Exhibit (Reception March 1 at 5 p.m.)

Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, johnsonheritagepost.org

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7:30 p.m. Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, tbca.com

March 4-9 Eat Downtown Week Downtown Duluth

March 5, Tuesday Shrove Tuesday Pancake & Sausage Supper & Live Entertainment 5 p.m.

Gathering Table Hall, Thunder Bay Mukluk Mardi Gras 5:30 p.m. Gunflint Lodge, Gunflint Trail, gunflint.com

March 5-11 Wood Week North House Folk School, Grand Marais, northhouse.org

March 6-9 FIRST Robotics Regional Competitions Duluth DECC, mnfirst.org/duluth-regionals

March 7, Thursday Film Fiesta 2 p.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Winter Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Duluth Folk School, Duluth Winter Seed Sowing for Native Plants 6:30 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, Hovland (218) 387-3015

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Enchanted Forest Masquerade Ball 7 p.m. Greysolon Plaza, Duluth Randy Bachman 7:30 p.m. Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, tbca.com Under The Streetlamp 8 p.m.

NorShor Theatre, Duluth

March 7-9 Time’s Up 7:30 p.m. Marshall Performing Arts Center, Duluth Outside Mullingar 7:30 p.m.

(2 p.m. Sun.) Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth

March 7-10 Quilters 7 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) Arrowhead Center for the Arts, Grand Marais, grandmaraisplayhouse.com

March 8, Friday Free: Taxidermy with Corrie Steckelberg 9 a.m. Grand Marais Art Colony, grandmaraisartcolony.org Piano Day Guest Artist Concert: Dr. Jacob Ertl 6 p.m. UMD Weber Music Hall, Duluth Free Friday Night Reels: Bad Lucky Goat 6 p.m. Grand Marais Public Library Dierks Bentley: Burning Man Tour 7 p.m. Amsoil Arena, Duluth Page 38 & DJ Big D 10 p.m. The Foundry, Thunder Bay

March 8-9 Candlelight Cross-Country Ski 4 p.m. Gunflint Lodge, Gunflint Trail, gunflint.com Healing All Nations: Gospel Concert 6:30 p.m. Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, tbca.com

March 9, Saturday Annual Piano Day 8:30 a.m.

UMD Weber Music Hall, Duluth Drag Races 10 a.m.

Poplar Lake, Gunflint Trail, cookcountysnowmobileclub.com Nice Girls of the North Marketplace 10 a.m. Lakeside Lester Park Community Center, Duluth Monster Piano Concert 3:30 p.m.

UMD Weber Music Hall, Duluth Local Climate Change Solutions, Part 2 5 p.m. Grand Marais Public Library, cookcountylocalenergy.org Free Family Event for Foster & Adoptive Families 7 p.m. Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth

Music Bingo 9:30 p.m.

Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse Rhino 9:30 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

March 10, Sunday Daylight Saving Time Begins Dog Days of Winter Trail Center Lodge, Gunflint Trail, dogdaysofwinter.info Songs of Love & Life: Pete Pellinen & Peter Kess 2 p.m. Lyric Annex, Virginia Gag Me With a Spoon 7 p.m.

Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth

March 11, Monday Sister City Chef Exchange: Red Lion at Lake Ave 6:30 p.m.

Lake Ave Restaurant & Bar, Duluth, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse

March 12, Tuesday Ruby’s Pantry 5 p.m. Cook County High School, Grand Marais, facebook.com/rubyspantrycc ARE Youth Spoken Word Open Mic: Free 6 p.m. Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth

March 14, Thursday Colors of Minnesota: With Ryan J. Schroeder 3:30 p.m. Grand Marais Public Library, alslib.info EATS 6 p.m. Cook County Middle/High School, Grand Marais Plucked Up String Band 6 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com Starting Seeds Indoors Under Lights 6:30 p.m. Cook County Community Center, Grand Marais (218) 387-3015 Toy Sense Game Night 7 p.m. Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse

March 14-16 Fitger’s Bock Fest 5 p.m. (Noon Sat.) Fitger’s, Duluth

March 14-17 Quilters 7 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) Arrowhead Center for the Arts, Grand Marais, grandmaraisplayhouse.com

March 14-30 Buying the Farm Magnus Theatre, Thunder Bay, magnustheatre.com

March 15, Friday NSFC Reduced-Price Fencing Program Application Deadline Lake & Cook Counties, northshoreforest.org Colors of Minnesota: With Ryan J. Schroeder 1 p.m. Silver Bay Public Library, alslib.info Pinterest Projects 2 p.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Live Music: Tara Nelson 8:30 p.m.

Four Seasons Supper Club, Finland (218) 353-7371 I.R. Idiot ‘Spore’ Album Release 10 p.m. Black Pirates Pub, Thunder Bay

March 15-16 Black River Revue 8 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

March 15-17 St. Urho’s Day Celebration Finland, friendsoffinland.org/st-urho-2019

March 16, Saturday Women’s Expo Duluth DECC, duluthwomensexpo.com Lucky Spins Live Slot Tournament Grand Portage Lodge & Casino, grandportage.com 6th Annual Saint Fennessy 4k 10 a.m.

Hawk Circle: Hermantown High School, Hermantown Brewski 2019 Noon, Spirit Mountain, Duluth, spiritmt.com St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with Live Music: Frozen Britches & Jim McGowan 3 p.m. Cascade Restaurant & Pub, Lutsen, cascadelodgemn.com Artist Talk: Christine Forni on Printmaking & Sculpture 3:30 p.m. Grand Marais Art Colony, grandmaraisartcolony.org St. Patrick’s Day Irish Dinner & Celtic Music 5:30 p.m. Gunflint Lodge, Gunflint Trail, gunflint.com DSSO: Across Germany 7 p.m.

DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth Michael Monroe Log Cabin Concert 7 p.m. Grand Marais Centerville All-Stars 7 p.m.

Grand Portage Lodge & Casino, grandportage.com Snowed In Comedy Tour 7:30 p.m.

Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, tbca.com The 4 On the Floor 9:30 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

March 16-17 St. Urho’s Celebration Thunder Bay, thefinlandia.com

March 16-April 7 Thin Places: Spirit of the Wilderness Exhibition (Reception March 16 at 5 p.m.) Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, johnsonheritagepost.org

March 17, Sunday St. Patrick’s Day Free Snowshoeing 4 p.m.

South Neebing Community Centre, Thunder Bay Green Grocery with CHUM 4 p.m. Endion Station, Duluth, chumduluth.org Unreasonable Giving with Corrie Steckelberg 5 p.m. Grand Marais Art Colony, grandmaraisartcolony.org Pushing Chain 7:30 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com Tapp’d Out Party 8:30 p.m.

Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse

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Treasures of the Earth Green Goods, Craft & Art Fair 10 a.m. Peace Church, Duluth 4th Annual Indoor Cornhole Bean Bag Toss Tournament 1 p.m. Amici’s Event Center, Ely, amiciseventcenter.com Improv Comedy Show 7:30 p.m.

Cambrian Players Studio, Thunder Bay Dessa with MONAKR 9 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

March 23-24 Motorhead Madness 10 a.m. Duluth DECC, motorheadmadnessmn.com Arrowhead Chorale: A Journey Home 7:30 p.m. (3 p.m. Sun.) First Lutheran Church, Duluth, arrowheadchorale.com

March 24, Sunday Cabin Fever Reliever 2 p.m.

Two Harbors High School Auditorium Brewing a Better Climate Trivia Night 5 p.m. Bent Paddle Brewing, Duluth, climategen.org/events Steve Blexrud 6 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

March 25, Monday

March 28-April 6 Ely Spring Musical: Cabaret Vermilion College Theater, Ely northernlakesarts.org

March 28-April 14 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) Duluth Playhouse

March 29, Friday Movie Matinee: Spy Kids 3:30 p.m.

Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Downtown Duluth Arts Walk 5 p.m. Downtown Duluth, downtowndulutharts.org Taste at Fitger’s 6 p.m. Fitger’s, Duluth 90’s vs 00’s Music Dance Party 8 p.m. Clyde Iron Works, Duluth

March 29-30 Opera: The Turn of the Screw 7:30 p.m.

UMD Weber Music Hall, Duluth Tony Peterson & Colleen Myhre 8:30 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

March 30, Saturday

ARE Youth Spoken Word Open Mic & Superior Shorts 6 p.m. Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth

SMASH Spirit Mountain, Duluth, spiritmt.com Nearly Naked Ruck March Duluth, 23rdveteran.org Business Energy Workshop Grand Marais, cookcountylocalenergy.org The Grace Notes 5 p.m. Cove Lobby Bar at Best Western Plus Superior Inn, Grand Marais Family Fun Night 5:30 p.m. Summit Chalet, Lutsen Mountains

March 21, Thursday

March 27, Wednesday

March 31, Sunday

Winter Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Duluth Folk School, Duluth TBHS Meeting with Dan Fulton: Building the Monarch Population 7 p.m. Oliver Rd. Community Center, Thunder Bay, tbayhortsociety.weebly.com

Colors of Minnesota: With Ryan J. Schroeder 4 p.m. Two Harbors Public Library, alslib.info

High Tea & Fashion Show Noon, Victoria Inn, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/communitylivingtb

March 28, Thursday

April 2, Tuesday

Time’s Up 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. March 24) Marshall Performing Arts Center, Duluth

March 19-31 March Mania: NCAA Games on Big Screen TV Grand Portage Lodge & Casino, grandportage.com

March 20, Wednesday Ted at the Teatro 7:30 p.m. Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth

March 21-23 What She Said: Short Play Festival 7:30 p.m. Duluth Playhouse

March 22, Friday Watershed Arts & Film Fest 6 p.m. Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth Game Night 6:30 p.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org

Colors of Minnesota: With Ryan J. Schroeder 1 p.m. Ely Public Library, alslib.info

March 25-26 Talk Climate Institute 8:30 a.m.

AICHO, Duluth, climategen.org

March 26, Tuesday

Seedy Characters: Vegetable Container Gardening 6:30 p.m.

Cook County Community Center, Grand Marais (218) 387-3015 Harlem Globetrotters 7 p.m.

Amsoil Arena, Duluth TBSO: Outsiders Concert 7:30 p.m.

Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, tbso.ca

Monday

Friday

Preschool Storytime 11:15 a.m.

Two Harbors Public Library, twoharborspubliclibrary.com Songwriter Series 8 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

Preschool Storytime 11 a.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Live Music 4 p.m. Voyageur Brewing, Grand Marais, voyageurbrewing.com Live Music 9:30 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen Renegade Improv 10:30 p.m.

Zeitgeist Teatro Zuccone, Duluth

Tuesday Story Time 10:30 a.m. Grand Marais Public Library, grandmaraislibrary.org Trivia Night 7 p.m.

Grandma Rays, Grand Marais, facebook.com/grandmarays Open Mic 8 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

Wednesday Country Market 3:30 p.m. CLE Dove Building, Thunder Bay, tbcm.ca Open Mic 5 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com Winter Wednesdays: Free 6 p.m. Grand Marais Public Library, grandmaraislibrary.org Songwriter Series 8 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

Thursday Date Night with Live Music

6 p.m. North Shore Winery, Lutsen, northshorewinery.us Dance Party with DJ Beavstar 9:30 p.m. Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen

The Sound of Music 7:30 p.m.

DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth

Country Market 8 a.m. CLE Dove Building, Thunder Bay, tbcm.ca Voyageur Brewing Tours 11 a.m.

Voyageur Brewing, Grand Marais, voyageurbrewing.com Free: Tour the North House Campus 2 p.m. North House Folk School, Grand Marais, northhouse.org Apres Music Series 3 p.m.

North Shore Winery, Lutsen, northshorewinery.us Renegade Improv 10:30 p.m.

Zeitgeist Teatro Zuccone, Duluth

Sunday Winter FunDays (Thru March 17) 1 p.m.

Prince Arthur’s Landing, Thunder Bay, thunderbay.ca/winterfundays

Loggin’ Food at its Finest

April 3-7 Arrowhead Home & Builder Show Duluth DECC, homeshowmn.com

April 5-7 Spring Home & Garden Show CLE, Thunder Bay, cle.on.ca

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Minnesota Ballet: Coppélia 7 p.m.

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March 23, Saturday Cross Quetico Lakes Tour & Reel Paddling Film Festival Atikokan, Ontario, traveltheheart.org Free Playwriting Workshop 10 a.m. Mary J.L. Black Library, Thunder Bay, nowwwriters.ca/ workshops

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Finland’s 44th Annual St Urho’s Celebration Schedule of Events Catching Hoppers: St Urho Builds a Thingamajiggy!

Friday night, March 15th

6-8pm – Miss Helmi Talent and Beauty Contest – various stops around town 7pm-Midnight – Music at the West Branch - To Be Determined 8:30pm-Midnight – Music at the Four Seasons by Tara Nelson and Friends

Saturday, March 16th

8-10:30am – Finland MN Historical Society’s Pancake Breakfast, and Craft Fair at the Clair Nelson Center Noon – Tug of War across the Baptism River Before and during the parade – Finland Fire and Rescue will be selling refreshments outside the Finland Fire Hall.

Noon-1 pm – Parade through Finland on Highway 1. Call Cheri Bischoff at 220-9947 to register for the parade.

1-3pm – Clair Nelson Center - Craft Fair, kids games, Lunch, and music by Teresa Aho 1-4pm – Music at Four Seasons by Tara Nelson and Friends 1-5pm – Music at Our Place by the Curry Band 2-5pm – Music at West Branch - To Be Determined 8:30pm-Midnight – Music at the Four Seasons by Tara Nelson and Friends

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3pm – Door Prizes, 4pm Raffle Ticket Drawing at West Branch Supported by the Silver Bay Area Tourism Association

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The North Shore Dish Going Straw-Free By Maren Webb

As you sit down to enjoy your next meal out to eat, you may notice something missing from your favorite beverage: a plastic straw. As awareness grows about the impact of plastics on waterways and wildlife and the popularity of zero waste living continues to grow, many restaurants and other establishments are removing plastic straws from the menu. Each has its own solution, whether only providing straws on request, using compostable alternatives, or not using straws. Even Lake Superior has not been immune to plastic pollution, with estimates in the tens of thousands of pounds of plastic ending up in our Great Lake. Here are a few of the restaurants leading the charge in the Northern Wilds to combat this problem.

My Sister’s Place’s voyage towards being plastic-free started in Hawaii, many miles and time zones from Grand Marais, where you’ll find their restaurant. The owners, the Sporn family, were vacationing in Hawaii and heard about the growing movement of restaurants there working to reduce plastic waste. Surrounded by water, the focus was to reduce the plastic negatively impacting the oceans.

“Even though we are in Minnesota, they felt it was important to do their part,” said Jen Schuler, My Sister’s Place marketing/server.

Lake Superior is not an ocean, but it often feels like an inland, freshwater ocean and is an important resource to our region.

Today, My Sister’s Place has gone beyond eliminating plastic straws and has stopped using all single-use plastic at the restaurant.

Recycled biodegradable to go boxes and sauce containers, paper straws, and paper to go bags round out their non-plastic arsenal, plus the use of reusable dishes in house that can be washed and reused.

“We hope other restaurants in Cook County will follow the initiative to stop one-use plastic,” said Schuler. My Sister’s Place (401 East Highway 61, Grand Marais) is open Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Seeing straws and plastics bags littered around Canal Park in Duluth frustrated The Ripple Bar owner, Maggie Gustafson, enough to make sure her establishment couldn’t add to the plastic problem.

“We are really just trying to do our part in avoiding plastic waste at all costs,” said Gustafson.

Nearly 50 businesses in the Thunder Bay area have signed onto the Last Straw Thunder Bay campaign, including Pizza Hut. | ECOSUPERIOR

No matter your drink of choice, a paper straw or no straw at all will still do the trick. | THE RIPPLE BAR Adjacent to Hoops Brewing, The Ripple Bar opened just a year ago and is the only bar within a brewery in Minnesota. Gustafson hopes other businesses join in the effort to reduce plastic trash.

“Lake Superior is so beautiful and you would hate to think of our animals that depend on her would be injured because of the carelessness of humans,” said Gustafson.

In addition to being able to enjoy a beverage without a plastic straw, The Ripple Bar offers a selection of craft beer, cider, wine, and specialty cocktails that highlight spirits from Minnesota, all within a stone’s throw of Lake Superior. The Ripple Bar (325 South Lake Avenue, Suite 109, Duluth) is open Monday through Friday 3 p.m.-1 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to close.

North of the border, In Common is one of nearly 50 restaurants and other businesses that have joined The Last Straw Thunder Bay campaign spearheaded by EcoSuperior, a local non-profit.

“The push to remove plastic straws from local restaurants has been a simple one for us,” said owner and operator of In Common, Tara Lewis. “It has been received well and has been an effortless change.”

The goal of the campaign was two-fold, to both “raise awareness among the general public about how their actions contrib-

ute to a big issue,” said Shannon Costigan, project supervisor with EcoSuperior, and to make it easier for local restaurants to try more environmentally-friendly options without having to invest too much time or money. Businesses that sign up are working to reduce straw use through customer education, implementing straws by request policies, or switching to paper or reusable straws.

“Most people understand the impact of plastic pollution globally, but have a hard time localizing it and seeing how they can make a difference,” said Costigan.

This campaign has been successful in connecting the global to the local. As with many businesses participating, at In Common a simple “we only serve straws upon request” sign is posted and paper or compostable straws are available for customers if they ask.

“Very few people request a straw, but we have them if they do,” said Lewis.

“Many thanks to EcoSuperior for their support in this.”

If your favorite restaurant has not yet joined this effort, you can still do your part. Let your server or bartender know that you do not need a plastic straw. Many restaurants that still have plastic straws are making them available only when requested. When a paper or biodegradable option isn’t available, either go without a straw or bring your own—silicone, glass, and metal options are now available online and in some local stores. You can also take a cue from The Last Straw Thunder Bay campaign and encourage the proprietor to make the switch away from plastic straws. Those customer requests were an important part of the campaign’s success in Thunder Bay. Lastly, it is important to remember that for some folks, plastic straws are not a nicety or convenience, but rather a need due to a disability or another life situation. Let’s be kind to the natural world and each other.

To my readers over the past three plus years: thank you for your support and encouragement as I’ve explored and shared with you the dining and food of the Northern Wilds. This is my last column for the North Shore Dish as we’ve made a move away from Cook County to start new adventures down the Shore. Thank you as well to the excellent Northern Wilds team and the enjoyment and information they bring us all each month. It’s been a wonderful ride—until next time!

It sounds like a win-win-win, for businesses, customers, and the environment.

In Common (40 Cumberland St S, Thunder Bay) is open Tuesday through Thursday 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., and Saturday 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. For more information about the campaign, visit: ecosuperior.org/laststraw.

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Cascade hops common denominator in a pair of approachable brews

By Javier Serna A couple of medium-octane beers caught my attention on the shelves of my local bottle shop.

I’ll start off with the (slightly) lighter of those two, Choice Pils, a German-style pilsner from Castle Danger Brewery in Two Harbors.

Choice is my kind of pilsner, and at 5.5 percent alcohol by volume, it runs on the high end for the style, but its punch is only part of the reason why I like this beer and think it could be a go-to some night this April (Sweetwater Shakedown at Papa Charlie’s anyone?).

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Lake Superior’s Special Pale Ale has a 5.6 percent ABV rating, while Choice Pils of Castle Danger is 5.5 percent ABV. | SUBMITTED

The brewers at Castle Danger opted to make this a hop-forward pils, and the Cascade and Saaz hops do give the citrus and floral tones, slight bitterness and aromas I like in a crushable beer. It’s also slightly spicy.

It pours a slightly hazy yellow, with a bubbly white head.

ers and pints, as well as being available on draft at select drinking establishments.

It might be somewhat of a cross between German and American pils. Castle Danger is distributing it in six-packs of 12-ounce cans, and it is available in the taproom in growl-

This malty beer pours a clear amber with a foamy head. It’s a solid take on the English-style pale ale, with a lot of flavor and a bit of bitterness from the hops. Cascade hops

are also featured in this beer.

It’s a flavorful beer with a lot of different spices, perhaps tarragon, driving that flavor train. It’s a nice balance between malts and hops that many will find approachable and not overly bitter.

Lake Superior Brewing’s Special Pale Ale is a decorated beer, having won a silver medal at the World Beer Championship.

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It has a 5.6 percent ABV rating along with 45 International Bitterness Units.

Duluth Experience will shuttle participants to the starting point, with everybody riding back to the brewery.

C O L L A B W I L L B E N E F I T: Duluth’s Bent Paddle Brewing recently announced a collaboration ale with Portage Brewing Co., of Walker, Minn. Portage’s brewery was destroyed in a fire. The beer is called Scandihazian.

The beer is a hazy New England-style double IPA utilizing Norwegian kveik yeast.

B E E R S ‘ N B I K E S : Ursa Minor Brewing in Duluth is hosting a bike ride every Wednesday night. It will be going on throughout the year and utilize fat tire, mountain or road bikes depending on the season and weather. The

E A R T H R I D E R C L O N E D : The American Homebrewers Association chose Earth Rider Brewery’s Precious Material Helles in its Craft Beer Clone Recipes project.

The AHA has chosen a beer from every state and Precious Material is representing Wisconsin.

Basically, the AHA is presenting a cloned recipe for homebrewers, scaled down to five- and 10-gallon batches.

The Minnesota beer chosen was Lupulin’s (Big Lake, Minn.) Straight Hash Homie American IPA.

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Healthy Smiles for Cook County Youth

Monday, April 15, 2019

Take 10-20 minutes of time each week to plan meals and make a grocery list, then match the meals to your busy schedule. | STOCK

Come Together and Eat

By Amy Schmidt In the hustle and rush of daily life, sitting down regularly with your family for a meal may seem impossible. But in the hustle and rush of daily life, there may be nothing more important than making time for the family meal.

Sitting down together for just three to five meals per week can have enormous benefits on the physical, mental and emotional health of everyone in the family. Improved school performance, lower risk of substance abuse, healthier eating habits and weight, as well as reduced risk of eating disorders, are just a few of the positive outcomes seen when structured family meals are a part of the weekly routine.

Not to mention, meals equate conversation, which means parents are more likely to hear about important issues in their kid’s lives while kids are more likely to feel important because they are being listened to.

And parents shouldn’t think the benefits of the family meal go unnoticed by their kids. According to the Mayo Clinic, a survey of adolescents showed they believed their eating habits would improve if they ate with their family; it also showed most teens prefer to have meals prepared and eaten at home.

Of course, knowing is easier than doing and it truly can seem impossible to carve out meal time in a schedule already packed with work, school, sports, music lessons and social events. A quick search on Google will return many resources on the subject, but here are a few tips to help put knowledge into action right now: Take 10-20 minutes of time each week to plan meals and make a grocery list and then match the meals to your schedule. Busy days lend themselves well to lasagna made and frozen on a day off, while lentil soup and salad are easy to prepare before meal time.

Keep a pantry stocked with staples that can easily be made into a last-minute meal. For example, sweet pota-

toes, sausage, eggs and frozen spinach can become a casserole that’s assembled and ready to eat in less than an hour.

And you can maximize time together by preparing and cleaning up the meal as a family; every age is capable of helping in some way.

Lastly, think outside of the box. A meal doesn’t have to be dinner; breakfast, lunch or snacks count, too. And informal is just as good as formal—sloppy Joes taste just as good, if not better, on paper plates.

It may seem strange to say that adding one more thing to a busy schedule can actually make it all seem less busy but in this case, it may be true. Try it for a month and see if it doesn’t make a difference in your family dynamic.

Let’s reclaim the dinner table as a place where time stands still, a place where we take time to enjoy not only the food that is in front of us, but the people, too.

For great recipes, conversation starters and more, visit: thefamilydinnerproject.org.

Mark your calendars:

The Oral Health Task Force will be sponsoring another “Free Day” at Grand Marais Family Dentistry on April 15, 2019 for Cook County children and young adults up to 26 years of age. The Free Day also applies to children who attend Birch Grove Charter School living in Silver call today to make an appointment at 387-2774. The “Free Day” includes an

of the Oral Health Task Force to any includes pre-natal moms, children and young adults again up to age 26, day cares, and grandparent’s homes. For further well testing information and instructions, please call either Joe Routh at Cook County Planning and Zoning, 387-3631 or Georgene Daubanton at Oral Health Task 387-2334.

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Northern Trails Lead Sinker Substitutes Which Choice is Right for You? By Gord Ellis

Fishing and lead sinkers have gone together for as long as I can remember. In fact, I’m officially old enough to remember a time when finding good lead weight sinkers was a difficult deal. As a very young angler, I occasionally used small metal nuts as weights because split shot were hard to come by. In my late teens and early 20s, my father and I spent hours heating up lead and poring the molten stuff into forms that created egg sinkers. These specialty sinkers were a key part of our steelhead fishing back then. However, the potential health issues related to handling lead played a role in ending that tradition.

Lead is a well-known toxin. On top of that, ongoing research has shown that lead shot and sinkers can have an adverse impact on aquatic birds like loons and eagles.

The accidental ingesting of lead sinkers and shots by birds is potentially lethal. So for those that don’t want to use lead—or have been legislated to do so—what are the alternatives? I’ve had the chance to try nearly all of them, with varying degrees of success. Here are a few thoughts on what is available and why they might—or might not—work for you.

Gord with a steelhead he caught last April. | GORD ELLIS brittle than lead, and this can mean split shot that breaks when pinched. The purity of the tungsten product can be part of the problem, as it can be mixed with other alloys, including nickel. Tungsten is also more expensive than lead, sometimes dramatically so. In places where lead weights are still legal to use, this has proven a dis-incentive to the consumer. Overall, tungsten is the best overall lead replacement.

Steel and Tin In many ways, steel fishing weights have a lot of pluses. Steel is relatively heavy and does not have the negative health impacts of lead. Steel is also relatively cheap as compared to some of the other lead alternatives. Back in 1995, a company called Bulletweights got ahead of the move from lead and introduced Ultra Steel fishing sinkers. They quickly gained a foothold thanks to the bass market that embraced the product early. The company also made walleye sinkers and jigs that were well received. Several other companies have since followed suit. Steel is a good choice for any sinker that does not need to be crimped on a line, so a slip sinker that has a pre-fabricated hole in the weights, or a dropper weight that you can tie off to. Steel does not work for split shot or any weight that needs to be pinched. Another non-toxic option is tin. Tin is lighter than steel, but also softer. Tin makes good split shot material due to that relative softness. Both tin and steel also make a pretty decent jig head, although they also tend to be on the larger side as compared to lead. Tin tends to

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Lead egg sinkers. | GORD ELLIS be shinier than both lead and steel, which some anglers feel is a drawback.

Tungsten This product has become the most popular non-toxic, lead alternative for anglers around the world. Tungsten compares favorably to lead when it comes to relative weight and density. In fact, most tungsten weights are smaller and compact than lead weights of a similar weight (this varies depending on manufacturer). In my experience, tungsten weights seem a bit more

Bismuth is another non-toxic alternative that is often found in a shot form. The shot is sometimes put inside parachute cord and made into what is popularly called a “slinky.” This slinky is affixed to the main line with a small steel clasp and swivel.

This style of weight is popular among fly anglers and steelhead fisherman who use the slinky to drift on the bottom. There are other bismuth fishing weight products around, including jigs, but they seem to be in limited availability, at least in Canada.

Like tungsten, bismuth weights are more expensive than lead.

Brass The use of brass is not uncommon in the fishing world. Bass anglers have used brass weights for some time, as it is a loud

metal, especially when coupled with brass rattles. Bass anglers use brass weights in Texas rigs, and allow multiple weights to bang into each other. This sound is said to draw fish out of the thick weeds. Brass is used for some jigs and also used for some larger weights, such as bottom bouncers and walking sinkers. However, the expense of brass and its hardness makes it a poor lead substitute for any product that needs to be crimped.

Clay There have been a variety of different clay/pottery-based weights that have been marketed; mostly with limited success. I remember being at a sport show a few years back and listening to a very fervent pitch from someone who was selling homemade clay sinkers. Needless to say, they were of a much larger size than those made of lead or tungsten. I could not see drifting for steelhead with marble-sized sinkers. Clay sinkers also have to be made with something to tie off to, as there is no crimping. Some clay weights are marketed as eco-friendly because they will break down over time when lost on the bottom.

Lead remains a huge part of the fishing industry and will for the foreseeable future.

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The race started Sunday, with a high that hung in the single digits below zero and with the windchill the temperature was significantly colder despite being the middle of the day. In the coming days, school would be cancelled around the state because of cold temps and high winds, but the race went on.

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There are many things that set my musher heart aflutter—the impending cold— would I stay warm enough? I constantly have a hard time keeping my hands warm despite beaver mittens and instant hand warmers—maybe this would do me in.

There were murmurings about the race start which began outside Billy’s Bar in Duluth and followed a road for several blocks, then turned onto the state snowmobile trail. Some thought the turn would be quite sharp and this made me nauseous because I didn’t want to tip my sled at the beginning of a race.

I was all set up to carry my best dog Beezus in my sled for the first part of the race. Matt built a special box that fit in the sled bag to hold Beezus—a dog crate.

We practiced carrying Beezus in this—he didn’t like it, but it did work. Because he had an injury in mid-November he missed a significant portion of the season’s training. He had half of the training miles that other dogs had accumulated. I didn’t want to overrun him and risk re-injuring. But he looked good running the past few weeks and I really needed him for the race. Based on my team’s performance in the Gunflint Mail Run, I knew that we would likely not finish the Beargrease if Beezus didn’t lead.

But I felt I didn’t need him in the first third to half of the race—so that was my plan.

Keep him in my sled until Sawbill—then put him in lead.

With all these worries, we pulled the hook at 12:14 p.m. Sunday, following the left side of the road until a sweeping curve put us onto the snowmobile trail. My first worry turned out fine.

As for the weather and the cold—all I could do was take the race one leg at a time. If I got cold over each four to six-hour leg, I knew I would be able to warm up at the next checkpoint. And this was absolutely the case. There were times—notably the leg from Sawbill to Trail Center, that I did feel really chilled, but overall the cold is not what I remember most—save for perhaps the last leg of the race—more on this later.

Duluth to Two Harbors and Two Harbors to Finland were smooth runs. Beezus stayed in his box in the sled. Gabby and

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Crowds braving the weather lined the road at the Duluth race start. | ANNIE FONTAINE Victory led with confidence. But as we neared Finland it began to snow—so hard in fact, that I couldn’t see the trail markers.

Luckily, volunteers were posted to direct us into the Finland checkpoint. Several hours later however, the snow continued, and we pulled out of Finland following Colleen Wallin’s tracks in the snow. The snow was blinding and I had chanced pulling Gabby and Victory for a single leader, Nancy. Even so, I soon had to move a few dogs around in the team. Soon it became clear that Nancy didn’t want to lead in the snowstorm either. I knew I could either start trying dogs in lead with Nancy, or, I could pull Beezus out of the sled and put him up front. Not wanting to waste time, that is what I did.

Soon Beezus and Nancy were pulling the team on toward Sawbill. Beezus stayed in lead for the rest of the race.

There were ups and there were downs.

We had a tough run to Trail Center. Maybe I fed them too much at Sawbill—where I was on my own to care for the team. It seemed the dogs had to poop constantly and we just couldn’t keep a good pace. But leaving Trail Center after a six-plus hour

rest, we gained momentum. As we pulled onto Poplar Lake, Roxy began barking from the front of the team. Ringo gave out a scream from the back. All the way down Poplar, these two kept it up—barking and screaming, the dogs lunging ahead. There was a 25-mile out and back north of Poplar Lake and then we came back the other way—again, Ringo yipping the minute we hit the lake—propelling the team forward at a speed I could barely control. We made the turn away from Trail Center toward the Lima Grade without a problem thanks to Beezus and kept on towards Devil Track.

Several miles from Devil Track, I put Dells in the sled bag—the length of the race had got to her head and she didn’t want to pull any longer. I hoped that when we hit Devil Track, my buddy Ringo would pull through and kick us into high gear to the checkpoint—he didn’t disappoint. For the length of the lake, the dogs pulled fullbore—thanks to Ringo’s yipping.

At Skyport I tried to take a nap in a sleeping bag in the enclosed trailer and woke up chilled to my core a half hour later. I opted instead to go inside and drink

coffee. I was low on rest hours left, so after 3.5 hours and with nine dogs, we took off for Mineral Center, making the turns that took us near and past our kennel without a problem. Practice had paid off.

moving forward when no other dog would.

I will remember Ringo driving down the lakes with the heart of a champion—driven by some instinct passed down to him from lines of great sled dogs who wanted nothing more than to pull through the worst of conditions. I will remember Roxy, rookie-of-the year—eating at every checkpoint, jumping off the straw with unmatched enthusiasm when it was time to go again.

I will remember the moment at Sawbill checkpoint, where after four hours of rest, I reluctantly bootied the team, tidied up our camp, hooked up the tuglines—with still little sign that the team was ready to go. But I knew we had to be on our way. I stood on the sled runners and said, “Ready Beezus?” The entire team jumped up off the straw, pulled into their harness and we were off. My heart leapt with joy. I didn’t even know we had trained them so well.

I had hung close to the bulk of the mushers but was still far enough behind that I knew I would need to have a stellar run from Mineral Center—the last checkpoint— to pull ahead from my current seventh place standing. It turned out, the team obliged.

I had to juggle a few dogs leaving the checkpoint, but soon we were in a groove.

The dogs charged ahead into the evening. Finally, everything gelled. Halfway through the leg, I passed the sixth place team of Peter McClleland. He told me later that he thought he was “moving along well, and then comes this team out of nowhere—passes me and disappears.” He was impressed, he said.

After that halfway point, the wind really picked up. We passed through a clearcut area where the wind blew at us sideways.

I couldn’t see the team. I couldn’t see the trail. I didn’t know if my team could see the trail. The wind chill was reportably in the 40 to 50 below zero range, but at that number, the specifics become irrelevant.

Soon after the clearcut, the wind was behind us and I felt us being pushed up hill.

Finally, we began the downward descent to Grand Portage, passing Ryan Redington’s team on the way.

It is somewhere between all that training and the instinct born into sled dogs that we find the beauty in racing—the mojo, the heart, the love. I pulled the hook and continued on down the trail.

The musher and stellar handling crew at the race finish. [LEFT TO RIGHT] Matthew Schmidt, Erin Altemus, Dan Keifenheim, Hanna Zakrzewski, Phillip Hass, and Andy Heerschap. | NANCY LANG Finally, the trail spat us through the tunnel under Highway 61 and we reached the casino.

Beezus ran 220 miles of the Beargrease with half the training the rest of the team had. He nailed every turn and kept us

In the end, I will remember that it was cold, but more so, I will remember that

IRON LAKE WHY GO: It’s one of the few solid bluegill lakes in Cook County, with a chance at picking up an occasional walleye.

ACCESS: The main access is via a fairly easy carry-in access at the Forest Service’s Iron Lake Campground on the western side of the lake’s northern shore. That’s on C.R. 92, or what is also known as Old Gunflint Trail, a parallel road that’s just west of the Mid-Trail area. There is a portage from Portage Lake on the east side of the lake’s southern shore. Steve Persons, Minnesota DNR’s Grand Marais area fisheries supervisor, notes that some people also enter the lake via a channel on the west end of the lake from Little Iron Lake. But that channel is shallow and weedy, and also rocky in some spots. At times, it may be too shallow to get a boat through, he said.

VITALS: Iron Lake is a long, narrow lake with about 7 miles of shoreline, but it’s only 122 acres. It has a maximum depth of 19 feet and a median depth of 6 feet. It’s entirely in Cook County and the Superior National Forest, and, as mentioned, a short portage away from Portage Lake, which is a portage away from One Island Lake, a lake entirely in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

GAME SPECIES PRESENT: Bluegill, green sunfish, northern pike, rock bass, walleye, white sucker and yellow perch.

GILLS: Persons noted that Iron Lake is one of the few lakes in the county where one might catch a meal of bluegills on a good

day. There just aren’t many bluegill options in Cook County.

“It’s going to be a July-August sort of thing,” he said, noting that’s when a lot of bluegills will spawn on the lake.

The sampling gear has shown some fish in that desirable 8-inch range.

“There are keepers in there,” he said, noting that fish up near 10 inches have been caught in the lake. “You are getting close to the one-pound size.”

In a 2016 fisheries survey, 56 percent of the bluegills caught in standard trap nets were 6 inches or greater in length.

per net lift in fish surveys, but the second survey (done in 2016) since that plan was implemented turned up only 1.7 walleyes per lift, according to Persons.

Persons said DNR made the decision in 2017 to stop stocking walleyes in the lake, and the last batch of fish was stocked in 2016.

“We don’t expect them to go away or become less abundant than they are now,” said Persons. “We assume it will continue to hold a few walleye.”

That’s because most of the walleyes that were sampled were naturally produced.

There is little for walleyes to eat.

As for a winter bluegill bite, Persons said he’s only heard of a few people targeting them then.

“A person who knows the lake pretty well and works it hard will still be able to find some walleyes,” Persons said.

“It’s pretty limited,” he said. “People were still trying to figure out how to catch them and where they might be located in the winter. I don’t think there’s more than a couple of people who have tried.”

PALTRY PIKE: While there are plenty of pike in Iron Lake, most are small. In fact, the 2016 survey did not turn up any fish over 25 inches and most were under 22 inches.

WALLEYES AXED: A 2007 lake management plan shot for the goal of 3 walleyes

Persons didn’t think the state’s new pike zones (with a two-fish bag and requiring

all fish between 30 and 40 inches to be released in this area) will have a big impact on Iron. Even if anglers could keep and possess more northerns on this lake, there just aren’t many anglers targeting Iron’s pike, which are likely limited by the lack of forage. There’s not a lot of yellow perch in the lake, and most of the white suckers sampled were too big for most of the pike in the lake.

“It’s a lake where you have pretty limited forage and that sets a limit on a lake’s ability to produce big fish,” Persons said.

CAMPING: There is a seven-site Superior National Forest campground on Iron Lake, with most of those sites on a reserve basis. One of those sites (No. 6) is on a firstcome, first-serve basis. They are fee sites that cost $22 per night, and are all set by the water.—Javier Serna

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Wild Traditions For a Leaf & Hot Water By Julia Prinselaar

“Tea isn’t just a beverage. Tea is fuel,” Marc Bohemier tells me from across the table. His partner, Denise Atkinson, tops up my small porcelain cup with a splash of Japanese green Kukicha.

The three of us are seated by a window at the end of a long, wooden table in Tea Horse, an artisanal tea shop owned by the couple, located in the Bay-Algoma neighbourhood of Thunder Bay. As we watch people shuffle along the street on a cold January evening, I reflect on Bohemier’s statement.

After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. With origins in China, trade of the camellia sinensis leaf propelled commerce through some of the harshest trails in Asia for more than a thousand years.

“Tea is really what drove people through the Himalayan mountains,” says Bohemier. He is referring to the days when tea was carried in hefty bundles on the backs of people and mule caravans along the Tea Horse Road, an ancient trade route dating back to the seventh century. The passageway once stretched across three main trunk lines throughout China; nearly 1,400 miles of the route marched up from the tea-growing valleys of its Sichuan Province, across the Tibetan plateau, crossing the

Yangtze, Salween and Mekong Rivers, and through four 17,000-foot mountain passes before dropping into the holy city of Lhasa.

The route connected several monasteries, whose monks would brew crude-tasting pu’erh tea with salt and yak-butter.

For centuries, China traded tea in exchange for sturdy, Nangchen warhorses as it was building its army. For 130 lbs of brick tea, the Chinese would get a single horse from Tibet. By the 13th century, National Geographic explorer Mark Jenkins reports that China was trading millions of pounds of tea for some 25,000 horses a year. As the country’s need for horses waned, tea continued its trade for animal hides, gold, salt, gems and later more modern luxuries like typewriters, until the Mao government took over in 1949 and built a highway. Part of the northern route has been paved, while some of the harshest passes have been all but abandoned.

Fast forward to December 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, when Atkinson and Bohemier attended the city’s annual Tea Festival.

“We thought we knew tea,” said Atkinson. “We came in and started tasting these fermented, aged teas. There’s just so much out there, and it was so different than what we thought tea was.”

After a weekend of tea tastings and workshops from global tea aficionados like explorer Jeff Fuchs, who has himself traversed portions of the Tea Horse Road, Bohemier and Atkinson decided to bring parts of this tradition to Thunder Bay. An ode to the ancient commerce route, its tea porters and growers, Tea Horse imports whole leaf teas sourced from small, sometimes family-owned operations in the far corners of the tea-growing world, including China, Japan and Taiwan. Aged

Marc Bohemier and Denise Atkinson, owners of Tea Horse in Thunder Bay. | SUBMITTED cakes of fermented pu’erh teas sit in a display box next to shelves of ornately-decorated metal canisters carrying black, white, green and oolong loose-leaf teas, herbal tisanes and curated blends like the classic Earl Grey.

The taste of tea is partly influenced by how it is prepared, from the temperature of the water to how long it is left to infuse.

There’s the Western way of tea preparation with the familiar pot and basket, and Gong Fu Cha, a Chinese technique, involving

layers of multiple infusions.

“You can run a spectrum of sweet, fruity, floral, to earthy, mushroomy tea, and it’s all in the way it’s plucked and it’s all in the way it’s produced,” says Bohemier. “The way the tea tastes, how it makes your body feel, its stimulating effects: In these tea areas, they have a language around tea.

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Although the Tea Horse Road may be a relic of a bygone era, the people behind the leaf remain.

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And they are careful to avoid exclusivity.

“Tea is for all people,” adds Bohemier. “If you have a chainsaw or a fishing rod and you want to come in for a cup of tea, leave your chainsaw in your truck and come on in. Take off your hard hat and sit down.”

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By Casey Fitchett I get moderately motion sick on busses.

It’s not enough to take me completely out of commission, but I’m definitely not reading a novel in the back row as the driver maneuvers the 50-some passengers around switchbacks. As most who experience this uncomfortable sensation can attest, rides are always infinitely more pleasant near the front of the bus. I got lucky with my seat selection during this trip to a small village in the Chirripo Pacifico River Valley.

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My partner Jake and I are in the middle of our fifth week in Costa Rica. This is a fairly substantial amount of time to be in a country that’s roughly the size of West Virginia. We’ve been traveling slowly; spending at least four days in every town we visit on the Caribbean coast, Pacific coast, the inland jungle and back to the Pacific coast.

We’d been to San Gerardo de Rivas before, about four weeks ago. On the earlier trip, we came to the shadow of the tallest mountain in Costa Rica to break the cycle

of city hopping and to visit the Cloudbridge Nature Reserve. This reserve, which partially shares a bit of ascent trail with Cerro Chirripo, sees very little traffic due to the popularity of climbing the mountain itself.

We spent a day hiking in the reserve and another buying locally made chocolate and coffee, but didn’t plan far enough ahead to get the necessary permits and reservations to hike Chirripo. Our second time we were ready to attempt a true accomplishment.

Our hostel, in which we stayed on both the first and second visits, was a popular launch and return point for Cerro Chirripo hikers. The night before we started our trek we shared the kitchen table with two others headed up the following morning and one Italian woman of great interest who had already undertaken the endeavor.

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Our nerves were obvious as we rapid-fired questions at her. She answered all of our questions with the wiseness of a sage and assured us that our collective goal was very manageable and achievable.

With our uncertainties somewhat assuaged and our alarm clock set for 4:30 a.m., we attempted sleep.

It took us a little over six hours to pass each of the 14 individual kilometer markers and climb the 6,562 feet (2,000 meters) on the way to base camp. We had learned from the park ranger the previous day that the average ascent time was between six and eight hours, so we were pleased with our journey’s progress. The creatively named kilometer markers did their best to keep us in good spirits—we trudged past “Barbas de Viejo” (Old Man’s Beards), “Los Monos” (The Monkeys), and “Los Arrepentidos” (The Repentants). Dropping our bags like they were full of bricks, we spent the afternoon at 11,155 feet nursing mild altitude headaches, napping, reading and replenishing our calories.

Always gluttons for punishment, we hiked another (mainly flat) trail in the afternoon, attempting to catch the sunset.

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Though hikers have the option to pre-order meals for their time at the Crestones Base Camp, we were on a tight budget. I’m not sure the precise statistics on how many people do this, but we came fully self-supported with four meals for both of us (including pre-brewed coffee for the morning of the summit trek) and snacks. Judging by the number of people enjoying a hot meal prepared by the base camp staff, we were absolutely in the minority. Our new hiking friends looked at us curiously as we sat

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but think that clichés—‘waiting is the hardest part’—are so ubiquitous because they ring true in many different circumstances.

What is likely the case in only the rarest of places on the backpacker traveler route, the base camp building was quiet by 8 p.m.

Snuggled in our provided sleeping bags, we slept in our unheated bunks until the cacophony of alarms began sounding at 2 a.m. The summit push had arrived. Donning headlamps and carrying breakfast— yes, including our cold, pre-made coffee— we stepped in to the 39 degree F. night.

The light from the headlamps of the other trekkers that lined the trail mirrored the stars overhead as we followed the 3-mile (5-kilometer) trail to the summit.

Surreal. That’s the best word to describe the sensation of watching the sun rise over an expanse of land that you’ve never seen before, from a perch above it all. The initially slow illumination added to the suspense.

Like a gradual fade in to a movie scene, we were introduced to lakes, competing peaks, and even the trail we climbed. A mix of excited chatter in more than one language floated around us as the 20 summiters absorbed the same view from Costa Rica’s jagged loft.

My friends can attest to the fact that I’m never early to events. On time, maybe, but a few minutes late is typically more par for the course. It’s not a quality of which I’m particularly proud, but today was one of the worst days to break the habit.

We arrived at the summit around 4:50 a.m., about 30 minutes before the sunrise.

While I don’t expect to garner too much sympathy from northern Minnesotans and Ontarians, I can say that it was cold. With nothing to block the legitimately freezing wind (we were at the highest point after all), it whipped through our layers as we sat huddled in the pre-dawn. I couldn’t help

With colder hands than we ever expected to have in a Central American country, we managed to take a few photos before beginning the descent. The kilometer markers passed us in fast forward and the opposing muscle groups of our tired legs worked tirelessly to stabilize us as we jubilantly made our way to lower elevation.

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The civilization mecca of San Gerardo— population less than 400—greeted us with the same charm as the previous day, yet we viewed it with an entirely new appreciation. With a rush of satisfaction that can only come from pressing onward when you didn’t know if you could, we cheered to a whirlwind 36-hours above the clouds.

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You can think of A Lakeside Companion as a kindly professor who, after settling into an Adirondack chair on the dock at sunset, proceeds to explain everything you ever wanted to know about your lake in terms you can understand. The lecture begins with easy-to-digest explanations of lake zones, trophic states, stratification and water chemistry. Then come the fishing stories, complete with biology-based fishing advice and personal anecdotes. Birds, turtles, insects and plants all get their due.

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In these photos, the emigrant experience unfolds as framed by thousands of Norwegian transplants in towns, cities, and rural communities across America. Pictures of Longing brings more than 250 America-photographs into focus. Reading these photographs, alongside letters sent home

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Written in a lively storytelling style with humour, interesting facts and historical detail, War Animals is a treasure trove of heart-warming stories about the heroism of dogs, horses, mules, pigeons and even a cat during World War II. Many were later recipients of the prestigious Dickin Medal, the highest honour an animal can achieve for bravery (inscribed “For Gallantly We Also Serve”). Readers will meet pigeons like G.I. Joe who delivered a message that saved 100 British soldiers, and Royal Blue, the pigeon who saved the crew of a downed plane.

The highly-decorated war dog Chips was awarded the U.S.’s Silver Star Medal. Yorkshire terrier Smoky was found in a foxhole in the New Guinea jungle and served as a therapy dog for 12 years. English Pointer Judy, the only official canine POW. Patrol dog Bing, a fully-qualified paratrooper. The famous dog Sinbad, who was first smuggled on the USCGC Campbell as a puppy, and then stayed on the ship for 11 years. And there’s many more stories.—Elle Andra-Warner

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March mornings glow with the light of Jupiter and Saturn, both well up in the southeast to south in the predawn sky.

The two planets flank the Teapot of Sagittarius, with Jupiter the higher and brighter planet. Above Saturn hangs the little Teaspoon of stars. Far to the lower left of Saturn, Venus drifts towards the sun’s foreglow.

When daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. March 10, it makes life temporarily easier for early-bird starwatchers. The biggest difference comes at the outset; on the morning of the switchover, the sun rises 58 minutes later than the day before.

This advantage dwindles away in just a month, so enjoy it while you can.

In the evening sky, Mars holds its own in the west. Meanwhile, the bright winter constellations close in on the red planet as they begin their descent to the horizon.

At month’s end Mars will be lined up with two bright stars: Aldebaran, the eye of Taurus, the bull; and Betelgeuse, Orion’s right shoulder.

March’s full moon arrives at 8:43 p.m. on the 20th. Its closeness to Earth qualifies it as another “supermoon,” and it will rise, round and lovely, as the sun is about to set.

This full moon comes just a few hours into spring, which begins with the vernal equinox at 4:58 p.m. on the 20th. At that moment, Earth’s axis will tilt neither toward nor away from the sun, and our planet will be lighted from pole to pole.

During the last 10 days of the month, look for the elusive zodiacal light an hour or so after sunset. This time of year, it appears as a faint finger of light pointing up from the sunset horizon along the sun’s path, and is visible only in dark skies with no interfering moon. Its soft shimmer comes from sunlight reflecting off dust in the plane of the solar system.

The University of Minnesota offers public viewings of the night sky at its Duluth and Twin Cities campuses. For more information and viewing schedules in Duluth, see the Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium: d.umn.edu/planet.

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Strange Tales The Historic Tugs of Lake Superior By Elle AndraWarner

It was a big story in Thunder Bay back in 2017 with lots of community excitement and media attention to welcome the homecoming of the de-commissioned Canadian Coast Guard former icebreaker Alexander Henry, built here in 1957-58 and now returning as a museum ship of the Lakehead Transportation Museum Society. Yet, none of it would have happened without the hard work of tugs and their crews.

It was the 97-foot tug Salvage Monarch that towed the 210-foot Alexander Henry more than 1,000 kilometres through the Great Lakes, from southern Ontario to a temporary docking facility in Thunder Bay in June 2017. Built in 1959 in Appledore, England, the classic tug was sold a few times before being acquired by Toronto Drydock, the contractor for the tow.

Then, five months later on November 23, it was the historic century-old Miseford tug— owned since 2005 by Thunder Bay Tug Services—that towed Henry across harbour to her permanent site at the Cruise Ship Dock at Pier 6, just south of Marina Park. The 80foot Miseford was built in 1915 in Welland, Ontario and her 104-year career includes 18 years as a tugboat with the Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries.

The tugboat Edna G was built in 1896 for the Duluth & Iron Range Railway and brought to Two Harbors to replace the tug Ella G Stone. | PUBLIC DOMAIN Captain Adolph Ojard, the last captain of the Edna G, said “She was the finest tug on the Great Lakes. She was such a beautiful handler. She handled like a yacht—you could turn her on a dime.”

On June 15, 1984, Edna G was donated by the D&IR to the City of Two Harbors for display at the dock. Currently, the tug’s future is in a bit of limbo due to water deterioration. If she is not taken out of the water soon, she may sink; efforts are underway to raise funds to save and refurbish her.

Today, Miseford continues as part of the tug fleet of Thunder Bay Tug Services, which includes the 73-foot Glenada built in 1943 (famous for its dramatic rescue of the crew from the 110-foot Grampa Woo in 1996) and the 98-foot Point Valour built in 1958.

Tugs are an integral part of the marine history of Lake Superior, with two of the oldest ones becoming museum tugs: Edna G in Two Harbors and James Whalen in Thunder Bay. Back 120 years ago in 1896, the 102foot Edna G was built in Cleveland for the Duluth & Iron Range Railway (D&IR) and brought to Two Harbors to replace the tug Ella G Stone. Christened the Edna G for Edna Greatsinger, the daughter of the D&IR president Jacob Greatsinger, the tug was designed to shuttle ore carriers to and from the Two Harbors docks. She also towed barges, smaller steam ships and participated in ship rescues (e.g. the Niagara, William Edenborn and Madeira).

Except for serving along the Atlantic coast for the U.S. government during World War I, Edna G’s career was served at Two Harbors. Up until the 1950s, she operated with a four-man crew (captain, engineer, lineman and fireman) working three, eight-

In Thunder Bay, the historic James Whalen tug is moored at the Kaministiquia River Heritage Park on the city’s south side. However, discussions are underway to potentially move it to the north side to join the Alexander Henry and the Lakehead Transportation Museum at the Cruise Ship Dock.

Taken sometime before 1922, three people stand aboard the James Whalen tug as it cuts through the ice in the Thunder Bay harbour. | PUBLIC DOMAIN hour shifts a day; by 1970, it was two, 12hour shifts a day.

inside. They couldn’t see out because the windows were fogged up.”

During the winter of 1974-75, according to a report by National Park Service (1989), the Edna G’s riveted-steel hull was reinforced for ice-breaking duty. In the report, retired fireman Chester Bislow recalled that during the winter of 1978-79, she was “...breaking four feet of solid ice. It was cold and miserable. The tug is solid steel and it was so cold that icicles were hanging

On June 5, 1975, the Edna G was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the “last steam-driven, coal-tugboat on the Great Lakes.” And in 1981, she retired from service. Her work had become obsolete with the advent of big ships with bow-thrusters that didn’t require the tug’s services to manoeuvre into the docks.

Built in 1905 in Toronto as an icebreaker for the Canadian Towing & Wrecking Company of Port Arthur, it is named for its president/general manager and a pioneer businessperson, James Whalen. For 50 years, the James Whalen tug served Thunder Bay, transporting lighthouse keepers and participating in many daring ship rescues, salvaging shipwrecks and much more. She also pulled the famous luxury yacht Gunilda off the reef near Rossport before it sunk in 1911. In 1965 she was sent to southern Ontario, but after a series of owners, she was purchased by Tourism Thunder Bay and returned to the city to be refurbished as a museum tug.

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— For Sale in Lutsen —

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Over 12 years selling downtown MPLS Condo living.

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70 Pine Tree Drive Gorgeous 5BR/5BA w/200' of private west facing lakeshore on Lake Clara. One level living w/panoramic views, great room w/ a 18' h x 9' w floor to ceiling fireplace, exposed wood beams, in-floor heat, sauna, and a heated 3-car garage on a 1+ acre lot w/gated entrance.

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These 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Cliff House Townhomes at Lutsen Resort are the perfect Lake Superior getaway. An open concept kitchen, living, and dining area with a gas fireplace and a patio overlooking the lake, affords owners lake living at its best. This is a family favorite for guests of the Resort. Don’t forget the many activities and amenities a resort property offers to you as a unit owner.

Versatile rental on Lake Superior!

These Poplar River Condos have 3 bedrooms, a sleeping loft, 3 bathrooms, each with a whirlpool tub, three gas fireplaces and amazing rental versatility. The ingenious floor plan allows rental as one, two, or all three bedroom units by guests making it a popular option for couples AND families visiting the resort. You and your family can enjoy a north shore getaway while earning an income.

Unit 582 $339,000 Unit 562 $379,000

Unit 675 $429,000 Unit 673 $399,000

Enjoy visiting Lutsen in your very own lakeside unit while earning an income at Lutsen Resort!

This unique Sea Villa unit has views and location that can’t be beat! This unit is 2 bedroom, plus a sleeping loft, 2 beautiful newly renovated bathrooms with a full kitchen, living and dining room, wood burning stove and deck facing the big lake. Whether spring, summer, fall or winter, these units are always a favorite. This style of unit is rarely available to purchase...don’t miss your chance—inquire further today!

Unit D2 $345,000

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7 DEVILS TRACK RD GRAND MARAIS, MN

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2+ Bedroom 2 Bath 1176 sq.ft.home on 5 acres MLS# 6079593 Price: $179,000

EAST PINE MTN. RD. GRAND MARAIS

2 Bedroom 1 Bath 2 Car Garage 12+ Acres MLS# 6080322 Price: $183,750

10 ONGSTAD RD. HOVLAND

6.7 acre parcel. Close to GM MLS# 6074988 Price: $39,500

338 ft. of Lake Superior on 14.53 acres.

1 Bedroom Cabin, Garage, Dock MLS# 6029532 Price: $319,000

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We welcome Frank Lehto to Backlund Realty extending our reach down the shore to Two Harbors Frank’s lifetime of experience on the North Shore will be an asset to anyone looking to buy or sell property. Frank and his wife Becky moved from Lutsen to rural Two Harbors recently. They both enjoy a variety of winter sports, such as skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and ice fishing, and are adjusting to their new life on a beautiful inland lake with their new aussie/lab puppy Wilson.

Give Frank a call at 218-387-4955 or email him at Frank@BacklundRealty.com for help buying or selling real estate

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68 Trailsyde

Extremely rare opportunity to purchase over 1000’of beautifully rugged and secluded Hovland Lake Superior shoreline with over 30 acres of land to ensure ample exclusivity and privacy. Property is amazing and includes an unfinished concrete mansion structure plus a guest cabin. Whether you subdivide or keep it as an exclusive retreat, you won’t find another property like this one!

MLS 6026201 - $995,000

16 Beargrease Crossing

Spectacular 4BR, 3BA Lake Superior home on a private 5.26 lot that includes a waterfall, 276 ft. of ledgerock, gravel beach shoreline and minutes from Grand Marais. Gourmet kitchen with huge island, stainless steel appliances & a lovely farm kitchen sink; floor to ceiling fireplace; walk out guest suite; south facing windows for views & sunlight. Includes a large heated garage with a studio.

MLS 6077977 - $770,000

22 E Rosebush Lane

Marvel at the views of Artist Point from this stunning 4 bedroom, 4 bath premier home located west of Grand Marais. Must see to appreciate the custom tile work, built-ins, floor to ceiling windows, cobblestone fireplace, decks and expansive gourmet kitchen & much more. Home is complete with AC, back-up generator & oversized garage.

Private 2.96 acre lot with 243’ of gravel shoreline.

MLS 6080232 - $890,000

Lake Superior Lots

MLS 6078585 - $269,900

Commercial

Schroeder Lots

Prime commercial property has immediate income. Two upper level apartments with space for more, plus storefront, and grounds rental. For Grand Marais the location could hardly be better for tourism and traffic potential.

MLS 6078583 $299,900 and 6078584 $339,900

Fabulous views of both Artist Point and the Sawtooth Mountains!

Stunning Lake Superior lot with 1.24A, 200’ ledgerock shoreline embedded with Thomsonite Stones, making this piece of Lake Superior Shoreline truly unique.

MLS 6076120 $239,900

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Stonegate Rd, Hovland

Lovely Lake Superior lot, located on the scenic Chicago Bay Road. Nicely wooded, private, and well insulated from Highway 61, this lot offers an escape with no inconvenience.

MLS 6030329 $189,900 and 6030330 $194,900

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8 N.Broadway

Massively expansive ledge rock shoreline make these two lots some of the most amazing shoreline you will see on the North Shore.

Lots are 2+ acres and 200 ft wide with significantly more meandering shoreline.

2888 W Hwy 61, Grand Marais

8650 W Hwy 61

Talk about your Lake Superior value!!!!! This 2 acre Schroeder lot has plenty of privacy, year round creek AND an incredibly beautiful Lake Superior ledgerock beach with a private inlet to launch your kayaks. Large, roomy 3 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home.

MLS 6029037 $437,900

1st Ave West

Great opportunity in the downtown business district!

This building is located on 1st Avenue West close to the harbor, Wisconsin Street, and Highway 61. Busy retail area year round--heavy foot traffic all summer long! A cafe, jewelry store, and t-shirt shop have all prospered at this location--what is your dream business?

MLS 6075583 $224,900

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located in the heart of Grand Marais on the shores of Lake Superior.

Great property if you are wanting a 2nd home or an investment property.

UNIT 202 MLS 6074935 $319,900 2 BR, 2 BA

Bluefin Bay Tofte MLS 6078520 Unit 26, 1BR, 1BA $259,900 MLS 6074681 Unit 32, 1 BR, 1BA $275,000 MLS 6078275 Unit 18, 2 BR, 2 BA $340,000

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D L O S 1001 Pike Lake Rd Check out the charming farmhouse character of this 2 BR, 1BA fixer-upper on a great 10+ acre property that is close to lakes, trails, state and federal land yet still 15-20 minutes from Grand Marais.

MLS 6080310 - $149,900

54 Morgan Rd Special one room getaway in the woods on 40A of mature trees, abuts Cascade State Park and Federal land! Beautiful Lake Superior Views. Garage and bonus space is quite functional as it is, or remodel as you desire.

MLS 6073759 - $239,900

210 Bloomquist Mtn Rd This 2BR, 2BA year-round home has all the modern amenities together with an open floor plan that is perfect for entertaining. Detached garage, ready for your toys all on 6+ acres of fields and amazing views of Lake Superior.

MLS 6032433 - $176,000

37 Hammer Road, Hovland Spectacular sunrises overlooking Lake Superior from this energy efficient 3BR 2BA home with open floor plan, high ceilings, tiled floors, in-floor heat, storage shed, and new well and septic system.

MLS 6080086 - $229,900

68 Springdale Rd, Tofte Sweet 1+ bedroom home that has been lovingly updated with many new features to include wood floors and an updated kitchen. Attractive neighborhood with a nice lot, featuring a stream.

Motivated Seller!

MLS 6079139 - $133,900

418 4th Ave W Spacious 4 BR home on a large corner lot with a 5-stall garage & 24x24 workshop. Features vaulted ceilings, open floor plan, huge windows surrounding the gas fireplace and an updated kitchen.

MLS 6075590 - $375,000

319 E 2nd Ave Three rental units for the price of a single home, or the lower units can be combined leaving a family home with a studio apartment overhead.

Or restore home into a two story single family home.

MLS 6027869 - $168,000

413 3rd Ave E. Affordable Grand Marais living that is located on a very quiet street. Cute 3BR, 1BA home will remind you of a cabin in the woods with the spacious .29A heavily wooded lot. Distant Lake Superior Views from the upper level balcony adds to the charm.

MLS 6079884 - $214,900

G N I D N PE 117 W 6th Ave Classic 3+BR, 3BA home in a quiet neighborhood, but a short walk from the lake and downtown. Wonderful natural light, hardwood floors, a stone fireplace, updated kitchen, & finished lower level.

MLS 6079902 - $319,000

Inland

11 Wildflower Lane, Lutsen Beautiful 4 BR, 4 BA home with lots of special touches - gourmet designed kitchen, hickory floors, fireplace, eagle nest style loft, custom tilework and a separate w/o apartment, Lake Superior Views, Large Deck all on 6+ acres in Lutsen.

MLS 6080005 - $489,900

Lake

234 W 10th Ave W Lovely traditional 4 BR, 3 BA home with floor to ceiling FP, dining nook overlooking the creek, open floor plan, spacious kitchen, w/o lower level and det’d 2 car garage. This is a totally move-in-ready masterpiece.

MLS 6079966 - $389,900

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Check out OUR BLOG Birch Lake 42 Soderberg Lane SERIOUSLY! Check out one of the only grandfathered-in Boat Houses in Cook County. This lot features 412 ft of shoreline with 3+ acres; plus there is add’l acreage available. Property includes an older rustic cabin, is fully surveyed, year round access. $199,900 - MLS 6080113

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37 Overlook Drive Beautiful Greenwood Lake home situated on 6A and 300’ shoreline. Home features 3 fireplaces, beautiful lake vistas, open floor plan, gorgeous tile floors, and state-of-the-art solar power system.

MLS 6079981 - $675,000

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Land We are happy to introduce our newest agent, Aimee Luick.

Whispering Pine Private lot at the end of Wes Hedstrom Trail, just high enough for a view of Leo Lake. Convenient location mid-Gunflint Trail.

MLS 6077021 - $45,000 19XX Camp 20 Road Affordably priced 20 acre parcel with privacy, situated near Federal land to the north. Seasonal access off of the Camp 15 Loop Rd in Hovland.

MLS 6076349 - $24,900 West Hwy 61 – Grand Marais Attractive & affordable building site with 3+ acres & easy access right off of Hwy 61. Minutes from town and Close to Cascade River State Park MLS 6078588 - $44,000 310X East Highway 61 Nice lot east of town with 5.56 Acres; excellent topography lines.

Lake Superior Access across the road.

Owner will Carry a CD. $59,900 County Road 7 Check out this property with 2.27 acres within city limits. Build your home or consider doing a subdivision.

MLS 6075749 - $55,000 14x Bloomquist Mtn Rd Ten acres of mature trees including huge White Pines! Sloping lot with lots of southern exposure for sunshine all year long.

MLS 6075850 - $59,900

23XX Co Rd 7 Cabin or future home site? Beautiful lot with 6.83 acres, abundant with trails, flowing creek and abutting State land! Includes a camper with a nice deck & outhouse.

MLS 6079953 - $57,500 North Rd – Hovland Affordably price 20 acre lot that is perfect for a private, year round retreat. Power, phone and broadband available at the road.

MLS 6024552 - $39,900 Railroad Drive – Lutsen Sweet 1.7 A building site located in the heart of Lutsen. Gently rolling topography, mature trees – easy building site and near many recreational opportunities.

MLS 6023743 - $39,900 Moose Valley Land Imagine owning 700 acres of contiguous land that abuts State Land & is 2 ½ miles in length?

Multiple road access points from Highway 61 to Moose Valley Road to Whippoorwill Road. Property is abundant with wildlife; natural ponds; spectacular Lake Superior views; driveways and trails! Whether you keep this as one parcel or subdivide, the options are endless.

Priced to sell and Owner will Carry a CD. MLS 6079583 $399,900

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313X East Highway 61 Fantastic lot with 20.89 acres, that could be subdivided. Features a pond, great views & healthy trees.

Owner will carry a CD. MLS 6079768 - $159,900 County Road 67 – Grand Marais Breathtaking views of Lake Superior from this 2.24 A lot. Year round access, surveyed, private driveway and directly abuts State land to the east.

MLS 6029973 - $39,900

Aimee has been a Cook County resident for 37 years. She and her husband, Marlo, raised two children here and both Krista and Korey have settled in the county which allows for quality time with the grandchildren. They both enjoy the outdoors whether its hiking, skiing, golfing, snowshoeing or fishing. You will often see them at school athletic events cheering on our local students. Nearly 30 years working in the county auditor’s office gives her useful land records experience and building their own homes and helping children build theirs has added another perspective that will be invaluable in her new career.

Give her a call at (218)370-0239 or send an email to office@cbnorthshore.com and she will happily help you with your real estate needs.

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Lot 7 LeVeaux Ridge Beautiful and affordable lot, with electricity, phone and broadband on site, abuts to State land for added privacy! Close proximity to many recreation options!

MLS 6077826 - $29,900 1643 Caribou Trail Location, location, location! 40 A, surrounded by Federal land, yet features year-round access, electricity, broadband and phone for a truly convenient home site. Rare acreage with frontage on The Caribou Trail! Potential to subdivide and a motivated seller!!

MLS 6079699 - $129,900 XX Boulder Point Rd Attractive YR building site with 3.22 A; private driveway; seasonal creek and gentle southern slope with some partial views of Lake Superior.

MLS 6078705 - $59,900

Lots

160 Acres Gunflint Trail Remote, yet not far away from many mid-Gunflint Trail resorts. Incredibly unique chunk of land surrounded by USFS & abutting the BWCA for the ultimate northwoods getaway.

Extremely close to Iron Lake.

Access is a little rough!

MLS 6074802 - $139,900

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110 Acres 180X W Gauthier Rd 110 acres of privately owned acreage directly abutting Judge Magney State Park, with distant Lake Superior views. Direct access to the Superior Hiking Trail, with plenty of wildlife to observe!

MLS 6079702 - $110,000

170 Acres Camp 20 Rd Heavily forested land that has been replanted with pine trees. Rolling topography, many building sites and hiking trails. Features a gravel pit on the northwest corner and a small wildlife pond to the south. State land to the south & east.

MLS 6074422 - $149,900

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Poplar Lake Convenient mid-Gunflint Trail 2.75 acre building site featuring deeded lakeshore access. Building site cleared, driveway in, utilities available.

MLS 2158160 - $52,500

Tom Lake Enjoy stunning sunsets and views of the Palisades! Year round access, 171’ shoreline, driveway and a cleared building site plus a stairs to the lake for easy access.

MLS 6076516 - $49,900

Onagon Lake Amazing building spots with views overlooking both Onagon and Cupid Lake. 5 A and over 1000’ of shoreline between both lakes.

MLS 6078278 - $99,900

Tom Lake One of the nicest lots on Tom Lake w/300’ of shoreline in a private bay with spectacular views of the Palisades and your own private peninsula. Year round access, driveway and cleared building site.

MLS 6076298 - $97,900

Poplar Lake Private lot with over 2 acres & 250’ of rocky shoreline on Fireplace Road. Great open lake views and a Southeastern exposure provides a perfect building site.

MLS 6077828 - $139,900 Squint Lake Mid-Gunflint Trail lot with 2.13A & 221’ shoreline.

Gently rolling topography, old white pine trees & abuts USFS! YR access, elec & broadband.

MLS 6028920 - $75,000

Birch Lake Appealing 4.15 A lot with private driveway and cleared building site. Over 300’ of shoreline on this fabulous lot in the heart of the Gunflint Trail. Can be subdivided.

MLS 6080112 - $179,900 Chester Lake Imagine being the private owner on this lake? Property consists of 40A surrounded by USFS & 300’ frontage!

Rough cabin sold “as is”.

MLS 6079842 $149,900

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Seriously amazing Lake Superior views, including Alligator Island from the rock outcroppings on this stunning lot. Property consists of 6.65 acres, end of the road location AND abuts Federal land to the west. Close to town & all amenities

MLS 6075126 $119,900

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Check out the Lake Superior views from these properties! 2 .7 - 3.48 acres with all utilities readily available - electric, broadband & telephone. DNR owned Lake Superior shoreline across the road so you can have the enjoyment of the lake without the cost.

MLS 6029971 $69,900 MLS 6029972 $82,000

Birch Drive

Dream big or dream small--most likely it will involve huge windows facing South! Bordering Cascade State Park, this lot is ready for outdoor activities. Features a partial driveway, 4.9 acres & year round access.

MLS 6075803 $79,900

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MLS 6073592 $99,900

MLS 6033168 $87,500

Secluded 20 acres located on a County Road with all amenities to include electricity & broadband and is a short drive to town. Lot has excellent views of Lake Superior, abuts State land to the north, close to hiking trails, cross-country ski areas.

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Year round 6.46A on county maintained road with amazing views of the lake. The cleared path up the property will help you visualize your future home on the North Shore! Also in close proximity to down town, hiking, biking & skiing trails!

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REALTORS®: Mike Raymond, Broker • Gail J. Englund, GRI • Linda Garrity, Realtor Cathy Hahn, ABR/GRI • Larry Dean, Realtor • Bruce Block, Realtor • Jake Patten, Realtor

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LAKE SUPERIOR PROPERTIES FOUR SEASONS GUEST HOUSE. Four quiet apartments with endless big lake views. The 3-bdrm main house could be an owner’s home with 3 rental units in the guest house.

Property includes a buildable 4-acre lot with views and driveway in place.

Great opportunity!

MLS# 6080025 $400,000 PANORAMIC LAKE SUPERIOR. Gorgeous 10 acres with panoramic views on Lake Superior. 545 feet of beautiful sand/ gravel beach with a stream running through the property. Located only 1.5 miles from Gooseberry State Park. Septic hook up is at the road. MLS# 6031490 $399,000 LAKE SUPERIOR – OLD FISHERMAN’S CABIN. Tucked in the corner of beautiful Big Bay on the shores of Lake Superior lies the old fishing cabin and remains of an old pier and boat from a bygone era. This lot has great lake views, and looking east to the ridges running up the coast. The cabin could be renovated and is situated right along the shore. There are nice home sites with access to power and Broadband. The woods is deep and enchanting with large spruce and moss covered boulders. End of the road privacy.

This is a unique spot for your home or cabin, and maybe a great place to launch your own fishing adventures. MLS# 6079826 $255,000 LAKE SUPERIOR, BIG BAY, BIG VIEWS. Dense spruce forest, moss covered boulders and privacy make this a classic Lake Superior lot. 200' shoreline with partial driveway in place, shared road maintenance, power and Broadband. Easy access from Hwy 61, yet private and secluded feeling. MLS# 6075213 $189,900 BIG BAY LOT. Lake Superior lot with views, deep spruce forest, adjoining state land and outstanding sunrises and sunsets with the east view of the lake. The forest is enchanting with huge moss-covered boulders. Build your home or North Shore cabin here and enjoy the feeling of seclusion with all the charm and peacefulness of the Hovland area on the east end of Cook County. MLS# 6079835 $179,900

INLAND WATER PROPERTIES HERMITAGE OR HERITAGE – LARGE INLAND LAKE RETREAT. Charming 4-season, 2 bdrm home on 46+ acres with over 1600’ beautiful frontage on Two Island Lake.

Privacy assured with US Forest surrounding you.

Development potential. Located just 20 minutes from Grand Marais.

MLS# 6075756 $749,900 REMODELED DEVIL TRACK HOME. Like new! 2 bdrm, 2 bath home with all new interior. Many nice features and upgrades including tile and hardwood floors, Marvin windows, wood siding, deck, fixtures, appliances, and more. Two levels, 2 kitchens, incredible lake views! MLS# 6078755 $375,000 PRIVATE LAKESHORE – WILDERNESS LAKE. Eggers Lake is surrounded by the Superior National Forest and has only one private land owner on its shore. This 160 acre island of private property sits within the scenic and rugged Misquah Hills with remote privacy plus a large wildlife pond. MLS# 6076498 $349,900 QUALITY GARAGE ON WILSON LAKE. The perfect place for your north woods dream. The Timberland garage is well built and provides an excellent cabin while you build your dream home on a great walleye lake. Knotty pine, wood burning stove, outhouse, and dock with 313' shoreline. Year round access. MLS# 6078042 $239,900 DEVIL TRACK LAKE – REMOTE CABIN. Quality 2 bdrm cabin featuring lrg windows, cathedral ceiling in the great room, loft, and beautiful kitchen. New well, compliant outhouse. Unique, secluded location with 150 ft frontage in a sheltered bay. 4.78 acres adjoins remote public lands. MLS# 6078684 $225,000 WILDERNESS SETTING - TUCKER LAKE. A perfect place for your cabin or home with unspoiled views and lots of Gunflint Trail privacy. 3.68 acres and 554’ shoreline. Tucker Lake is a protected lake with added setbacks to protect the lake and views.

Direct BWCAW access. MLS# 2309237 $199,000 WILSON LAKE WILDERNESS - FINLAND. True Solitude! Over 5 acres and 355' shoreline with great build sites near the lake or tucked around the bluff for gorgeous views. Appreciate the stunning sunrises and paddle the bays in a canoe or kayak.

Wilson Lake is also a great fishery!

MLS#: 6074552 $199,500

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CABIN WITH BWCAW VIEW ON MCFARLAND. This super 2 bdrm cabin has great views of the Palisades and the west end of McFarland Lake.

Just a stone’s throw from the BWCAW! Comes furnished including pontoon boat, fishing boats, canoe, dock, and two Onan generators. MLS# 6029644 $199,000 LEVEL LOTS, NICE WOODS, EASY SHORE. These Devil Track Lake lots have easy access from a county road, power, phone and great building sites. South shore, 200+ ft. frontage, great views. Build your home on the lake here!

MLS# 6033181, 6078259 - $198,900 Each MARK LAKE - 159 ACRES. The only private land on Mark Lake! Good northern fishing. 200ft. Shoreline, forestry road or snowmoblie access. Motivated Seller!

MLS# 6026299 $197,000 LOON LAKE GETAWAY. Lovely furnished cabin on pristine Loon Lake. Includes a newer 1 bdrm addition, cozy loft, open living/dining room, sturdy deck, and 24' dock on 142' shoreline. Cabin easily sleeps 6.

Lakewater system, septic holding tank.

Great lake views!

MLS# 6030355 $186,000 RARE GUNFLINT LAKE PARCEL. Exceptional lot with 344' of waterfront features unreal views and privacy. Use the slope of this lot to your advantage when considering what style to build. Power and broadband available. Borders public land!

MLS# 6073686 $175,000 NORTH FOWL LAKE CABIN. Only a lucky few get to own cabins here. Remote water access from the US side, or drive in to the landing on Ontario side.

Stunning views, easy access to the BWCA. The 2 bdrm cabin is one of the nicest remote cabins you'll find.

Includes a great sauna.

MLS# 6023214 $149,900 SOLITUDE ON LOON LAKE. These 1-2 acre lots are located on the south side of Loon Lake and offer great lake views, 152-218’ beautiful shoreline and many nice trees. The main road is in place and power is on the lot line. MLS# 6032216-18, 6032220 $120,000+ NICE TOM LAKE LOT. Gently sloped 4.34 acre lakeshore lot that would offer some incredible views. Situated in a quiet and peaceful private bay. MLS# 6076728 $110,000 LEGENDARY SAWMILL BAY. Magnificent old-growth cedars and maples frame a corner lot with a high and dry build site. Yearround road access and a terrific wildlife habitat awaits your cabin in the woods. 185' of Caribou Lake frontage. MLS# 6032953 $89,000 ESCAPE TO NINEMILE LAKE. Nice, quiet lake between Tofte and Finland known for its recreational opportunities. Very near the BWCAW. Good snowmobile access to the Tomahawk Trail and miles of trail riding. 2.90 acres, 184' frontage.

MLS# 6077701 $59,900 PRIVATE COVE ON TOM LAKE. Nice private lot with vibrant, wooded 255' lake shore. Desirable old growth cedar grove supports a great build site. Driveway and cedar walk corridor complete. Great recreational opportunities.

MLS# 6077180 $46,000

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HOMES & CABINS

CONDOMINIUMS WELCOME TO LAKE SUPERIOR. Warm & beautiful lightfilled end unit Aspenwood Townhome. The 2-story walkout style leaves you with plenty of options to get outside and close to the Big Lake. This 2 bdrm, 3 bath home includes 98% of all furnishings & personal property. It is also part of a successful vacation rental pool.

MLS# 6022175 $280,000

CARIBOU HIGHLANDS CONDO 113A. This is the epitome of a northwoods vacation get-away. Ski-in/skiout from this condo overlooking Bridge Run, offering unreal views of the ski hills.

Remodeled exterior and remodeled and updated interior. Walk to Lutsen Mountains activities. Comes furnished! MLS# 6074164 $81,700

HOMES & CABINS HOME WITH DRAMATIC VIEWS. This large, efficient 3bdrm home has panoramic views of Lake Superior and the surrounding hills. Secluded with landscaped yard and 20 acres bordering Gov't lands. Quality features, many windows, shop building and more! MLS#6033328 $429,900 NEW! FANTASTIC LAKE SUPERIOR VIEW Comfortable, beautifully furnished 2 bdrm, 3 bath cabin on 2.86 acres. Laden with warm hospitality and charm.

Over 1500 sq ft of living space, with a wood burning fireplace and full walk-out basement. MLS# 6080682 $330,000 NEW! GRAND MARAIS HOME AND GARAGE. This 4 bedroom, 3 bath house features a simple, yet beautiful, convenient layout.

Large kitchen, warm family room with gas fireplace, formal dining room, lake views, partially finished basement, and tons of storage space. This home has it all!

MLS# 6080314 $319,900

CHARMING HOME NEAR TAIT LAKE. This 2 bdrm, 2 bath cabin is cozied up to a giant beaver pond that is part of the Tait River. Updated through the years but still has the lake cabin charm that is often sought after in the North Shore area.

Close to the boat landing and borders public land. MLS# 6078290

$304,900 HOME IN PARADISE. This 2 bdrm, 3 bath home enjoys the view and proximity to Lake Superior's beauty without the lake-front taxes. Home could be converted to a duplex for extra income. Huge garage/workshop with lake-view windows.

MLS# 6074449 $275,900

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REMOTE HIDE-AWAY. Charming custom built 2 bdrm, 2 bath cabin tucked in the woods overlooking a beaver pond. A screened porch for summer dining. The living room is open and includes the kitchen and dining. A cozy Franklin stove warms the whole building. The full basement is a complete guest space.

Generator power and over 100 acres to explore. MLS# 6029349 $244,000 COUNTRY LIVING CLOSE TO TOWN. Enjoy country living in a renovated, contemporary, energy efficient 3-4 bedroom home. 1900+ sq. ft. of living space only 10 minutes from Grand Marais. Many quality and custom features. Large 2 car garage with room for workshop and storage.

MLS#: 6079399 $239,000 COTTAGE HOME ACROSS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. This cute home sits just across the highway from the big lake shoreline. The 2 bdrm, 1 bath cottage has wood floors, beamed ceilings, and a warm, comfortable feel. Septic and well, a small shed and 11 acres of privacy. MLS# 6030154 $167,900 TIMBER FRAMED LOG HOME OVERLOOKING TOM LAKE. Charming log cabin on 78 acres with seasonal views of Tom Lake. Large loft bedroom and covered porch with swing. Stone fireplace, hardwood floors, and metal roof.

Year-round access. Furnishings and generator included.

MLS# 6027412 $159,900

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COMFORTABLE LOG HOME IN BEAUTIFUL WOODS. This 2 bdrm cabin was set up for a simple lifestyle with solar electric, hand pumped well and composting toilet.

Charming living room with stone fireplace, large kitchen and comfortable bedrooms. 12 private acres with mature white pine and cedar. MLS# 6076755 $139,900 CABIN RETREAT NEAR TWO ISLAND LAKE. This sweet off-grid, log sided cabin is in excellent condition with plenty of room and a comfortable feel.

Located about 12 miles from Grand Marais.

Public land adjoins the 20 acre property with many fishing opportunities nearby. MLS# 6073794 $129,900 RUSTIC RECREATIONAL CABIN ON 40+ ACRES. Very private recreational 42 acres with rustic cabin and a beautiful, large pond for wildlife. Great grouse hunting and deer hunting. The timber cabin can easily sleep 6 in the loft. Offering to sell furnished! MLS# 6079154 $109,900

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES PRIME RETAIL DOWNTOWN GRAND MARAIS. Main traffic location in the heart of down town. Located on Wisconsin St between Blue Water Cafe and Sivertson Gallery, with 25 ft street frontage and over 2300 sq ft each. Build up for a lake view – lots of possibilities! MLS# 6029930, 6029951 $144,900 each PRIME COMMERCIAL LOTS IN LUTSEN.Two acre-sized lots with Highway 61 frontage-road access and great visibility in downtown Lutsen. Nice creek borders the east property line, nice mature forest. Great location for a small gallery, retail or restaurant. A residential lot is available adjoining to the north.

MLS# 6080639 $97,900 • MLS# 6080640 $89,900

RIVER/CREEK FRONTAGE LARGE TRACT WITH CREEK. This 319 acre parcel has ponds & creek frontage on the Flute Reed River. Has been in DNR management program. Great for hunting or homesteading.

Access is by unimproved easement from the Camp 20 Road, near county maintenance. The land may be split - take your pick of "40's"! MLS# 6027384 $258,000 CHARMING CABIN ON DEVIL TRACK RIVER. Well built, comfortable cabin with over 450’ frontage on the beautiful Devil Track River.

Property also features a lovely creek with fantastic bridge. Plenty of room to build another structure and install a septic system. Once you experience the river life combined with the woods you’ll never want to leave!

MLS#6080203 $159,900

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RIVER/CREEK FRONTAGE SUGARBUSH, BEAVER, TROUT. Remote 80 acres ,10 miles from Grand Marais with easy access. Surrounded by public land.

700’ of Durfee Creek frontage.

MLS# 6024638 $149,000 BRULE RIVER RETREAT. Remote 40 acre parcel with small bunk house, covered camp shelter and outhouse. Walk the path to the river with 660' shoreline where you can launch your canoe and fish this placid stretch. Surrounded by wildlife and thousands of US and State Forest land.

MLS# 6076495 $99,900 TWENTY ACRES – GREAT LOCATION. Great larger parcel near Grand Marais with road in to the “top” of the property. Lake views, maple and mixed forest, small creek. County road access with power and broadband close by, borders public land on three sides. MLS# 6030517 $89,900 WOODS, WATER & SECLUSION. Three 40 acre lots with 600 to 1000 ft frontage on Mons Creek. Also includes deeded access to Lost Lake. Private and secluded.

MLS# 6073876 $59,900 or MLS# 6073877 $69,900 or MLS# 6073878 $74,900.

NICE HOME SITE NEAR GRAND MARAIS. Nice elevation and views from this 6.75 acre lot off of County Rd 6 just minutes from town. Frontage on Little Devil Track River, with lowland and highlands. Nice forest and privacy for your home or cabin in the woods. MLS# 6031740 $51,000 FLUTE REED RIVER HOME SITES. These two heavily wooded parcels have the seclusion of 11-13 acres and about 330' frontage each on the trout stream Flute Reed River. Access is easy from frontage on a county road. Power and broadband are available.

These lots are the perfect place for a retreat property or a year-round home. MLS# 6030884, 6030885 $49,900 each 500’ ON MOHNS CREEK. Mixed topography of beautiful rolling land with many great build sites on 25 acres. Old growth cedar, spruce, pine and birch. Abuts state land.

MLS# 6029353 $37,000

LAND/BUILDING SITES LOCATION, VIEWS, PRIVACY – 80 ACRES. This former homesteaders property has it all: rolling topography, ravines, grassy meadows, mature timber, flowing creek and expansive Lake Superior views! Minutes from Grand Marais, adjoins USFS land.

MLS# 6076511 $279,000 TOP OF BIRCH CLIFF. See 50 miles across Lake Superior – incredible 180 degree views! Private drive and buried power in place. Nice mature trees and public lands on 2 sides. More land is available. This site will rock your world.

MLS# 6080373 $249,900 BEAUTIFUL LAND, TUCKED AWAY PRIVACY, LOG CABIN AND POLE BARN. This 36 acre parcel is tucked up against the "Hovland mountain range" with mature forest, easy road access and a moderated Lake Superior climate. Charming log cabin/home plus lrg 34' X 56 pole building. Build a future home amongst the pines and with a lake view. Property can be split, utilities are nearby.

MLS# 6076757 $229,800

LAND/BUILDING SITES ACREAGE ADJOINS WILDERNESS - LAKE ACCESS. This 42 acre parcel includes 400 feet of shoreline on McFarland Lake. Building sites are located across the road on the hillside with potential lake views. Easy access to the BWCAW and Border Route Hiking Trail. MLS# 6024602 $179,000 INCREASINGLY RARE, LARGE RECREATIONAL PARCEL. 190 arces fully surveyed. The perfect retreat. Has a rich variety of trees, ponds, high and low lands, some meadow land and wetlands. MLS# 6029820 $139,000 PROVEN GREAT HUNTING AREA - 80 ACRES. Prime hunting land in Schroeder. Rolling land with great wildlife habitat incl. stream, beaver dam with large pond, and a good mixture of trees and low vegetation. Older 2 bdrm cabin in a beautiful park like setting overlooking large beaver pond. MLS# 6080300 $112,500 LARGE ACREAGE NEAR TOM LAKE. 128 acres with good road access and an easy walk to the Tom Lake boat landing. Year-round road, power is possible here. The 3 forties may be split - take your pick.

MLS# 6027383 $111,000 HUGE POND-HUGE PRIVACY. Large 45+ acre wooded parcel located across from Tom Lake. Huge pond/lake in the very center of the acreage. MLS# 6029352 $90,000 LARGE UNDEVELOPED CITY TRACT. This large Central Addition property is perfect for a lot development plan, or as a private home site. City utilities are close, street access on two sides.

Many possibilities. MLS# 6076673 $89,900 RESORT COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL LOT – TOFTE. This 8.64 acre parcel has over 900 feet of Highway 61 frontage with great visibility. Utilities are on the lot. Lake Superior views. If you have a lodging idea in mind this might be the perfect spot. Great location between Tofte and Lutsen. The bike trail is just across the highway. MLS# 6079287 $82,900 LAND NEAR WILSON LAKE. A special piece of the Northwoods – 16 acres with deeded access to Wilson Lake! USAowned forest is your backyard. Driveway, electric, and a small bunkhouse/shed are in place. MLS# 6028685 $80,000 HIDDEN GEM IN HOVLAND. Explore the 40 acres of seclusion with dramatic views from the south facing bluff. Enjoy the beautiful mixed forest and abundant wildlife. It even has a small gravel pit for your future building needs. The neighbors have electricity and the road has been kept open all winter through a road association.

MLS# 6076192 $75,000 FORTY WITH PONDS – COUNTY RD FRONTAGE. This 40 acre parcel has beaver ponds, adjoining federal land and easy access with frontage on County Rd 14. Just 15 minutes from Grand Marais, this would be a great large home parcel, or rec land with 1000s of acres of USFS lands on the west border.

MLS# 6076727 $69,900 GREAT BUILDING LOT NEAR TOFTE. This 5.82 acre parcel has privacy, adjoins US Forest land and has Lake Superior views.

Utilities are at the lot. It's also zoned Resort Commercial if you have a lodging idea in mind this might be the perfect location. Great location between Tofte and Lutsen. The bike trail is just across the highway.

MLS# 6079285 $66,900 GREAT LOCATION FOR YOUR HOME. 7.5 acres located just 5 miles from Grand Marais on County Rd 7 blacktop.

Some lake views, good building sites, driveway and a tiny cabin set up for your camp outs until you build.

MLS# 6080346 $64,900 LARGE LAND, POND, LAKE RIGHTS. Densely wooded 60 acre parcel with beaver ponds and access to Lost Lake.

Good seasonal road access, many great building sites and southerly exposure. Lots of elbow room, privacy, and miles of forest roads to explore. MLS# 6033463 $63,900

ROLLING LAND, PINES, HOME SITES. Two 10 acre parcels of heavily wooded land within 10 minutes of Grand Marais. Great location with remote feel near trails and thousands of acres of Federal land, yet close to town and the big lake. County road with utilities. MLS# 6076524, 6076539 $62,900 - $64,900 WOODED SECLUSION IN GRAND MARAIS. Six great wooded lots on the west side of Grand Marais. Build your home within a short distance of the bike trail and just a mile to downtown. Septic systems and wells are allowed here with power and broadband. Privacy on a dead end road.

MLS#: 6079335-40 $49,500 – 59,500 SUNNY 5 ACRES NEAR GRAND MARAIS. Beautiful sunny hillside with distant Lake Superior views. This is country living only 2 miles from Grand Marais. Large lot, great home sites with abundant wildlife. Driveway partially in place.

MLS# 6077083 $54,900 DEEP WOODS NEAR GRAND MARAIS. Two 5+ acre lots adjoining USFS land with power/phone/broadband. Great location near Grand Marais with good road access and very secluded location with mature trees. Ready for you to build your country home. First time on the market.

MLS# 6076518/6076517 $49,900 – $52,900 NICE 20 WITH BEAVER POND. The driveway and trails are in place on this nice 20 acre parcel with maples, cedar and variety of forest types. Large beaver pond adds a water feature for wildlife! MLS# 6077902 $45,900 BUILDING SITE OVERLOOKING MCFARLAND. This pine studded 7 acre property has easy walking access to the county beach on McFarland Lake. Nice elevated build site with easy county road access. MLS# 6024601 $43,000 GREAT LOCATION HOME SITES. Just minutes from Grand Marais on black top County Rd 7 are two 5+ acre lots with easy access to power and Broadband. Good building sites.

MLS# 6079612 - $42,900 • MLS# 6079615 - $64,900 BEAUTIFUL WOODED LUTSEN LOT. Beautiful level lot with an open build site for your cabin or new home in a quiet and peaceful area of Lutsen. You'll be minutes away from every type of north-woods activity, including Lutsen Mountains and Superior National Golf Course. MLS# 6033068 $32,900 5 ACRES NEAR CARIBOU LAKE. Gorgeous corner lot with colorful maples and majestic cedars. Plenty of privacy. Close to hiking trails and the Caribou Lake boat landing. Year round access with power! MLS# 2279179 $35,000 LAND FOR ESCAPE AND RECREATION. remote yet accessible 20 acres near Judge Magney State Park. Good mix of trees, high building site, some distant Lake Superior views.

MLS# 6025397 $33,900 GREAT LOCATION HOME SITE. Wooded home or cabin site near Devil Track Lake. The 1.72 acre lot has nice trees and maybe a view of the lake from a second story. The boat landing is just down the road, as are many other lakes and trails.

MLS# 6029872 $33,000

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Local 663 - 8777 • I n f o @ T i m b e r W o l f f R e a l t y . c o m To l l f r e e ( 8 7 7 ) 6 6 4 - 8 7 7 7 ALL HOMES LAKESHOR E! INLAND LAKE, LAKE SUPERIOR, LAKE VIEWS! DREAMING ON THE NORTH SHORE!

NATURE LOVER’S LAKE CABIN IN LUTSEN! Surrounded by

Overlooking BlueFin Bay on Lake Superior, this Tofte home has Amazing Lake Superior views! Top Notch Construction, with thoughtful design centered around family gatherings and individual spaces.

Gourmet kitchen which will satisfy the fussiest chef, with kitchen island and breakfast bar.

the beauty that encompasses Tait Lake, this well maintained move in ready Lake Chalet awaits you.

Get away from it all, minutes to the BWCAW Brule Lake Entry, yet an easy 30 minute drive down the Caribou Trail to Lutsen Mountains Ski & Summer Resort. Make your family memories here. Three bedroom, two+ baths. Screened porch, rocky shoreline full of Walleye, south facing for plenty of winter Sun! 2 car Plus boat Garage!

Wall of windows face Lake Superior, really fantastic interior spaces focused on the Big Lake.

Master loft bedroom with nice views. Lower level bedrooms with rec space, your guests will love their own space, with Lake Views too!

Large garage with guest space above. Gorgeous land, Gorgeous home.

MLS#6073605 $345,000

DESIGN AND ELEGANCE ON DEERYARD LAKE, LUTSEN. Lindal Cedar Home, dramatic stone fireplace set amongst posts & beams of Douglas Fir. Designer kitchen, sunroom, secluded master bedroom and bath with soaker tub.

Wood fired oven, Timberframe Sauna, Woodshop and a large garage. End of the Road 4.48 acres, 175’ of frontage, adjacent public land buffers and beckons. Leave Everything behind and just enjoy the Good Life on Deeryard Lake!

MLS#6028689 $579,000

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NEW! LUTSEN’S CASCADE BEACH RD AUTHENTIC LAKE CABIN! MLS#6079179 $670,000

MLS#6076479 $549,000

PEACE AND SOLITUDE AT A MAXIMUM ON LUTSEN’S LAKE SUPERIOR!

Simple and Solid Lake Superior Cottage. located on Lutsen’s Cascade Beach Road, All the folks that don’t like to hear the highway, this is the place for you! No sounds but the waves rolling up the sprawling ledgerock shoreline. A very unique and incredible piece of land and lakeshore, the long tree lined driveway opens up to an expansive view of Lake Superior, with the cottage centered in the middle of the nearly 200 ft of shoreline, with 3.4 acres of land! The cottage is all that you need, two bedrooms, a nice large bathroom, living room with fireplace and a walk through galley style kitchen.

Well maintained, new roof, new furnace, and a cozy fireplace...it’s a very warm and inviting space ready for you to enjoy!

MLS#6079647 $575,000

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COMMERCIAL ON THE NORTH SHORE!

RUSTIC LIVING A HOP SKIP & A JUMP FROM GRAND MARIAS!

SIMPLY MODERN RUSTIC STYLE!

Lutsen cabin is a MUST SEE if you enjoy the simple things in Life! Two bedrooms, open kitchen/dining spaces, covered porch area and a sauna house! No well nor septic, but there’s an Outhouse!

Must see to appreciate.

LOW MAINTENANCE RENTAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!

Charming rustic cabin on 10 acres of south facing forest with distant views of Lake Superior. Bordering public lands, great for hunting or hiking! MLS#6020031

MLS#6076115 $132,000

Enjoy solid long term rentals, self-sustaining solid local businesses. Highway frontage and Room to Expand Up! Support the Local Economy and Enjoy some passive income, Buy Now and bring your ideas for expansion!

$85,500

COME ON! AREN’T YOU A LITTLE TIRED OF SLEEPING IN A TENT? Very near the public access to Gunflint Lake, these Rustic cabins are CUTE, with Log sauna (needs a wood stove). Don’t worry, we aren’t talking 4 Star Accomodations, it’s STILL a Camp near Gunflint Lake Up the Trail! A Must See for the Adventurous!!

MLS#6028366 $324,900

MLS#6076146 $129,900

SWEET TOFTE LOCATION, ESTABLISHED BUILD SITE!

FORMER SITE OF THE CROSS RIVER CAFÉ!

Old trailer home that needs vision, or easily removed so that you have a nice cabin site with drilled well, driveway in place.

Lots of Opportunities, River Frontage and Established site.

MLS#6078629 $72,000

MLS#6074783 $54,500

MOUNTAIN RESORT HOMES AND LAKE SUPERIOR VACATION RETREATS BEST OF THE HIGHLANDS! This Lutsen Mountains Ski In/ Out Condo was renovated from top to bottom, Inside & Out! New Exteriorwindows, slider doors in bedrm and family room, stylish dry-stacked stone fireplace.

INCREDIBLE Cottage Style Kitchen w/ Quartz Countertops!

Moose Mtn Views from the HUGE double sized deck!

MLS#6032522 $99,900

UNIT 1 AT BLUEFIN BAY RESORT!

670 MOOSE MOUNTAIN AT LUTSEN MOUNTAINS SKI AREA! 5 Bedrom, 4 Bath Lodge Style Luxury! Ski In-Out Overlooking Moose Mountain! Family Fun, Lock Outs for maximizing rental revenue.

TONS of Value. $338,000 MLS#6080338

SIMPLICITY OVERLOOKING MOOSE MOUNTAIN! Lutsen Mountain Ski and Summer

Resort, if you love Lutsen Vacations, then these Condos and Townhomes are for you! Use as often as you like and make money when you aren’t here! “Hands off or on Ownership” means flexibility for keeping all to yourself for family and friends, or choose a management company that will fit your needs. Some are newly renovated exterior and out, some are not. From Studios (with huge decks) to 3+ bedrms, See them all to find YOUR right fit!

124B BRIDGE RUN $99,900 MLS#6032522 114 BRIDGE RUN $109,999 MLS#6028015 128 BRIDGE RUN $111,900 MLS#2120739 120A BRIDGE RUN $109,000 BIG VALUE! MLS#6074478

Excellent Vacation getaway on the North Shore, this 2 bedroom Condo has modern design with vaulted ceilings and TONS of Lake Superior views, just a stone’s throw to Lake Superior! Super rental revenues, excellent amenities!

MLS#6077000 $349,900

ASPENWOOD ON LAKE SUPERIOR, EXPANSIVE VIEWS! Upper

level incredible master bedroom en suite, huge Views of Lake Superior from Bathtub and King Bed! Fantastic Layout, Stylish Living on Lake Superior with little maintenance!

Gourmet kitchen, dining area, Step Down to the Great Room with fireplace and Fantastic Lake views!

MLS#603110 $309,900

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NORTHWOODS HOMES AND CABINS, IN TOWN OR IN THE WOODS!

FAMILY FUN IN SILVER BAY!

Large family kitchen will WOW you, three main level bedrooms and bath, and lower level rec room/bath/bunk space allows for plenty of elbow room! 2 car detached on a spectacular Hays Circle lot! You’ll LOVE the backyard patio! MLS#6075984 $149,900

BIG VALUE!

SNOWMOBILE FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR, HECK, RIDE TO THE LUTSEN MOUNTAINS SKI RESORT FOR LUNCH!

This hand crafted Log Home is situated just over the hill in Lutsen on the coveted Honeymoon Trail! Three bedrooms, two baths, Family Rec Room and vaulted ceilings in the kitchen/great room. LOVE THIS HOME not just for it’s location, but for it’s incredible QUALITY. A Must See Home for the Log Home Lover! $399,900

MLS#6078599

JUST EAST OF GRAND MARAIS, JEFFREY LANE HOME!

Lots of square footage for the money! Solid home, Good well and septic, GORGEOUS piece of land. The home needs a little TLC but has Great Living space upstairs with incredible views from the deck!

MLS#6078550 $189,900

E L A S ING D N PE WELCOME TO THE NORTHWOODS!

Located 20 minutes from Lake Superior and the Cross River in Schroeder, this Finland home is all about Family Fun! Open kitchen to dining area overlooking a Maple Forest, Large family room with fireplace, sun room nook, and Great Views! Lower level two bedrooms and a master en suite bath, tons of Family Space! Includes Mint Bunkhouse, and Barrel Sauna. Wowser of a home!

MLS#6079618 $223,000

NEW! LOVELY LUTSEN HOME IN FABULOUS CARIBOU TRAIL LOCATION!

Perfect for family and guests…your guests will enjoy their own cabin! Main home has two bedrooms, two baths, galley kitchen open to family room, nice rec room! One bedrm, bath, full kitchen Guest cabin is newer, bright and cheery space your friends will rave about. South facing, distant Lake Superior views, so much to offer! $279,900

MLS#6080754

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TERRIFIC GRAND MARAIS HOME MLS#6079776 $250,000

E L SA ING D N E P LUTSEN-TOFTE AREA HOME! MLS#6022904 $177,500

BIG LIVING ON BIG CEDAR TRAIL AT THE BASE OF LUTSEN MOUNTAINS! Large kitchen to die for: center

HUMPHREY CIRCLE HOME IN GRAND MARAIS! Newer SIP energy efficient construction, and fun layout! Wooded land envelopes this 3 bedrm 2 bath home that has some finishing left to do.

Light flows throughout the home, bright and sunny!

MLS#6078699 $239,000

island, granite countertops, breakfast bar with stools…where the life of the party is! Dining area open to kitchen and living room. Vaulted ceilings cover it all, floors are warm with in floor-heat. The woods and light spill in through so many windows!

Den/Office, extra sleeping space or to sequester the TV viewing. Owners Bedroom is light-filled, spacious, with private entrance to deck, walk-in closet, great master bath! Sunroom off the master bath awaits your vision. Additional bedrooms accommodate friends and family in style. Attached 2-car garage. Walk out to the golf course, jog up to the Ski Hill! Fabulous location, Fabulous home!

MLS#6079278 $429,000

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CAMPN’, HUNTN’, FUN GETAWAY LAND, INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE! ROCKY WALL outskirts of Silver Bay! Huge Lake Superior Views, Driveway and Campsite in Place! Maple Forest, Electric, Developed Build Site!

Maples with lots of Elbow Room, Year Round access and nice location between Cross River in Schroeder and Finland!

$99,900 MLS#6074084

MLS#6028422 $53,000 REDUCED!

Whitetail Ridge Overlooking Lake Superior!

Just off Highway 1, Enjoy Sprawling Lake and Ridgeline views and Rugged Terrain!

Yr Round Access, Electric.

BIG TIME VIEWS of Lake Superior-Tofte, Excellent value at Johannes Toftey MLS#6029322 $59,900

MLS# 6024856 $95,000 REDUCED! 30 acres Wilderness, Borders lands next to Little Manitou River!

MLS#2309327 $129,000

Lakeshore on Ninemile Lake at the Village, common water and septic, build ready, borderscommon land!

MLS#6076558 $37,000

NEW! Crosswinds in Tofte, Walk to Coho!

Large pkg lots, Great Value.

FROM $45,000 MLS#6077966 10 Ac Parcels of Maples!

Rolling Terrain of Mature Maples to a Sweet Building site Parcels Over a Mixed Boreal Forest. Year Round Access and Electric at Road! MLS#2024250

$49,900 REDUCED!

Sawbill Trail Tofte Lake Superior Views, Mature Spruce forest with driveway and well in place!

Overlook at LeVeaux Mountain-Tofte!

Serene Woodsy setting with Lake Views!

MLS#6029324 $49,000

Beaver Ponds, 40 acres, awesome wild life habitat in Shcroeder/Finland area.

MLS#6029593 $99,000

Wilderness land with canoe access to Tait Lake!

3+ ac a stone’s throw to Tait Lake!

MLS#6078839 $42,000

5 ac in the heart of Lutsen, just above TimberWolff!

Great location for family home or Vaca Cabin!

MLS#6077951 $39,000

Caribou Hillside in Lutsen! Maple hillside above Ward Lake and Caribou Lake, FABULOUS location for summer and winter fun! Must see land!

MLS#6078781 5 AC $40,000

MLS#6030129 $99,900

2 ac at the Foothills of Eagle Mountain at Turnagain Trail! $29,900 MLS#6077521

LeVeaux Mountain, Super Views and Wildlife Ponds!

10 ac site, minutes to Lutsen Mtn’s.

Just Up the Sawbill Trail Grab your little piece of the Northwoods, rolling terrain and small community feel with year round access, great build sites!

Woodland Foothills Build Ready lots, Shared Water & Community Septic from

MLS#2220050 $69,000

MLS#2070509 Prices from $24,900!!

$62,500 MLS#6077523

MLS#2309328+ FROM $39,000

Heartland of Lutsen, 80 ac at the Foothill on Turnagain Trail, Fabulous Wilderness Build s of Ski Hill ridge, near downtown Lutsen!

MLS#2312987 $119,000 Over 8 ac of Wilderness on Turnagain Trail in Lutsen!

MLS#2216560 $45,000 Build New in the Heart of Lutsen at Jonvick Creek!

Hillside builds with some lakeviews!

LARGE LAKE SUPERIOR PARCEL, JUST AN HOUR FROM DULUTH!

$266,000 GREAT VALUE!

MLS#6032772 $499,900

Sites, Rugged Terrain! Grand Portage area. MLS#6078704

JUST NORTH OF SILVER BAY, PALISADE VIEWS OF LAKE SUPERIOR! Gorgeous Lakeshore, Priced Way Below Tax Assessed Value! Gorgeous Views down the Coastline and Well buffered from Hwy.

Gorgeous 5 acre parcels in the Heart of Lutsen paved Caribou Trail locale bordering USFS lands!

MLS#2174799 From $54,900 - $77,500 30 acres of Prime Wilderness Land with year round access and electric at street with Views of Lutsen’s famed Clara Lake!

MLS#2080599 $137,500

Jonvick Creek Runs Through It! Enjoy the Sounds of the Creek running by your future build site, Fabulous Lutsen Location just off the Caribou Trail!

MLS#2313255 $198,000 REDUCED!

SCHROEDER, JUST OVER AN HOUR FROM DULUTH!

Home site just 40 ft from the Big Lake, level easy access, well buffered from Hwy!

MLS#6074179 $55,000

MLS#6032752 $250,000

MLS#6078431 $89,000 REDUCED 18 Maple Leaf, Hillside build site with lake views!

MLS#6079411 $49,000 NEW! 1xx 4th AveNice build site close to schools and hospital.

Great trees!

MLS#6079772 $75,000 PENDING NEW! Cty 44 and Pike Lk Road!

10 acres of high level ground, easy build site at a great price! $45,000 MLS#6076094

LAKE SUPERIOR views, Rolling terrain with creek meandering through the land. Beautiful setting less than five minutes to Grand Marais!

Wilderness Lutsen location at Tait Lake- backlot with Driveway in place!

Yr Round and Electric

Gorgeous 42 acres near Pike Lake, Yr Round access, electric at street and INCREDIBLE ridgetop views!

MLS#6028619 $67,500

MLS#6029849 $65,000

MLS#6029115 $33,000

MLS#6073655 $109,900 SOLD

Ridgetop 5+ ac in Lutsen, Fantastic location, minutes to the Ski Hill,

Mature Trees In Town! Level build site, 4th Ave West .22 acres $80,000 MLS#TBA

INLAND LAKE LANDS CLARA LAKE IN LUTSEN! Wilderness Lakeshore Site with cleared build site, driveway in place. Electric at road, 200 ft PRIME shoreline.

$189,900 MLS#6033095

CHRISTINE LAKE 10 AC bordering Superior National Forest, Yr Round Access, electric/broadband avail. Hill top build site overlooking mature white pine, cedar lined shoreline on Christine. Serenity Now! MLS#6023288

$99,900

PIKE LAKE LUTSEN SIDE!

JUST IMAGINE, A MODERN NEW CONSTRUCTION BUNGALOW ON LUTSEN’S CASCADE BEACH RD!

MLS#2308906 $299,000

High Ridge Maples in Lutsen bordering public land.

44 ac of wild country, short distance to carry in access to Deeryard & Ward Lakes.

Year round, power & fiber close.

Tait Lake area, Legend Trail parcel bordering USFS lands with views of Wills and Williams Lake!

Rolling terrain, level shoreline, and nearly 600 ft of it! Enjoy your own paradise on Lake Superior!

Gently sloping hillside buffers the build site from highway noise. Lovely setting with easy access to the ledge rock shoreline. Minute’s to the Lutsen Mountains Ski & Summer Resort!

Perfect for your Lake Superior getaway home!

MLS# 603266 $49,900 REDUCED!

MLS#2240533 $49,000

LAKE SUPERIOR LANDS NEW! NEARLY 8 ACRES AND 473 FT OF COBBLE BEACH SHORELINE ON LAKE SUPERIOR! Nice Build

Yr Round Living with some Lake Superior Views, perfect for 2 story walk out home.

Premium Shoreline, nice and rocky! South facing build site, boreal forest. Lot 6 Willard Lane, must see! MLS#6031145 $190,000 REDUCED!

WILLARD LANE PIKE LAKE VIEW LAND WITH LAKE ACCESS!

Rugged elevation, great build site. Shared 20 ft access to Pike Lake for

FISHERMAN’S DREAM GETAWAY, WALTER IS WAITING!

End of the bay bordering USFS lands and some Super Shoreline! Call today for details!

MLS# 6027279 $219,000

RUSTIC GETAWAY LAKESHORE, ISABELLA AREA. Mature pines, end of the road location on Swallow Lake! MLS#2300576 $64,900

LUTSEN LAKESHORE ON DEERYARD!

Year Round access, elec/broadband. Maple hillside, Rocky prime shoreline!

MLS#6074179 $185,000 REDUCED!

$75,000 MLS#6078799 WHITE PINE LAKE IN LUTSEN

Build ready with drilled well, new septic system, garage and Fabulous Lakeshore bordering Federal land, stroll to the Tait River for Moose Viewing!

MLS#6079880 $229,000

PEACE AND WHITE PINES AT TAIT LAKE! Gorgeous piece of lakeshore, mature White Pines, driveway from days gone by leads to Sweet Build site area. Must see on Tait Lake in Lutsen! MLS#6079968 $219,000 NEW! MAPLES, CEDARS, LAKE. LUTSEN. 30 Minutes to Lutsen Mountains, Moments to Solitude! Deep gravel shoreline, south facing. #240 West Deeryard! MLS#6080664 $187,000

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Grand Marais Area

Aspenwood on Lake Superior. Three stories

Lutsen Real Estate Group Office 218-663-7971

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Coveted Cobblestone Cove Villa on Grand Marais Harbor. The most coveted location on the entire North shore. This beautiful two bedroom townhome front faces the Grand Marais Harbor with the Sawtooth Mountain ridgeline and north coast of Lake Superior serving as the backdrop. Walking distant to an eclectic selection of foodie restaurants and cool art scene with so much more. Call today for your private showing. MLS 6080023 $375,000

PRICEED C REDU

Just West of Grand Marais.

Nicely appointed and extremely well maintained beautiful 3 bedroom home just west of Grand Marais. Home includes a two stall garage with adjacent office, workshop, wine room and more. Many wonderful upgrades made to home in 2010. Nice clean yard and garden areas.

Move in ready. All you need is the key. Call our office today to schedule your private showing. MLS 6029508 $329,900

NEW GREA PRICE! T VAL UE! Bruce Kerfoot 218-388-2294

Steve Surbaugh Broker 218-663-7971

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Lutsen Heritage Townhome with Superior Views Panoramic views of

Lake Superior & Lutsen Mountains can be enjoyed from nearly every room. High end finishes, including maple woodwork, stainless appliances, granite counters, Mission-style raised panel doors, and two gas fireplaces with dry-stacked stone.

Maintenance-free living and part of a distinctive neighborhood. Main floor bedroom allows one-level living. MLS 6077102 $315,000

PRICEED C REDU

Chateau LeVeaux is the ideal choice for a North Shore getaway.

Use it when you like, and rent it at other times to offset your costs of ownership. Upper level end unit with panoramic views of Lake Superior.

Open concept main level includes living, dining & kitchen along with private deck. Distressed hdwd floors, rainfall showerhead, glass bowl sink, fireplace & sleek Scandinavian décor make this a stunning place to hang out. Added windows for both south and west exposures. Chateau comes with many amenities, including pool, whirlpool, sauna and their spectacular deck for those big sky views. Tofte is close to all the action on the shore, such as the ski hill, hiking trails & golf, plus great restaurants and cool music.

MLS 6079941 $115,000

Gorgeous Chateau LeVeaux Condo

44 Caspers Hill Rd. Peaceful country home w/ 3 bdrms, 3 baths & 3 gorgeous stone fireplaces. Eat-in kitchen has a wood-burning fireplace to warm those winter nights. Huge master bedroom with a stone fireplace and whirlpool tub. Upper level includes loft family room, office and large bedroom with dormers. Walkout LL has Fam room & bathroom. Exterior includes cedar-shingled roof, deck, detached dbl garage w/loft bunk rm, circle driveway & 5 acres. Located on a county-maintained road with close proximity to Grand Marais for work or leisure activities. MLS 6078471 $249,900

Mike Larson Broker 218-370-1536

of Lake Superior views at this luxury condo with high-end finishes. Maple floors, granite counters, custom cabinets, bedroom level washer and dryer, and a gas fireplace are just a few features in this lakefront condo. Sleeps 6.

Lakeside deck and patio allow you to be outdoors on multiple levels. Association has built stairs for easy access to the gravel beach. Located between Tofte & Lutsen, and the many activities the North Shore has to offer, including skiing, golfing, hiking, and biking. Or music, food & galleries. Rental revenues help to offset ownership expenses. Make your dreams a reality in this Aspenwood condo! MLS 6032824 $282,900

Stunning End Unit at Chateau.

Sandy McHugh Kelsi Thompson 218-428-0992 218-370-7841

Jack McHugh 218-370-2602

Lutsen/Tofte Townhomes and Condo’s

PRICEED C REDU

Kelly’s Hill.

Very nice and well-kept 2 bedroom 2 bath home on nearly five acres just east of Grand Marais. Private trails cut on land with the Superior Hiking trail nearby. Yard and large garden areas surrounded by mature forest and some wonderful large White Pine trees.

Beautiful sunrise and sunsets with Lake Superior views from the second level master bedroom and deck.

MLS 6077096 $219,900

Quality finishes along with tasteful new furnishings make this an ideal choice for anyone’s North Shore getaway.

Open concept layout, with a high-end look and those ever-changing moods of Lake Superior. Walk-out to a private patio to watch the sunrise. Or take in the morning views of the big lake tucked into your cozy bed. Plus a wood-burning fireplace for those chilly nights. Chateau LeVeaux comes with many amenities, including pool, whirlpool, sauna, and their spectacular common deck for those big sky views. Tofte is close to all the action on the shore, including the ski hill, hiking trails, golf, and great restaurants & cool music. This one is not to be missed! Showing appointments being taken now. MLS 6078779 $76,000

Caribou Highlands Condo.

Nicely remodeled Nordic whirlpool studio condo at Caribou Highlands ski-in ski-out resort in Lutsen. With many amenities at the resort as well as hiking and biking trails on the ski hill, you won’t have a lack of options during the day. Enjoy relaxing on the new deck overlooking Moose Mountain, with distant views of Lake Superior. With new siding, roof and deck all part of the updates in the past few years this Nordic studio is not one to overlook! MLS 6077413 $69,000

EARN MONEY WHEN YOU ARE AWAY BY PLACING YOUR HOME IN OUR VACATION RENTAL PROGRAM. Give Andrew a call at 218-264-0497 When you visit our website www.lutsenrealestategroup.com you will find additional information on all properties in the area accompanied by multiple photographs for a more comprehensive overview of properties you may be interested in.

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WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Gunflint Trail Area

Lake Superior Vacant Parcels and Homes

Lakeshore lot on Poplar Lake with a new 2 stall garage, electric, driveway, nicely wooded, great views to the north and west, 200’ lake frontage, 1.8 acres, on a private road with year around access.

MLS 6074074 $158,000

Other Vacant Land Parcels

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Lund Road off Honeymoon Trail. Looking for a peaceful

spot close to some lakes? This 5+ acres is tucked 15 min from downtown Lutsen, close to Christine Lake, White Pine Lake and Tait River, a great location for exploring the lakes and woods while still being close to the ski hill. A great quality on this land is gravel! Since the gravel is already on the property it can be used for the driveway, site prep and other. No hauling required!

MLS 6075805 $45,900

Murmur Creek Near Pike Lake. Have you ever wanted your very own 20 acres in a remote, peaceful place with a diverse forest and absolute privacy? Look no further than this sweet spot. Beautiful parcel with building and septic sites located. Call for specific directions for finding this pristine and secluded forested property. MLS 6076404 $31,500

Tait Lake, Lutsen.

Recent sales of undeveloped lakeshore lots show prices exceeding $200,000. Lots 16 and 17 have the benefit of Tait Lake access without lakeshore prices.

Tucked hillside overlooking Tait Lake on Caps Trail, Lot 16 offers 2.8 acres with convenient and deeded access to the association’s private dock. Lot 17 provides the same with 3.3 acres.

Beautiful, wild and unspoiled and simply outstanding values.

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Stonegate in Hovland. Looking to build on beautiful Lake Superior? Check out this lot and all it has to offer. With septic already installed, electric to build site, driveway and cleared build-site, and an accessible cobblestone shoreline, this lot is ready for a home! The build-site is complemented with additional and nicely forested property and a very cool creek to hang out by. A great spot to build a guest home or studio. With both Lake Superior and a creek, this lot is simply waiting for the perfect home and homeowner. And a great bonus – the property is 5.4 acres with 200’ of shoreline. In addition, the property is located on the quiet road of Stonegate – distanced from Hwy 61.

MLS 6076045 $249,000

Lot 16 MLS 6080165 $39,999 Lot 17 MLS 6032087 $49,499

PRICES REDUCED! GREAT VALUES!

Superior National Golf Course Homesites Few Golf Courses have been built on land as spectacular as Superior National. And more recently the golf course just completed its nearly $4.5 million course improvement project on the River and Canyon Nines. The homesites listed below are tucked within the Cedar Forest along River 6 fairway and River 6 green. With water, sewer, power and broadband available, combined the sounds of the Poplar River just across the fairway and so much more beauty, the value offered simply is unbelievable. Act now, the golf course will launch its new marketing campaign in 2018 announcing the grand-re-opening – with that, lot prices will likely increase next year.

Lot 4 Block 2. This lot sits adjacent to #4 fairway on River 9 at Superior National Golf Course. Very nice build site with easy access from Ski Hill Road. Water, Sewer, power and broadband available curbside.

This is an excellent value. MLS 6079877 $59,900

Geodesic on Lake Superior.

Unique 4 bedroom, 2 bath geodesic dome home on Lake Superior.

Located just inside the western Cook County line, this home is unlike any other on the North Shore!

Open concept kitchen, living & dining, all with views of the lake. Accommodates large gatherings.

Upper loft with bathroom to hold overflow guests. Finished, walkout lower level with beautiful T&G wood ceiling & walls, plus another bedroom with big lake views. The shoreline is amazing, and is accessible for all your activities: meditating on the beauty, picking rocks or launching your kayak on a calm day. There is an additional deck located near the lake, perfect for entertaining. On rough water days, watch the waves crash against large rock outcroppings. Two-car detached garage to store both gear & vehicles. Great vacation rental history, which helps to offset expenses. Request your showing today! MLS 6076429 $399,900

EARN MONEY WHEN YOU ARE AWAY BY PLACING YOUR HOME IN OUR VACATION RENTAL PROGRAM. Give Andrew a call at 218-264-0497

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Own a slice of Minnesota’s Favorite Resorts We bring you closer. To the lake, each other and your vacation property dreams.

Surfside on Lake Superior

Bluefin Bay Condos & Townhomes Bluefin Unit 7

Bluefin Unit 18

3 BR, 2 BA. Recent $130K elegant remodel. Only a few feet from shore. $419,900

2 BR, 2 BA floorplan.

Unique to the whole resort. A guest favorite. $340,000

New townhomes, total coastal luxury right on the shore of Lake Superior. 3,000 s/f, 3BR, 3BA. Quarter-share ownership w/ flexibility for personal use & rental income. Excellent family retreat or investment property. Prices from $174K-$215K, includes furnishings.

Bluefin Unit 32

Bluefin Unit 26

1 BR, 1 BA. Charming unit with brand new bath, kitchen, and fireplace. $50K in Rental Income. $275,000

1 BR/1 BA. Ideal location.

Exceptional value and solid investment at reasonable price. $259,900

Eric Frost Sales Agent, Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts

SOLD

Bluefin Unit 37

Bluefin Unit 38

2 BR, 2 BA. Upper level unit affords panoramic lake views. Over $60K in rental income. $315,000

2 BR, BA turn-key rental property. Newly remodeled and tastefully decorated. $319,000 SOLD

Bluefin Unit 55

Bluefin Unit 61

Deb Niemisto 218-370-8434

LAKE SUPERIOR CONDOS

Chateau 1 BD 1 BA Turn-Key Rented Units

218-663-6886 | eric@bluefinbay.com

3 BR, 3 BA Bluefin’s largest town home.

Grosses over $110K in rental income. Absolutely stunning. $564,000

3 BR and 3 BA. Beautiful upgrades and appointments. Great location near outdoor pool. $569,000

NORTHWOODS REALTY

Let Eric, exclusive sales agent for Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts, provide the details about each property and guide you through the process. Contact him today to learn more.

Nan Bradley 218-370-8433

lockport@boreal.org

www.coldwellbankernorthwoods.com 7072 Two Moose Trail Wilson Lake - Finland

Caribou Lake - Lutsen 38 Sawmill Lane

Lutsen 4-Season Retreat 131 B Caribou Highlands

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Newly remodeled log lodge Upgraded cottage cabin like condo with spec- themed condo. Great tacular lake views. rental income!

MLS 6077019 $79,900 MLS 6077201 $69,900

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Experience Solitude on one of the most beautiful lakes around. Acreage with many amenities ready for use & enjoyment. MLS 608329 $246,900

WOW 4 BD, 2 BA custom built home on Lutsen’s #1 premier lake. Gazebo, dock, fire pit, large family room, open concept one level living.

MLS 6074363 $449,500

Lake Superior - Lutsen 19 Norwood Shores East

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Ski in/out from this condo with a stella view of Lutsen Mts. Rental income offsets ownership expenses. MN favorite family resort. Own a slice of MN’s North Shore.

MLS 6080501 $137,000

3 BD, 3 BA Townhome, open Concept, Fireplace, garage MLS 6078350 $349,000

CATCHLIGHT

ruffed grouse I had photographed this red-phase ruffed grouse the year before and heard him drumming early in the year after a snowstorm. I walked over to his log and photographed him in the deep snow. He is standing on his log but it is covered with about six inches of snow. I was amazed he was drumming so early in the year.—Paul Sundberg NORTHERN  WILDS

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e t i r o v Fa s t n a r u e to win Restca hanc for a $ 50!

Do you have a favorite place to get a coffee, to eat breakfast or take the kids for dinner?

The restaurants you vote for must be located in the Northern Wilds coverage area, which includes the North Shore communities from Duluth to Terrace Bay and over to Ely.

2019

Only one ballot per person. Do not choose the same restaurant in more than three categories or your entire ballot will be disqualified (Best server is exempt from this rule).

You can mail in your ballot, drop it off at our office or vote online at northernwilds.com. Voting starts February 1 and ends March 31, 2019. Look for the results in the 2019 Menu Guide and the June issue of Northern Wilds.

Official Ballot Which restaurant has the best: Limit 3 entries per restaurant (except for best server) Appetizers ____________________________________________________________ Steak ________________________________________________________________ Burger _______________________________________________________________ Fish _________________________________________________________________ Pizza ________________________________________________________________ Soup ________________________________________________________________ Salad ________________________________________________________________ Breakfast _____________________________________________________________ Baked goods __________________________________________________________ Sweets _______________________________________________________________

Ethnic fare ____________________________________________________________ Northwoods character __________________________________________________ View ________________________________________________________________ “Worth the drive” _____________________________________________________ Kid-friendly menu ______________________________________________________ Vegetarian-friendly menu ________________________________________________ Server or bartender (include full name and restaurant) _______________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Speedy service ________________________________________________________ Take-out ________________________________________________________

Coffee _______________________________________________________________

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Wine ________________________________________________________________ Cocktails _____________________________________________________________

Northern Wilds Media, Inc., P.O. Box 26, Grand Marais, MN 55604 or Vote online at surveymonkey.com/r/rest2019

Beer selection _________________________________________________________

Only one ballot per person.

Regional craft beer _____________________________________________________

Name ________________________________________________________________

Happy hour ___________________________________________________________

City _________________________________________________________________

Music venue __________________________________________________________

Phone _______________________________________________________________

Fine dining ___________________________________________________________

Email ________________________________________________________________

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