Sea Kayaking to the Huron Island Lighthouse Huron National Wildlife Refuge, L’Anse, Michigan I awake to find myself suspended above the forest floor, snug in my hammock, the earthy scents of pine needles sharp in my nose. It takes me a moment to gather my bearings, and I peer out from beneath the nylon rain […]
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Archive for Lake Superior
Can two young sweethearts, separated by an ocean, find one another on a wilderness shore? “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore,” George Gordon Byron The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is a romantic destination—full of beauty, adventure, and history. If you go there, and are fortunate […]
A bit of Lake Superior surf play at Mosquito Beach, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
A video tour of Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Peninsula and Manitou Island
These are additional images from Superior Paddling’s Thunder Bay travelogue >>
The Oceanic Nature of the Great Lakes (Note: An abridged version of this essay appeared in the Early Summer 2013 issue of Adventure Kayak Magazine) “Those are some serious pieces of water.” Jon Turk, renowned expedition paddler and author Deep in the heart of North America, surrounded by forest and field, there is an ocean. […]
Kayaking Thunder Bay, Ontario, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, and the Rossport Islands The bell above the door jingles cheerily as my paddling partner, Jeff Noltner, and I enter the tiny bait shop in Kakabeka Falls, Ontario. “Hi, we’d like a few backcountry permits for camping on Crown Land.” “OK,” says the pleasant woman tending to […]
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Munising to Grand Island, Michigan Standing at the water’s edge, gazing out onto the broad expanse of Lake Superior, my brother and I take in the sweeping vista of the bay. A light chop ruffles the lake, and small breakers spend themselves on the sand here at Miner’s Beach. But the […]