How bad was the January 1960 storm that battered Grand Marais? At left, Frank Lehto stands before his ice-encrusted house that sustained damage to the lake-side siding when a concrete wall, about 20 feet from the house, was crumbled, allowing the waves to dash against the building. Not to worry—the house was moved to a safer location by Backlund & Sons a week after the destructive storm struck. The house was taken across the street to the east side of the main harbor, where (it is hoped) the waves would not become quite so violent. The ferocious northeaster also crushed a concrete retaining wall in the harbor and dumped 250 cords of pulpwood into the lake.
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