Why it's called Lake Superior (Page 3): Wow! I did not know all of that. Very interesting.

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

Wow! I did not know all of that. Very interesting.

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

I just checked my archive and I have 316 images of Lake Superior. Note that for five years, while I was in engineering school, I lived within a few miles of the shore of Lake Superior.

Here are a few of those images:

Lake Superior shoreline near Ontanogon, Michigan - September 1968 - Minolta SR-1, 55mm

Lake Superior shoreline near Marquette, Michigan - October 1968 - Minolta SR-1, 55mm

Sunset over Lake Superior near Houhgton, Michigan - July 1969 - Minolta SRT-101, 58mm

Lake Superior shoreline near Copper Harbour, Michigan - March 1970 - Minolta SRT-101, 58mm

Lake Superior shoreline near Copper Harbour, Michigan - February 1971 - Zeiss Ikonta 52 1/2, 105mm

Lake Superior shoreline near Point Isabelle, Michigan - August 2008 - Sony A100, 18-70mm

An ore freighter as seen from Brockway Mountain Drive near Copper Harbour, Michigan - August 2008 - Sony A100, 75-300mm

Sunrise over Lake Suerior near Baraga, Michigan - August 2008 - Sony A100, 18-70mm

Lake Superior shoreline near Eagle River, Michigan - October 1970 - Sony DSC-H2

Sunrise over Lake Suerior near Baraga, Michigan - April 2015 - Sony NEX-3N, 16-50mm

LittleRed

Longshadow wrote:

Cool!

Cool is a true understatement. It’s damn COLD all times of the year, even in the summer. In some of the shallow bays you can comfortably take a dip, but in the open lake areas it is frigid. Been working and playing in it for nigh onto 80 years so believe me it’s more than a COOL lake. The average water temperature in July is about 55F which gives you a real rush when you dive in (for July max 63F to min 48F).
In my many years I have spent quite a few pleasant days playing in your cool lake. I’d like to welcome youse all to come up and give it a try 😃😃😃

LittleRed (Ron)

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Kishka wrote:

As the T-shirts say, "Unsalted, Shark Free"

Sturgeon might come close to qualifying!!

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

And since we're talking about Lake Superior and what to take pictures of, I've got a lot of images of the various Lighthouses on the Great Lakes.

North Portage Entry Lighthouse near Houghton, Michigan - July 1969 - Minolta SRT-101, 58mm

Round Island Lighthouse near Mackinaw Island, Michigan - July 1995 - Minolta SRT-101, 135mm

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse near Mackinaw City, Michigan - April 2006 - Canon IXUS V

Point Iroquois Lighthouse near Bay Mills, Michigan - August 2008 - Sony A100, 18-70mm

Whitefish Point Lighthouse near Paradise, Michigan - August 2008 - Sony A100, 18-70mm

Copper Harbour Lighthouse near Copper Harbour, Michigan - August 2008 - Sony A100, 75-300mm

Eagle Harbor Lighthouse near Eagle Harbor, Michigan - August 2008 - Sony A100, 75-300mm

Five Mile Point Lighthouse near Eagle River, Michigan - October 2010 - Sony DSC-H2

Eagle River Lighthouse near Eagle River, Michigan - October 2010 - Sony DSC-H2

South Portage Entry Lighthouse near Houghton, Michigan - August 2011 - Sony A100, 18-70mm

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

LittleRed wrote:

Cool is a true understatement. It’s damn COLD all times of the year, even in the summer.

Speaking of the cold lake, it was a tradition at Michigan Tech, in Houghton near Lake Superior, that you had to take at least one real swim in the lake before you graduated. I waited until June 1971, just before I graduated. And while some might think that June was warm, while the air might be, the water is still near ice cold. In fact, the picture below was taken a couple of weeks before my time ran out, and not far from where we took our obligatory dip (sorry to say, no one thought to bring a camera with them that day):

Lake Superior shoreline near Houghton, Michigan - May 1971 - Minolta SRT-101, 58mm

SteveR Loc: Michigan

So, considering ALL of the Great Lakes surrounding Michigan, y'all can understand just WHY it's so humid in Michigan in August!!! That doesn't even begin to consider all of the inland lakes!!

Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Tdearing wrote:

Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

bcheary wrote:

Why it's called Lake Superior . . . Pretty amazing... (show quote)

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

SteveFranz Loc: Durham, NC

My summer job when I was going to college was in Silver Bay, MN on the north shore of Lake Superior. One of the tourists passing through commented that since I lived there I probably didn't fully appreciate the beauty of the north shore.

I replied - "I like it enough to live here."

TonyF Loc: Bradenton, FL

SteveFranz wrote:

My summer job when I was going to college was in Silver Bay, MN on the north shore of Lake Superior. One of the tourists passing through commented that since I lived there I probably didn't fully appreciate the beauty of the north shore.

I replied - "I like it enough to live here."

Now that's funny!

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

SteveFranz wrote:

My summer job when I was going to college was in Silver Bay, MN on the north shore of Lake Superior. One of the tourists passing through commented that since I lived there I probably didn't fully appreciate the beauty of the north shore.

I replied - "I like it enough to live here."