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“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche-Gumee.
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.”
~ The Wreck of the Edmund Fi�gerald
Gordon Lightfoot
hen you stand on the shore of Lake Superior
Wyou can’t help hearing Gordon Lightfoot’s
“TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgerald”echoinyour
head. Superior’s greenish-gray water buffets the
rocky shore in waves, flexing more like an ocean
than a lake. The wind bites. The rain attacks.
ThisisMichigan’sUpperPeninsula,andinspite
of the occasional spate of foul weather, it is well
worth the visit. We went to experience the fall col-
orsasSeptemberfadedintoOctober.Thepeninsula
is well-forested with maple, oak, birch, and many
otherdeciduoustreesthatcatchfirewithablazeof
color in early autumn. Timing that color turn is a bit
ofaguessinggame,andweguessedalittleearly.But
we were not too early to drink in the Upper Penin-
sula’s sweetness and taste a little of its bitterness,
which is what makes this place special.

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