Lake McDonald

Lake McDonald lies on the west side of the continental divide, the counterpart of Saint Mary Lake on the east side.  Based on a quick review...

Saint Mary Lake

Saint Mary Lake, on the east side of Glacier National Park, has some neat beaches.  Unfortunately, I didn't actually get very close to t...

The Importance of College Visits!

Football season is well on its way, the weather is getting cooler, and the leaves are beginning to change. This means two things…the Novembe...

Duluth

Duluth is built at the northern end of an impressive barrier beach tucked into the western tip of Lake Superior.  Much of the shoreline in t...

Split Rock

Pebble Beach lies in a cove just west of the Split Rock Lighthouse.  The pebble part of the beach is limited to the western end of the littl...

Merlin

The Merlin is not quite a coastal waterbird, but it utilizes much of the same habitat as all of our target species do. As Patrick Comins cor...

Sugarloaf Cove

This was a neat find, discovered while flipping through a book in the gift store earlier in the morning at Grand Portage.  I was afraid we...

Cascade River

This place felt a lot like Acadia National Park in Maine, with its bedrock cliffs, cascading stream, and isolated gravel beach.  I think the...

Grand Marais

Grand Marais is built at the base of a tombolo, so it's got beaches on both sides.  The one on the east side is another broad sweep of r...

Kodonce River

Nothing spectacular, just a small stream mouth on a gravel beach.  I guess stream flows must be high enough to occasionally flush out the mo...

Naniboujou

The highlight of this beach is not actually the beach, but the lodge ( hshipman: Naniboujou Lodge ), and lunch in the colorful dining room t...

Deronda Bay

This will be the first of several entries from Minnesota's north shore of Lake Superior.  All are based on fairly short visits during a ...

Chippewa Park

Much of Thunder Bay's waterfront is industrial or otherwise difficult to access.  Marina Park in the north part of downtown was nice, bu...

Jon Frank Film

God Music from 'The Reef' starring Ryan Burch from Jon Frank on Vimeo . Bathymetry from 'The Reef' from Jon Frank on ...

Western Willet

Patrick Comins had a Western Willet yesterday afternoon at the Menunketesuck Island flats, highlighting a trip where he also spotted a dozen...