Lake Superior Magazine has given an annual Achievement Award since 1994.
Past Winners
2023: St. Louis River Alliance
2022: Bonnie Dahl, author of Superior Way
2021: Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
2020: Superior Watershed Partnership & Land Conservancy
2019: Madeline Island Ferry Line + Apostle Islands Cruises
2018: Frederick Stonehouse, author, maritime historian
2017: Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
2016: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
2015: Paul Pepe, manager of tourism for Thunder Bay
2014: Lee Radzak, historic site manager, Split Rock Lighthouse
2013: Larry MacDonald, mayor of Bayfield, Wisconsin
2012: Bad River Watershed Association
2011: Mike Link & Kate Crowley and Josephine Mandamin – walked around Lake Superior
2010: Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society
2009: The Great Waters Initiative
2008: Kurt Soderberg, retired executive director, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in Duluth
2007: The Earth Keepers Initiative
2006: Ray Clevenger and the creation of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
2005: Gaylord Nelson
2004: Nature Conservancy
2003: Davis Helberg, retired executive director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority
2002: Elmer Engman, diver and founder of “Gales of November” program
2001: Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
2000: Crisp Point Light Historical Society
1999: C. Patrick Labadie, maritime historian
1998: John and Ann Mahan, authors/publishers
1997: North of Superior Marina Marketing Association
1996: Cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan & Ontario
1995: Lake Superior Binational Forum
1994: Craig Blacklock, photographer