Before a highway made the North Shore accessible to automobiles, people came to Cook County by boat. To highlight those bygone days, By Way of Water: Our History with Lake Superior is the latest exhibit at the Cook County Historical Museum.
It shares the story of how the lake shaped the people and communities of this region. Come to the museum starting the week of Fisherman’s Picnic to learn about Grand Marais Harbor and East Bay as ideal locations for settlement, the docks that steamships visited regularly, the shipwrecks America and Stranger, the United States Coast Guard, and the people and boats that passed through Cook County.
Featured in the exhibit are the Fresnel lens from the Grand Marais lighthouse; the wheel from the S.S. America; multimedia stories about Isle Royale, heroic fishermen, and the lighthouse keeper’s family; and wonderful local art depicting a time when life depended on the Big Lake.
The museum is located at 8 S. Broadway in Grand Marais, and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call (218) 387-2883.
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