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| LAKE SUPERIOR NORTHSHORE |
JULY 15 - JULY 31, 2007
| River Expedition Art Foundation's 2007 Main Expedition and our first non-river expedition. We traveled from Sleeping Giant Provincial Park on the east side of Thunder Bay to Rainbow Falls Provincial Park east of Rossport, Ontario. Steve Bruno; Ontario - Ontario government official Gary McGuffin; Ontario - Expert canoeist, pro photographer Joanie McGuffin; Ontario - Expert canoeist, writer Rob Mullen; Vermont - Artist/canoeist/project leader Patricia Pepin; Quebec - Artist/canoeist Andrea Rich; California - Artist/canoeist This expedition was undertaken as part of the final push to establish this area as Canada's fourth National Marine Conservation Area. Expedition crewmembers Gary and Joanie McGuffin and the Lake Superior Conservancy and Watershed Council (LSCWC; www.lscwc.org) had been working toward this goal for fifteen years and it came to fruition on October 25, 2007 when they met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he announced the designation in Ottawa. |
| July 16, 2007 |
stopped to explore an outcrop of columnar basalt
