We hosted a Paddle Canada Level III Skills course here last week. Erik Oogard, from Harbourfront Canoe & Kayak Centre was our instructor du jour. As part of the course requirements, the group headed out on an overnight journey on to Lake Superior. On their way home, they got to contend with some 20knot winds [...]
Every day is different here at Rock Island. Some days we are blessed with a peregrine falcon or lynx siting. This past weekend was a little something out of the ordinary. I was looking out over the lake, enjoying my lunch, watching a kayaker decide whether or not to travel up the mouth of the [...]
Chalk up another effect of climate change: it’s getting windier over Lake Superior. That is the conclusion of a study by scientists who have looked at the effects of increasing surface water temperatures in the lake and air temperatures over it. The water has warmed faster than the air, creating instability in the air mass [...]
As we are anticipating this year’s Gales of November photography workshop with pro Rob Stimpson, Lake Superior decided to give us a little show of what she can dish out. Winds were from the west at about 30knots (gale force) and gave us some good wave action. Here are a couple of shots plus a [...]
…swim with the salmon. It’s one of the great things about this area in the fall. The salmon are running up the Michipicoten river and so you are most likely guaranteed to see an eagle or two or three scouting out the area looking for a feast. The following shots were taken from some folks [...]
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For those of us who kayak on Lake Superior- weather takes on a new meaning. If somebody asks what the weather is going to be like most of us will start rhyming off that the winds are coming from the southeast at 15 knots and diminishing to 10 overnight. Wave height is under one metre. [...]
Most people don’t have the luxury of complaining about the lack of traffic on their morning commute to work. I won’t complain either but some days it can get pretty wild. Wild with animals that is. All in total, on my travels to and from work I have encountered a lynx, a bear, bald eagles, [...]
Finally! It took a while to get here but the last few weeks we’ve been blessed with some stellar weather. July was really wet and we weren’t even sure what August was going to bring. I think that we have been in a bubble here in the northeast corner of Lake Superior since folks around [...]
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