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NO. 5, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – The North Shore: Part 3 of 3
Leaving Heron Bay (named, by the way, after Frank Heron, a half-breed trapper who had his hunting shack here in the olden days), we wind about the lake shore to Peninsula, abbreviated from “Peninsula Harbor”. North, east and south the harbor is well protected, but with a wind from southwest I should think it would…
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NO. 5, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – The North Shore: Part 2 of 3
I would suggest for the preservation of our fast disappearing game(1) that a Government game protector be appointed without delay to patrol this part of the country from Missanabie to Nipigon, during the winter months, especially during the height of the snow or when it is crusted. I venture to think the Canadian…
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NO. 4-3, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES sidebar 3 of 3 – Shipwreck Coast and the Comet
In 1876, Whitefish Bay and an 80-mile stretch of coastline to the west were well on the way to acquiring the sobriquet Shipwreck Coast. The steamer Comet became one of its victims. One of the directors of Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society recently commented, “There are 550 confirmed shipwrecks [in Lake Superior], and…
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