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SV Peregrine And Her Skipper Are Roaming The Big Lake
Hope You Are Having As Good A Summer
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Popeye Run Set For Noon, Sunday, July 5th
>Memorial Service For Martti and Shirley Lundstrom on July 10th Obituary
Ellen Van Pelt Dies Obituary
Prime Week At Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Rental Cottage Opens Up
July 18th - 25th (Also October 17-24)
Phone Nancy Clarkson (906) 281-3872
Moose Count Plummets
A May 3rd Walk Around The Harbor
Spring Arrives (03/24/09)
Winter Ends (03/18/09)
A Harbor Journal
A New Update On The Isle Royale Moose - Wolf Saga is At The Bottom Of This Page
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Spring seems to have pounced upon us. And with such gusto! As I write on this late March morn it is still dark, but certainly not quiet. Fierce southerly winds, 25 to 50 MPH, have been blasting across the harbor for almost two days. Everything not properly stowed away or lashed down has found a new home, including my snow scoop, the tarp over the woodpile and various storage containers I carelessly left on the alongside deck. (And yes, much of what’s left of the woodpile has been once again toppled.) The flag pole seems to have developed a permanent northerly tilt, but Old Glory remains aloft (or so it was at yesterday’s sundown), straining at its tether and its badly frayed trailing edge snapping angrily at its tormentor. The howl of protesting wind seeking a path through the big maple out front and around the camp is a bit unsettling, especially in the dark, made even more so as I listen to the sturdy but old maple and its nearly 100 foot tall ancient and fragil popular companion groan as their massive limbs are twisted and bent in the never ending wind. Occasional loud tree cracking sounds really get my attention, as does the rattle of twigs and small tree parts on the roof and front windows. And it’s noisy inside as well with the “wump, wump” of wind up and down the fireplace flue and the constant creaking of this old house’s timbers serving as the rhythm section for the “juice harp” sound of wind playing eerie melodies on the brass weather shields in loose door and window sills. It’s quite a concert!
This strange Keweenaw winter is quietly slipping away. The nights are still single digit cold, but the days are now warm enough to stir the maple sap and tempt the crocus to bloom. The once beautiful and bountiful snow, which arrived with such bluster in December and January, piling up 22 feet before the ice covered big lake shut down the lake effect machine, is now only a ragged remnant of its former glory as it cowers in the shadow of rock and tree. It's leaving without much fanfare. No gushing creeks or waterfall cascades to mark its departure.. Just each day one notices that there is a little less. The harbor and lake ice suddenly look tired, turning darker as the warmth of the now climbing high into the sky sun sinks into its bowels. Its surface, until just a few days ago a breathtaking vast display of smooth and shining white, is now wrinkling, and evidencing the muddied crust of aging. When the inevitable winds and rain of approaching spring arrive, the ice will quickly and quietly disappear, sinking into the waters of it's birth. Then the waves will return, once again stirring life into the long sleeping sand and cobblestone beaches, and we'll know another of our uniquely beautiful and boisterous winters has ended.
(Work In Progress)
Looking For Front Page Photos From Earlier This Year?
You Can Find Them At 2008 - 2009 Harbor Walkabout Photos
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June 10, 2009 eagle-mail: E-Mail ghite@pasty.net 277 E. North Street Eagle Harbor, MI 49950 Today Out My Window | May 23rd ![]() The Light Green Blush Of Spring Bloom Is So Welcomed And Wonderful Bright Blue Skies And Waters The Bugs Like It Too
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The Harbor Journal Periodic Harbor Web Editor Observations, Accounts and Musings About Harbor Weather, Happenings, and Odysseys.
Seeking Adventure (02/20/09)
A Walk To The Marina (02/17/09)
Steinbeck (02/08/09)
Sun Storm (01/30/09)
Inaugration Day (01/22/09)
Like the Pics? (01/20/09)
Grub and Grog (01/18/09)
Enduring Hope (11/19/08)
An Evening With My Cursed Cursor (11/15//08)
Summer Ends (11/10//08)
A Letter To Ryan (11/06//08)
The Water Dilemma (10/21//08)
Life Ashore (10/15/08)
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Winter 2006-2007 Journals
Winter 2005-2006 Journals
October 2004 - January 2005 Journals
January & February, 2004 Journals
December, 2003 Journals
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Who Is This Guy?
What Happended to the Eagle Harbor Life Saving Station?
The Ah-Wa-Nesha? Who knows the history of one of Eagle Harbor's most beautiful boats?
Keweenaw Snowfall Forecast Contest
Dont forget, there is more than fame to be gained. Monthly winners in November through February, the big snow months, will feast on the scrumptious pasties from our friends at Pasty Central , and our total season champ earning the choice of either a Copper Harbor dinner cruise in PEREGRINE, or a weeks use of the Harbor Web's guest cottage.
This winter's forecasts, actual results and identification of winners can be viewed at: 2007 - 2008 Forecasts
For more information, including some Keweenaw snowfall historical data, please go to: 2007- 2008 Keweenaw Snowfall Forecast Contest.
Want to know where and how the snowfall is measured? Go to In Quest Of The Measuring Stick
Winter Scenes
A January 2003 Walk To The Lighthouse
The Snow Report
For Monthly Snowfalls Since 1957 See Keweenaw Snowfall Record
Bulletin Board
Harbor Potluck.
A wonderful collection of reader submitted Eagle Harbor related stories, poems, whatever.
Lake News
Early May, 2009 Lake Level is 3.4" Below Normal And 2.3" Inches Above This Time Last Year.
For the latest on inflows, outflows, levels, etc. check out Environmemtal Canada's Level News .
Harbor Cottage Stories.
The Mugford Cottage By Cathy Stites
The Harvey House By Rebecca Markee
Ann Johnson's "Note From A Cabin In The Woods"
A Place To StayOur listing also includes a few "place to stay" possibilities. If you want to list, please send an email with particulars.
Recent listings:
Dave and Peg Carlson - Cedar Point Cabins .
Township News
Harbor Photo Gallery
The Jim Simak Collection
The Melanie Ehrenreich Collection
The Ross Freshwater Collection
Good Neighbors
2005 Eagle Harbor Halloween Pumpkin Art Festival!
For a report about this year's event and a picture of the pumpkins, see 2003 Eagle Harbor Pumpkin Art Festival
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Harbor Walkabout

Abby Goes To Fire Drill
November 1, 1999 Storm Photos
Star Raising
Readers pick their Favorite Walkabout Pictures
A Collection Of Abby Photos
Harbor School Millennium Project
Keweenaw Development.Keweenaw and Township Development OpinionHere's an archive collection of your Harbor Web Editor's musings and letters to public officials and neighbors on Keweenaw and Township development issues.
The Latest! George weighs in on Township's proposed zoning ordinance. (2/07)
Click .Keweenaw Development.for reports and comment on other development issues.
Favorite Keweenaw Links
Recent Additions
Gull Rock Lightkeepers. The lonely little lighthouse off the tip of the Keweenaw has new keepers who are busy restoring it to its former glory. Check out their progress.
Neil Harri Photos
Harbor neighbor Neil Harri is a skilled pilot and photographer, and frequently contributes his photos to the Harbor Web.. We often see him buzzing above the Harbor snapping pictures. Now he has web site for sharing and selling his beautiful photos. Check it out.
Old Pics
Musings
Eagle-MailRecent Additions: Gene & Pegg Johnson Recent Changes & Corrections.Amy (Mergen) Waitrovich, Paul Waitrovich, Anne Beyers, Bob & Joan Taylor, Jay & Jody Saunders, Dave & Peg Carlson, Barb Radigan, Peter VanPelt, Patricia VanPelt, John VanPelt, John & Nancy Clarkson, Keith Lamerand, Bob & Joan Taylor, Anna & Dennis Royce, Tom Lundsrrom, Phil & Dat (Pooley) Kuusisto, Kerry M Lapointe, Sandy Gasteris (Kowalewski)
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More Pages Below.
For updates from this winter's in-progress study go to '08-'09 Notes From the Field
2008 - 2009 Update Report from the Isle Royale/Keweenaw Parks Association. (4/08/2009)
A Message To New Eagle Harbor Web Viewers.
Welcome! Remember the small town newspaper? The Eagle Harbor Web is the same idea gone high tech. Just as corny,as unpredictable,as untimely, but, hopefully, as friendly as the Chillicothe Constitution Gazette,or your town paper of choice. (At least those are my editorial standards.) Perhaps you'll find a few nuggets of stuff you didn't know, will meet some new friends, and enjoy a chuckle or two. It's for anyone with a browser, but if you don't know where the Popeye Rock is, you'll be bored to death. So help yourself to the inside pages by clicking the "picture thumbnails" (the little pictures) and learn what your township has done for you lately, meet some old and new neighbors, say thanks to some special people, find ways to do your part to keep Eagle Harbor special, share a memory, and catch the flavor of the place in AJ's Letter and The Harbor Journal. And please,
Sign The Guestbookand send me your comments, your questions, your news, and any ideas you have to make the Eagle Harbor Web more useful and interesting (keeping in mind the editorial standards.) Thanks for checking in. George, web site editor.
Thanks to these folks for their generous recognition of the Eagle Harbor Web
Harbor Moose Population Drops To 650!.
(Click Moose for the Big Picture.) Bet that headline got your attention. OK, so the moose in mind are all on Isle Royale, but it is in Eagle Harbor Township...at least the west half of the island.(East half is Houghton Township...not sure why since on the peninsula Eagle Harbor Township is east of Houghton Township.)
This year’s report from Isle Royale’s wolf/moose winter study is in, and the numbers show the wolf population at 24, up just one from last year’s count. Moose have had another hard year with a loss of over 100 animals, down to 530.
The biggest news from this year’s report is the confirmation that Isle Royale’s wolves are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding. That finding raises the important question: Do Isle Royale wolves need genetic rescuing? This is the topic of discussion on the Isle Royale Wolf Study website.
You can weigh in on this important issue, or just read what others have said. There are already 114 responses posted today and you are encouraged to join the discussion.
Lake Superior: Does Water In = Water Out?.
We all know it's a big lake. With a surface area of about 31,700 square miles, it exceeds the combined size of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut. There is enough water in the lake, over 3200 billion gallons, to supply the freshwater needs of the 30 million residents in the lake's adjacent states and province for over three years. But how much new water does all the snow and rain add to the lake each year, and if over a period of several years the lake level is stable, as it is, where does all the new water go? Is all this new water flowing through the lake why the lake is so nice and clean? A Web search provided some surprises. For complete article, go to Lake Superior
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