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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota.
She authors the Minnesota Starwatch column, and in this feature
she shares what there is to see in the night sky.
Her column “Minnesota Starwatch” can be
found on the University of Minnesota website at
astro.umn.edu
Crystal Bay is a unique location featuring cliffs, a gravel beach, caves and a creek. It’s located near Finland, Minnesota, along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It’s also the site of the 3M Company’s first business venture – which ultimately failed due to poor planning and the misidentification of the mineral they hoped to mine.
Lake Superior is outrageously huge. That’s understood.
But the most challenging aspect when discussing the size of Lake Superior is formatting the description with any context.
So on that note, when we look out at Lake Superior, how big is it?
WTIP’s Joe Friedrichs sets out to find the answers in this installment of the Lake Superior Project.
This edition of the Lake Superior Project takes a look at how commercial fishing on Isle Royale, Michigan, has changed. The remote island about 15 miles off shore from Grand Portage no longer has a commercial fishery. Rhonda Silence finds out more.
In the early 1900s, many Scandinavian immigrants settled along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
In this edition of The Lake Superior Project, WTIP’s Martha Marnocha tells the story of a Norwegian immigrant named Mons Hanson who homesteaded in the Hovland area.
