Lake Effect

by Alin, Erika G.

• ISBN13: 9780816641147
• ISBN10: 0816641145
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Summary

In Lake Effects, writer Erika Alin explores both the natural and the human landscapes of Lake Superior, meditating on the rich geological, historical, and cultural events that have shaped the region. She begins her journey around Superior at the St. Louis River near Duluth and continues along the shores of the lake to Temperance River State Park, Grand Marais's Artist's Point, and Lake Superior Provincial Park. Following the Michigan and Wisconsin coasts, Alin visits the Keweenaw Peninsula, the Porcupine Mountains, and Chequamegon Bay before concluding at the south shore's Brule River.
Inspired by these and other places on the lake, Alin's essays delve into such diverse topics as the origins of river names, early Native American settlement, the exploits of seventeenth-century French-Canadian voyageurs, the breeding habits of ring-billed gulls, the contributions of women botanists, Canada's Group of Seven painters, and aboriginal rock art.

Table of Contents

Preface
Map of Lake Superior
Wild River	p. 1
The Gulls of Kitchi Gammi	p. 11
Crosby's Paradox	p. 20
Bicknell's Geranium	p. 30
No Bar River	p. 39
The Heritage of Landscapes	p. 46
Harebells	p. 55
The Group of Seven at Coldwell	p. 64
Louis Agassiz on the Eastern Shore	p. 72
In the Shade of Pines	p. 80
Orion	p. 89
On the Porcupine Coast	p. 99
The Mission of Saint Esprit	p. 106
Gathering Instincts	p. 119
The Brule River	p. 125
References	p. 135
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