The 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Adventures

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland, WI

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and dynamic speaker. 

She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has authored three books about these adventures: 

A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach  [A Heartland Indie Bestseller]

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk   [Winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award] 

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure  [Long-listed for the Chautauqua Prize]

 

To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to http://www.laketrek.com/great-lakes-speaker/



If you find yourself in northern Wisconsin near the Apostle Islands, make time to stop in at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center.




Colorful murals grace the walls of the center

 Here you'll find abundant information about the region. 



Lake Superior Art 


Displays about the formation of Lake Superior


And copper artifacts from region

 And the top floor of the center is a lookout platform with views of the Apostle Islands.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center


The Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center is located just outside Ashland, Wisconsin, near the shores of Lake Superior. This is a wonderful center with information on the Apostle Islands and other things to explore in the area.
And it is FREE.


NGLVC

NGLVC entry



Watery map of the nearby Apostle Islands


I was invited to speak there on my way home from Isle Royale!


Lots of info on area activities


I gave my Great Lakes Lecture in the 
state-of-the-art auditorium.


NGLVC auditorium