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  • CENTRAL: Local History
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Going full circle : a 1,555-mile walk around the world's largest lake

Call Number

  • H 796.51 L7564 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

Duluth, Minn. : Lake Superior Port Cities Inc., 2012.

Physical Description

vii, 294 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.

Summary

Walk along with husband-wife team Mike Link and Kate Crowley as they set off on a unique 1,555-mile, shore-hugging journey around the world's largest freshwater lake. As naturalists, travel writers and grandparents, they chronicle an epic five-month Lake Superior hike through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ontario in this account of their life-altering experience.

Contents

  • Chapter 1. Counterclockwise
  • Chapter 2. Into the Rhythm
  • After Thoughts: Our Survey
  • Chapter 3. Red Clay & Balloons
  • After Thoughts: Point Samples
  • Chapter 4. Entering the U.P. Thumbs Up
  • After Thoughts: Local Food
  • Chapter 5. To the Tip & Back
  • After Thoughts: Invasive Species
  • Chapter 6. Private Enclaves [Huron Mountain Club]
  • After Thoughts: Fresh Water on a Global Scale
  • Chapter 7. The Land of Pictured Rocks
  • After Thoughts: Logistics
  • Chapter 8. Shipwrecks & Sand Beaches
  • After Thoughts: Budgets
  • Chapter 9. Crossing that Bridge
  • Chapter 10. Into the Wilderness
  • After Thoughts: Questions
  • Chapter 11. Dragons & Michipeshu
  • After Thoughts: Streams
  • Chapter 12. Voyageur Adventure
  • Full Circle Photo Album
  • After Thoughts: Climate & Lake Levels
  • Chapter 13. True North
  • After Thoughts: Meals
  • Chapter 14. All South from Here
  • After Thoughts: Sprawl
  • Chapter 15. The Homestretch
  • Chapter 16. Coming Home
  • After Thoughts: Miles Logged
  • Chapter 17. Two Years Later
  • Final Thoughts: The Thank Yous.

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Kate Crowley

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