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Lake Superior – A Majestic Coast
Lake Superior
'The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchigoomee ...' Gordon Lightfoot
“No one in modern time has captured the mystery and legend of Lake Superior more powerfully nor more simply than Gordon Lightfoot in his epic song about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November 1975.
Superior is immense in size, the largest by area freshwater body of water in the world and is often referred to as an inland sea.
Natural & Rugged
Superior has sand beaches that reach off into the horizon and it is a land of unending vistas from high rock perches and canyons and tunnels bored through rock to let the trains and cars of modern time find better purchase as they travel its rugged shore. The Lake Superior shoreline also has a number of peninsulas and island archipealagos noted for their remoteness, scenic quality and ecological values.
Land of Story & Legend
The natural splendour and rugged beauty of Superior's north shore have enchanted visitors for generations. Many have undertaken efforts to share the beauty of the area with the world and protect it for future generations. Early artists travelling with explorers such as LaVerendrye and later with the fur traders of the Northwest Company captured the rugged beauty of the Superior shore, then as the area became accessible to ground transportation the Group of Seven artists, in the 1920’s, captured the beauty of the Superior North Shore in their paintings.
At its simplest Lake Superior is the point in North America where the gentle plains of the Midwest meet the ruggedness of the Canadian Shield and forever where East shall meet West.
Except from paper written on the Lake Superior Heritage Coast by Dale Ashbee and Ian Mettam.