The Greatest Lake

Explore the connection between people and places on the rugged shore of Lake Superior, the worlds largest freshwater lake. Conor Mihell offers a compelling image of Lake Superiors Canadian shore through colourful personality sketches, adventure stories, and environmental accounts. Admire the kitschy decor of lighthouse cottager Maureen Robertson, a 76-year-old who spends six months of the year alone on a remote island; enter the debate over a controversial aggregate quarry in Wawa, Ontario; and learn how the authors love affair with the worlds largest freshwater lake began on quests for a near-mystical, glacier-dropped monolith. Mihells stories build on Lake Superiors rich and varied history and support its critical place in Canadian culture. Since the beginning, Lake Superior has been revered for its God-like qualities of power, unpredictability, and a seemingly endless expanse of life-sustaining freshwater. The lakes rugged yet fragile nature and hardscrabble characters and outpost communities define rural northwestern Canada. Experience it for yourself in this first collection of stories by one of the regions most acclaimed journalists.