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A Favorite Lake Superior Web Cam Duluth Harbor Entry Nice View Of The Western Lake and Occasionally Some Ship Action | Lake Superior In Winter Lake Superior Satellite NOAA Updates This Daily Watch the LSS systems and the lake ice spread |
Here's Tom Landowski's Great Eagle Harbor StormVideo
 Messages From ReadersSomething New Almost Every Day "Summer of 1953" John Massoglia Please Check Your "Eagle Mail" Address! Also Visit the Harbor Web Facebook Site For More Messages |  (click to enlarge) Peregrine's Summer 2009 Lake Superior Cruise Map 1907 Miles - 77 Sailing Days Here's 2008 Here's 2007 Here's 2006 Here's 2005 |
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March 21, 2010 eagle-mail: E-Mail ghite@pasty.net 277 E. North Street Eagle Harbor, MI 49950 Today Out My Window | March 21st  Probably Time To Stow The Yooper Scooper Nice Sunny Day But Cool and Windy Lake Lowering Faster Than Normal Good Beaches Expected This Summer |
Grand Opera Last evening was so peaceful, and so beautiful. Our daylight now lasts through the evening hour and the sun is now ending its daily stay with us by dipping behind the tall poplars that stand like sentinels along the west shoulder of our swimming beach. Dark tree shadows inch out across the pristine white snow that covers the beach and then onto the harbor ice, their ghostly images stretching almost to mid-harbor before being lifted off the ice and absorbed by the gathering darkness of the approaching night. The mostly vacant cottages along the harbor’s south rocky shore, their higher perch affording them a longer bask in the now gold tinged light of the setting sun, seem to be almost retrieved from their long winter hibernation as the light briefly plays across their harbor facing, making windows glow. Then as the sun dips lower, seeking the sanctuary of the big lake, and now once again darkened cottages return to their slumber, the last, and usually most colorful array of sunlight climbs up the darkly forested ridge lying to our south, offering for a moment a hint of the forest’s spring potential. By now the sun has disappeared into the cold and dark lake, but sends its brilliance around the earth’s roundness and through the dusty near earth heaven to transform the bottoms of otherwise lifeless winter clouds into a mesmerizing mosaic of shifting rust hued reds laced with black shadows set against a background of fading blue sky. This closing seems like the end of grand opera, the moment the magnificent curtain envelopes the stage.
The Forbidden I’m indulging in the forbidden. Nothing too exciting, but delicious. A camp fever remedy. Exotic food! Yes, dear reader, as I perused the aisles of my favorite green banana emporium after a day of languishing in the mid-winter shadows, I came to face with an old temptation – herring cutlets in wine sauce. What you say, herring, a pedestrian food for the hoards of transplanted scandihuvians clustered about the cold Superior Lake? How could a morsel of such a fish, a fish at the bottom of the fish chain, ever be considered a temptation, much less exotic? Well, dear friends, you forget my Scotch ancestry, blood lines tainted with reverence for avoidance of excesses and irrational indulgences – and such herring delicacies are for reasons unfathomable, now priced at over six bucks for a small pot full (16oz), including the water and other justifying ingredients (not much wine). Only in the unthinking ferment of camp fever could I ever place a grasping hand on such a forbidden delight. But I did, and while I feel great remorse at my sin, the herring is sooooo delicious. (And to add to my wontedness, I’m washing these little fishes down my gullet with equally sinfully expensive wine. some Beringer Napa Valley 2006 Chardonnay.) May King Robert the Bruce forgive my Scottish soul!
>The Winter 2008 - 2009 Journals
Why So Little Of Late (03/08/09)
Earlier Journal Entries:
The Ah-Wa-Nesha? Who knows the history of one of Eagle Harbor's most beautiful boats?
The Harbor Journal Periodic Harbor Web Editor Observations, Accounts and Musings About Harbor Weather, Happenings, and Odysseys.
StimulusThe good news just keeps rolling in. First the report that a case of Ernest Shackleton’s whiskey had been discovered buried deep in the ice at one of his Antarctic base camps, left there in 1910 by my childhood hero as he wisely and quickly evacuated his comrades from the polar cap as disaster loomed. Now I hear the original distiller of the whiskey, surprisingly still in business but having long ago lost the recipe of this brew, is hoping to get a sample of the recovered whiskey into the lab to discover and reproduce the formula that so emboldened the courage and tenacity of my hero and his comrades. I’ll be first in line for a case of “Shackleton II”! And then, just today, I read in the Gazette, our local paper that still proudly links its name with “Mining” (bless them), a report of economic stimulus that actually works. Seems a son, just 12 years old, of a now very proud Copper Country native, both now living in suddenly snow bound Louisville, KY, discovered a yooper scooper, surely secreted there by dad, in his garage, and undaunted by the snow calamity unleashed its CC power on the Louisville snow, wowing everybody in his neighborhood with its advantages over back breaking shoveling. Not content with the few bucks he gathered from happy neighbors, our Horatio Alger in the making, shared his can-do spirit and miraculous remedy for moving snow with the Louisville Courier, a big time paper, even disclosing the maker of this marvelous device, Silver Bear Manufacturing, one of our own. Bingo! The orders for yooper scoopers began to pour into Silver Bear’s Atlantic Mine mail box, prompting the overjoyed owners of this little almost ma and pop outfit to hire three new workers to meet the sudden demand. Isn’t that a great story! Hey it’s initiative and good ideas that builds jobs, not money from the federal pot! If I’d been our president, I’d had this kid in the House gallery to take a well deserved bow during my State of the Union address.
It's Still Dark Outside, But.... (January)
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)
Winter 2007-2008 Journals
Winter 2006-2007 Journals
Winter 2005-2006 Journals
October 2004 - January 2005 Journals
January & February, 2004 Journals
December, 2003 Journals
November, 2003 Journals
April & May, 2003 Journals
February & March, 2003 Journals
December 2002 - January 2003 Journals
Fall-Winter 2002 Journals
Recent Journals
Earlier Journals
Much Earlier Journals
Journals From The Last Millennium
Editor Musings
Harbor Q & A
The Latest: Where and What Is This?
You might stumble upon this out in the bush. What is it?
Who Is This Guy?
Just a couple blocks from downtown Eagle Harbor, this brightly painted carving sits high in a tree trunk. What's the story? Who carved it, and why?
What Happended to the Eagle Harbor Life Saving Station?
Built In 1910-1912, It Disappeared in The 1950s. What happened To It?
Where Is the "Arch Rock"
Are there mountain lions in the Keweenaw?
Why are five Mile and Seven Mile Points so named?
How much does one of Keweenaw's giant snow plows cost?
How Long Does It Take To Swim Across The Harbor? Who Claims The Record?
What's it take to get the lake effect snow machine going?
Where's the "Old Military Road"?
"Where are the "stamp sands"?
"Is the story of a load of automobiles being driven off a ship wreck true?"
"What's the scoop about a big float copper find in Great Sand Bay?".
Bulletin BoardThe Birth of Connor James MacKenzie
The Snow Report
For Monthly Snowfalls Since 1957 See Keweenaw Snowfall Record
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.
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
Harbor Potluck.
A wonderful collection of reader submitted Eagle Harbor related stories, poems, whatever.
Lake News
Early March, 2010 Lake Level is 5.9" Below Normal And The Same As This Time Last Year. The Lake fell 3" in February. It usually falls about an inch in that month.
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
Favorites
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.Julie Goodell Asslin, Gratia Scrutton, John Diemart, Phyllis Diemart, Don Marpe
Eagle Mail A thru G
Eagle Mail H thru O
Eagle Mail P thru Z
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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