10 Years Ago
Aug. 16, 2002
Construction is nearly complete on a new fish passage where Grand Portage Creek goes under Highway 61 along the North Shore of Lake Superior. A spokesman for Fish & Wildlife Services says the fish passage will allow steelhead and coaster brook trout to continue upstream, opening three miles of spawning habitat to the fish. The fish passage is a cooperative project between the service, the Grand Portage Band, MnDOT and the Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Seventy people have signed a petition asking Cook County to conduct an environmental review of a large dock in Lake Superior’s Big Bay in Hovland. The dock is being built by Keck Melby. Melby has received permits from the state DNR, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the county to build a 100-foot-long dock with an additional 50-foot L-shaped extension to the west. It will be 8 feet wide and built on a rock-filled crib. The petitioners assert the environmental assessment is necessary in order to protect the waters, wetlands and shorelands.
20 Years Ago
Aug. 17, 1992
Just before Fisherman’s Picnic, vandals struck. A number of cars were damaged, including the new Geo that was to be given away by the Lions Club as the grand prize. Because the car was uninsured at that time, the damage expenses of about $1,000 will come out of the Lions Club treasury.
Sandi Pederson has been hired by owners Doug and Muriel Smith to manage D&S Laundry and Dry Cleaners. Sandi will replace Linda Nicolaison who is leaving to start a child day care center.
The 1992 Cook County Fair will be held at the park recreation hall on Aug. 20 and 21. Next year, the county fair will move to the new community center, which is currently under construction.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 16, 1962
Lightning struck at the home of Mrs. Emil Hall yesterday morning about 8:30 and broke a switch plate on the wall, blackened a mirror and knocked down a glass bird from a wall shelf.
The E.W. Steffens of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reported that when they arrived for their summer stay in Tofte they found their tool house wrecked and the door smashed in. In their summer cabin, they found five bullets imbedded in the interior of the cabin. The Steffens are greatly disturbed about such a state of affairs. Sheriff Emerson Morris is investigating.
Eleven skin divers stopped in Grand Marais on their way to Isle Royale to visit the sunken steamer America, which has been in its watery grave since June 7, 1928 when it struck a rock and sank. The entire superstructure has disappeared under water, a spokesman said, and only the deck, a toilet seat, the stack and a windlass are still remaining. It is believed its stern rests firmly on the sand and muddy bottom in 82 feet.
90 Years Ago
Aug. 24, 1922
The constantly increasing tide of tourist travel along the North Shore of Lake Superior has required the building of a thoroughly modern hotel at Grand Marais. For the past two years the hotel accommodations have been taxed to the limit. Andert & Spooner now operate the Tourist Hotel and have it equipped with modern plumbing, soft beds and recreation rooms. They have been operating successfully for three seasons. However, they need more space, and the $65,000 structure now being erected is the outcome of that need. The New Grand Marais Hotel will contain 80 good-sized rooms. Every room will have hot and cold water, and several will be furnished with private bath rooms.
It is said society women in London are having their small toes amputated to enable them to wear the new narrow-pointed shoes. But amputation of toes can never make their feet as narrow as their heads.
A.O. Stark of Harris, Minn., is a guest in town. He said he has visited during the big game season every year for the past 17 years. But this year he comes as a hay feverite.
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