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“Mastering the Inland Seas” explores history of Great Lakes navigation

Jun 03, 2020 07:04AM ● By Editor

Aids like lighthouses and buoys are a small piece of a larger system in which federal tax dollars are used to help ships navigate to the benefit of private industry. It is critical to understand how they fit into history. By Taylor Haelterman of Great Lakes Echo - June 3, 2020

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2020 Summer Camp A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Jun 02, 2020 01:15PM ● By Editor

Registration closes Friday, June 5 at 5 PM. No exceptions. From the Grand Marais Playhouse - June 2, 2020

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Grand Marais Art Colony June Newsletter

Jun 02, 2020 11:22AM ● By Editor

From the Grand Marais Art Colony - June 2, 2020

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First Nation enters online challenge to help reclaim its Anishinaabemowin language

Jun 02, 2020 06:54AM ● By Editor

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, an Ojibway First Nation on the north shore of Lake Superior continues to work to grow and showcase its language project. The First Nation entered the 2019 Smart Cities Challenge Canada in the hopes of winning $5 million to fund an online language portal to help teach and preserve the Anishinaabemowin language. From CBC News - Sudbury - June 1, 2020

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Suspense, adventure in new novel set on Rainy Lake

May 31, 2020 07:24AM ● By Editor

Kay, who lives and writes on a lake in the woods of northwest Wisconsin, said she first experienced Borderland about 15 years ago while doing research. She said she was looking for the perfect place to set her first novel, and needed a wilderness lake with islands, Ojibwe history, and a special place that readers would love. From the International Falls Journal - May 30, 2020

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Ojibwe prophecy led to the Great Lakes. Now it's threatened

May 30, 2020 06:11AM ● By Editor

By Daniel Cusick, E&E News reporter from Climatewire - May 29, 2020

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Bayfront Blues Fest canceled due to COVID-19

May 27, 2020 06:12AM ● By Editor

From WDIO-TV - May 26, 2020

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Video: Thunder Bay musician Tyler Raynard celebrates summer at the lake

May 19, 2020 06:20AM ● By Editor

The reggae-tinged "Lake Life" includes lyrics about fishing, saunas and cracking a few cold ones. From CBC News · Thunder Bay - May 17, 2020

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Michigander's historic novel about 1796 epidemic sounds eerily familiar

May 18, 2020 06:20AM ● By Editor

We reached author John Smolens of Marquette at his home in walking distance of Lake Superior. Smolens, 70, retired five years ago after decades of teaching English literature and creative writing, mainly at Northern Michigan University/. By Bill Laitner of The Detroit Free Press - May 18, 2020

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ZOOM with One Book | One Minnesota with Author Kate DiCamillo coming Wednesday

May 13, 2020 05:49PM ● By Editor

A virtual book discussion for participants of the statewide community read. Because of Winn-Dixie was chosen for its broad appeal. It is geared for youth but accessible across age groups. From the Grand Marais Public Library - May 13, 2020

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