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The Greatest Lake : Stories from Lake Superior’s North Shore

2 Jun 2012

Explore the connection between people and places on the rugged shore of Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake.

Conor Mihell offers a compelling image of Lake Superior’s Canadian shore through colourful personality sketches, adventure stories, and environmental accounts. Admire the kitschy decor of lighthouse cottager Maureen Robertson, a 76-year-old who spends six months of the year alone on a remote island; enter the debate over a controversial aggregate quarry in Wawa, Ontario; and learn how the author’s love affair with the world’s largest freshwater lake began on quests for a near-mystical, glacier-dropped monolith.

Mihell’s stories build on Lake Superior’s rich and varied history and support its critical place in Canadian culture. Since the beginning, Lake Superior has been revered for its God-like qualities of power, unpredictability, and a seemingly endless expanse of life-sustaining freshwater. The lake’s rugged yet fragile nature and hardscrabble characters and outpost communities define rural northwestern Canada. Experience it for yourself in this first collection of stories by one of the region’s most acclaimed journalists.

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Authors

Conor Mihell

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]) and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
971.3/12
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
nl-----
ISBN
9781459702462 9781459702479
LCCN
F552
LCCN Item number
M55 2012eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (214 p.)
Published in
Canada
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00229108 (OCoLC)772686038 (CaOOCEL)440035
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

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