Re: [Paddlewise] Lake Superior

At 09:19 PM 9/5/98 -0400, Andy Knapp wrote:
 >I talked to Don Dimond last week. There was apparently a kayaking fatality
>near Thunder Bay earlier this year. A paddler drowned while attempting to
>cross from Chippewa Park to Pie Island, about a 7-mile crossing, in heavy
>seas.

I hadnt heard about that. I will be going to Thunder Bay next week to
intercept my new kayak. I will try to dredge up some more details on this
if you havent already.

Speaking of Lake Superior, here are some interesting pages for the
shipwreck-inclined, or anyone who is interested in what the puddle is
capable of.

http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/ship.html
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Shipwrecks/Lucerne/final.html

And if you havent had your fill of the Fitz 
http://www.oakland.edu/boatnerd/mhsd/publications/glswr/efitz.htm
http://www.ships-service.com/fitz/report.html
http://www.ships-service.com/fitz/fact04.html
http://www.ships-service.com/fitz/fact05.html

But if you think that's bad, read about the "Mataafa Blow" of 1905. Yikes.

http://www.oakland.edu/~ncschult/mhsd/photogallery/rdgtown.htm


September can be a tad dicey too. 1905 just wasnt a good year around here. 

http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Shipwrecks/Pretoria/final.html
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Shipwrecks/Sevona/final.html

October anyone?

http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/ely/elydwe.html

And May...

http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/hesper/hesper.html

Or June

http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/niagara/niadwe.h
tml

July and August are usually pretty calm though. ;-)


Wayne
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