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KRISTOPHER GRUNERT / CP
Christmas Spirit Rides the Rails
Before Santa's arrival comes the CP Holiday Train, marking for many the start of the season. Read more
May 20, 2020
LAKEHEAD TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM SOCIETY
A Coast Guard Veteran is Finally Home, Workhorse launched in 1958 Comes Full Circle
Local Hero: Step aboard the retired Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Alexander Henry in Thunder Bay’s Marina Park and check out the view from the wheelhouse or explore the captain’s quarters. Read more
Oct 15, 2018
CHRISTINE BREZDEN
One Pancake, Many Chefs, Monthly Styles, Hoito Celebrates 100 by Shaking Up Its Signature Pancake
Tradition with a New Flair: To celebrate turning 100 in May, Thunder Bay’s beloved Hoito Restaurant has been collaborating each month with a different guest chef to offer a brand-new dish based on the Hoito’s signature Finnish pancakes. Read more
Jul 30, 2018
Jim Baird
Lake Superior Journal: To the Extreme, Adventuring Brothers Put In on the Dog
“Get left! Get left! Boulder!” My brother yells to me from the bow of our canoe. I pry hard and am relieved when we dodge – barely – the unexpected protruding rock, but now we might miss the crucial-to-catch shore eddy on the right. Read more
Jul 24, 2018
KIRVAN PHOTOGRAPHY
SnowDay: The Antidote for Cabin Fever Get Your Inner Child Out
It’s mid-February, chilly and snowy and … well, not boring because there’s plenty to do in Marina Park on SnowDay in Thunder Bay. Read more
Jan 31, 2018
COURTESY TBSHOWS.COM
T-Bay’s Music Scene, When It Comes to Local Acts, This City’s Hoppin’
When Lake Superior Magazine wanted to find someone with a finger on the pulse of the Thunder Bay music scene, Jean-Paul De Roover’s was among the first names to pop up. Read more
Dec 22, 2017
COURTESY BAGGAGE BUILDING ARTS CENTRE
Handmade Ideas of Art & Craft When Gift Certificates Won’t Do
When you’re buying holiday, birthday or other gifts in Thunder Bay, banish the thought of a box-store gift certificate. Shopping is part of the charm as you hunt for local art to give. Read more
Dec 22, 2017
City of Thunder Bay Tourism
Above It All, Sunken Gardens, Harbor Vistas – You Gotta Love Hillcrest Park
When Thunder Bay locals want to impress visitors, they take them to Hillcrest Park in the center of the city to show off the stunning views of the harbor and distant Sleeping Giant. Read more
Nov 28, 2017
Lois Nuttall
Lake Superior Journal: A Summer Alight
Before you reach the lighthouse you have to cross the Lake, and before you reach the Lake you have to drive the road – a long road to be sure, from Toronto to Lake Superior. Read more
Oct 18, 2017
Bob Elliott / Lake Superior Provincial Park
September Salmon, Now’s the Time to Cast a Line
Good salmon fishing revs up most years around the third week of September in rivers on the eastern shores of Lake Superior. Read more
Oct 18, 2017
Parks Canada
Pukaskwa’s Wilderness Wonders
Ontario's largest wilderness park is right in our Big Lake back yard. Read more
Oct 17, 2017
Travis Novitsky
Life on Lake Superior’s Ontario Shore in 1867, When Canada Became a Country
In 1867, travel in the area of today’s Thunder Bay was limited to paddling waterways or going by steamship. There were no major east-west roads or railways. Sault Ste. Marie had 800 residents who used the St. Marys River as their highway. Read more
May 1, 2017
Courtesy Gammondale Farm
Take a Sleigh Ride at Gammondale Farm
Picture yourself in a Currier & Ives postcard scene, big snowflakes gently dropping. With red cheeks in the brisk December air, you’re bundled up and bunched together on a sleigh ride in pastoral Slate River Valley near Thunder Bay. Read more
Dec 1, 2016
Courtesy Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior
Porphyry Island Beckons with a Lighthouse, Trails & Gallery
An adventure to Porphyry Island on Black Bay about 8 miles east of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park starts with how you get there. Most people arrive by kayak, canoe or boat. Or you can hire a fishing charter, a floatplane or helicopter. Read more
Aug 1, 2016
Courtesy of CBS
Paul Shaffer Comes Home: Our Interview with the “Late Show” Musical Director, Playing Thunder Bay in October
The voice on the phone was unmistakable. Paul Shaffer was ready to answer questions about his career, his memoir and his hometown of Thunder Bay, where Paul and his “Late Show” band will perform on October 7. Read more
Jul 25, 2016
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Videos from Lake Superior Magazine
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Video: 2013-14's Lake Superior Ice in 60 Seconds
This week the U.S. Coast Guard concluded five months of ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes. In this time-lapse video, watch the Lake Superior ice develop and, ever so slowly, break up in the spring. Read more
Konnie LeMay
James R. Barker on a Foggy Duluth Morning
The James R. Barker, one of the largest vessels on the Great Lakes, gliding out of the fog and into the Duluth Ship Canal on a July morning. Read more
Paul L. Hayden
High Falls on the Pigeon River
The High Falls on the Pigeon River, on the border between the United States and Canada in northern Minnesota, experienced almost double its normal flow after heavy rains during the week of May 20, 2013. Read more
Phil Bencomo / Lake Superior Magazine
Video: Spring at Gooseberry Falls
Spring is a fantastic time to visit Gooseberry Falls, just up the shore from Two Harbors, Minnesota. Read more
Paul L. Hayden / Lake Superior Magazine
Stormy Lake: Big Waves on Lake Superior, April 11, 2013
Ahead of an April snowstorm, wind gusts in Duluth topped 60 mph, creating huge waves on the Lake. Lake Superior Magazine's intrepid Paul Hayden braved the elements to capture this footage from Minnesota's near North Shore and Duluth. Read more
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