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Common Theodolite (Transit) W. and S. Jones, London, C.1780.  Together with the surveyor's compass, this theodolite, on a tripod mount, was used in early British surveys in America.
Drawing of Lake Superior with the the 3 www's represents the World Wide Web of today. 

 Lake Superior Coffee:

Lake Superior Coffee
A selection of fine coffees, Roast on the Shores of Lake Superior

  
Lake Superior Coffee is recognizing these three Lake Superior Lighthouses for their contributions to the development of our communities.

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I was born in Kenora, Ontario and raised in the First Nation community of Sandy Lake, Ontario. I am a self-taught artist; my art is in the Nature Woodland style. I have been doing this type of art since I was 15 years of age.  

The person whom inspired me to paint was Joshim Kakegamic. He had shown me his artwork and from there I wanted to get into art. He had told me that if he could do it that I could too. I had practiced sketching and later on went into colors by using the school’s accessories, from crayons to paint.

 Northern Legends Colouring Book

Aboriginal Moccasins

Aboriginal Moccasins depicting the hand beaded designs of a rich indigenous culture of the First Nation people, living north of Lake Superior and south and west of the Hudson Bay coast.

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The Bear Stick is a 48″-50″ hiking stick which very quickly becomes a defensive weapon in the case of an attack by a bear, cougar, dog, etc. Embedded in the shaft is a 6″-8″ ardox spike that can be used to defend against an animal attack.

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ANGELIQUE ABANDONED

Isle Royale 1845-1846

JAMES R. STEVENS

A Picasso in the North Country:
The Wild Journey of Canadian Artist, Norval Morrisseau

Canadian First Nation Artist from Northern Ontario

James R Stevens

STRAWBERRY HILL WERKSHOP:

A HISTORY AND COLLECTOR'S GUIDE

WAYNE PETTIT

Over the past thirty years of my operating an antique business, I have  had very few occasions to purchase Strawberry Hill Pottery pieces to sell but have noticed that there has been an increasing demand to purchase them with the supply not keeping up with the demand. My wife and I would  find the occasional piece at a yard sale or at charity shop and they would be snapped  up as soon as we offered them for sale. We also took Strawberry Hill to shows that we did in  Southern Ontario and were always amazed that browsers recognized what they were and would then in turn, purchase the occasional piece. In visiting other dealers’ shops located around Thunder Bay, I would see pieces they had obtained  which then sold rather quickly. My wife’s sister, Liz Kukko was also was building a collection of Strawberry Hill and would show us new pieces that she had acquired.

Liz and Peter Powlowski were contacted, they provided me with a list of all the pieces that they had designed as well as photographs of them. The book that you are now reading along with the photo CD, is a result of  that work.

Highways

The Lake Superior Circle Tour in northern Wisconsin (highway 13), loops around Lake Superior state highways in the US states of Michigan, Minnesota (highway 61) and Wisconsin and provincial highways in the Canadian province of Ontario (highway 17). These highways are usually the closest to the lake.