Below: Pierre the Voyageur.

The North Shore Scenic Byway, is an All-American Road that runs along the shoreline of Lake Superior from Canal Park in Duluth, Minnesota, through the burgs and woodlands, and ends at the International Border of Canada.

Below: Two Harbors is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Minnesota, along the shore of Lake Superior. Minnesota Highway 61 serves as a main arterial route in the city. The city has a total area of 3.2 square miles. It borders Lake Superior, which contributes the two natural harbors for which it is named, Burlington Bay and Agate Bay. Gooseberry Falls State Park is located 13 miles to the northeast.

Below: The SS Arthur M. Anderson is a cargo ship of the laker type. It is famous for being the last ship to be in contact with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald (before The Fitzgerald sank November 10, 1975). The Anderson was also the first rescue ship on the scene in a vain search for Fitzgerald survivors (there were none).

It was named after the director of U.S. Steel, Arthur Marvin Anderson. It has been a member of the U.S. Steel fleet its entire life, and is still sailing as of 2012. The Anderson is shown below on June 10, 2012, not far from the Two Harbors Lighthouse.

The 49.6 foot tower is made of red brick and the head keeper's residence is attached. It towers 78 feet above the surface of Lake Superior and is 12 feet squared. The walls of the tower were built to be 3 bricks thick and the walls where the tower and house meet are a full 5 bricks thick. This was for the safety of the Keeper's family. The Two Harbors Light Station has a total of six structures; the Lighthouse Tower with the attached Keeper's Quarters, the Assistant Keeper's House, the Fog Horn Signal Building, the Oil House, the Skiffhouse and a garage. In addition to the original buildings the historical society has added the Frontenac Pilot House as museum space to the grounds.

Gooseberry Falls State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The park's close proximity to Duluth made it perfect for the two RV Gypsies to take a day trip.
The park is located about 13?miles northeast of Two Harbors on scenic Minnesota Highway 61. Most famous for its easy-access waterfalls - a short paved walkway brings you right to the Lower and Middle Falls Waterfalls which tumble down the river from north of Highway 61 down to Lake Superior.

Split Rock Lighthouse is located n the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service at a cost of $75,000, including the buildings and the land. It was built in response to the loss of ships during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905, in which 29 ships were lost on Lake Superior. The light was first lit on July 31, 1910. It is built on a 130-foot sheer cliff eroded by wave action. The octagonal lighthouse tower is a steel-framed brick structure with concrete trim on a concrete foundation set into the rock. It is topped with a steel lantern.

A marker which Baraga originally erected in thanks for his safe landing during a storm on Lake Superior in 1846 stands today in Schroeder, Minnesota, at the mouth of the Cross River (see the photo below taken by the Two RV Gypsies on June 16, 2012. The wooden cross he originally erected has been replaced with a granite one.

At the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, a shrine has been dedicated in his honor in the lower level of the church. (The two RV Gypsies will be visiting that shrine on June 23, 2012. and those photos will be posted on this website as $25 which can be found on the USA map by choosing the USA button above later).

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