> Blue Norther, Artist's Point; Grand Marais, Minnesota

Blue Northers are fierce northwest winds that can sometimes follow a winter storm. They drive bitter cold air south under bright blue skies, hence their name. On this morning, the northwest wind was gusting to over fifty miles per hour on Artist's Point in Grand Marais. The point extends well into Lake Superior and is a very exposed place, so the wind hit with full force. Walking was very difficult, indeed! We won't even discuss the wind chill.
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Sugarloaf Cove was once used as a harbor for massive log rafts that were towed across Lake Superior to Ashland, Wisconsin or up the lake to Duluth, Minnesota. Those days are long over. Now it's a privately administered natural area that preserves some very interesting volcanic formations and rare native plants. Sugarloaf Point, as seen in the photo, is a tombolo. Tombolos are islands connected to the mainland by a beach. Artist's Point, in Grand Marais, Minnesota, is another tombolo.

http://www.sugarloafnorthshore.org/
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Blue Norther, Artist's Point; Grand Marais, Minnesota

Blue Northers are fierce northwest winds that can sometimes follow a winter storm. They drive bitter cold air south under bright blue skies, hence their name. On this morning, the northwest wind was gusting to over fifty miles per hour on Artist's Point in Grand Marais. The point extends well into Lake Superior and is a very exposed place, so the wind hit with full force. Walking was very difficult, indeed! We won't even discuss the wind chill.
 > Blue Norther, Artist's Point; Grand Marais, Minnesota

Blue Northers are fierce northwest winds that can sometimes follow a winter storm. They drive bitter cold air south under bright blue skies, hence their name. On this morning, the northwest wind was gusting to over fifty miles per hour on Artist's Point in Grand Marais. The point extends well into Lake Superior and is a very exposed place, so the wind hit with full force. Walking was very difficult, indeed! We won't even discuss the wind chill.
Blue Norther, Artist's Point; Grand Marais, Minnesota

Blue Northers are fierce northwest winds that can sometimes follow a winter storm. They drive bitter cold air south under bright blue skies, hence their name. On this morning, the northwest wind was gusting to over fifty miles per hour on Artist's Point in Grand Marais. The point extends well into Lake Superior and is a very exposed place, so the wind hit with full force. Walking was very difficult, indeed! We won't even discuss the wind chill.
Photo by: Tim Voss • see photo in gallery

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