Mar 07-03

Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2003: March: Mar 07-03
Wintering in Washburn    ...scroll down to share comments
Photo by Ken Austin

By
Charlie at Pasty Central on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 03:29 pm:

Across the bay from Ashland, Wisconsin, is Washburn - apparently the winter home of the Isle Royale Queen. Back on Super Bowl Sunday, we witnessed the races on the ice of the Bay between the two towns.

Jan 26
I would ask Toivo for a map, but he left today for the West Coast... And he explained the remark about missing his duct tape, which I mentioned a few days ago on the Pasty Cam. Seems that he gave Eino's sister Tina a roll of duct tape on Valentine's day, and, well, one thing led to another... a few emails, a memorable goodbye when Tina left for the state of Washington... now it seems our Pasty Cam co-pilot has a case of wanderlust (oops, poor choice of words) - I mean, the urge to travel. I told him I had my doubts about his old beater making it 2,000 miles, but he's determined to hit the road.
From the archives

By calumet boy on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 03:57 pm:

Got an old letter sent from Isle Royale -rock harbor lodge,1907--Jim Mc Naugton C&H big shot is talked about in it vacationing there


By EM,MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 04:03 pm:

Happy Birthday to two Stillwaters residents, Mr Charron who turned 100 & Mr Hoffman who turned 103 this week. Best wishes to you both. :)


By Yooper in Indiana on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 04:12 pm:

Does anyone have any knowledge of a Minong Lodge on Isle Royale? If so the ownership? This would be from before it was nationalized.
Thanks


By EM,MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 04:46 pm:

Congratulations to the Calumet Copper Kings! They just beat Cranbrook 4 to 3 in overtime in the semi-finals of the State Hockey Championship. Final game tomorrow.


By Captain Ben Kilpela on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 04:58 pm:

Hi, Charlie. Washburn is just an occasional home for the Queen. We bring her down to the marina there to do hull work and get her inspected. Most years she spends the winters in the ice on Portage Lake at the Houghton Municipal Dock up the waterfront from the Ranger III. She'll be sailing back to Copper Harbor in early May and the run to Isle Royale will be starting in mid-May. By the way, if people are interested in photos of Isle Royale from summer 2002, I have posted a photo essay on last year at wwww@msu.edu/user/kilpela. Just follow the links concerning my Isle Royale web pages.


By Ben Kilpela on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 05:00 pm:

Oops. I made a mistake in that last email. That web address for 2002 Isle Royale photos is www.msu.edu/user/kilpela.


By Janie, IA. on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 05:42 pm:

I know this boat..she gave my husband and I one of the nicest evenings we ever had under the sailing of Capt. Donnie! Took the sunset cruise on her and was able to take us within 100yrds or so, of the Mesabi Miner. A wonderful time indeed! I would highly recommend to anyone to take the sunset cruise aboard her from Copper Harbor, Mi.!


By js, chassell on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 05:45 pm:

Go Kings! I'm still a Copper King at heart!


By Kerry J, Mich on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 05:52 pm:

This question doesn't pertain to the picture above but I was just curious when I looked at the web cam pic of the life bridge and noticed the time was off by 2 hrs. Is the web cam having problems or is the time not set correct. just wanted to inform someone at Pasty.com if they didn't notice it


By Kerry J, Mich on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 05:53 pm:

oops not a life bridge but a lift bridge. :-)


By Charlie at Pasty Central on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 06:02 pm:

Kerry,

Yes, I notice the clock is off. We'll check into it. (I was wondering about the 'life' bridge myself).

Did you notice the sunset tonight on the Copper Harbor Cam?

From the archives

By
Darrell Oinas on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 06:22 pm:

Go Copper Kings, all of us Displaced yooper's are cheering for Youse.


By pikkuleipa on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 06:39 pm:

Gave her duct tape for Valentines's Day....she's gone to Washington State....now he decides to head west?? Hmmmm....a guy doesn't give a girl duct tape unless he's serious.
Please keep us posted!


By Star, aka Jeanne currently in NM on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 07:15 pm:

Thank to EM for remembering Bob Charron. I'm proud to say that's my Grandpa!


By FC MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 07:42 pm:

Copper Kings Rock! I saw the photo and story of the two gentlemen that are 100 & 103 years young in today's Daily Mining Gazette. Both are residents of Stillwaters. Happy Birthday young 'uns. As for Toivo and being the Mel Gibson look-alike that he is - he should make the Hollywood scene and sign a few autographs while enroute to WA. Maybe he could make a few bucks to buy a new car to be sure he makes it back to the UP.


By FC MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 07:45 pm:

Copper Kings Rock! I saw the photo and story of the two gentlemen that are 100 & 103 years young in today's Daily Mining Gazette. Both are residents of Stillwaters. Happy Birthday young 'uns. As for Toivo and being the Mel Gibson look-alike that he is - he should make the Hollywood scene and sign a few autographs while enroute to WA. Maybe he could make a few bucks to buy a new car to be sure he makes it back to the UP.


By FC MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 07:49 pm:

Sorry 'bout the dup (double posting). Guess I got a little excited to read of Toivo's trip to see Tina.....


By Bill P , Ca. on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 08:12 pm:

Jonathan only had to travel to Marquette but Toivo has to travel 2000 mi. to Washington state. I don't know what conclusion to draw.


By Bob, Portland on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 08:28 pm:

Does anyone know if there is an internet broadcast of the Copper Kings game?


By mechanic, west coast too on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 08:29 pm:

From the looks of the old beater, Toivo's gonna need that roll of duct tape to make the trip home! Might wanna pick up some more baling wire, too, to complete his spare parts reserves.


By LE - Montague, MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 08:38 pm:

U.P. Power!U.P. Power! Go Kings!


By Jason, MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 08:42 pm:

I got pictures from the Calumet game today, if anyone would like to see, tell me your email address and Ill send them!


By Doug the Goof, Wixom, MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 09:08 pm:

It's always amazed me how just a few of those little jack stands can hold up a boat (ship?) of this size. Maybe Superior is a little higher now that all those boats are in dry dock for the winter :o)


By Dave Whitten, MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 09:11 pm:

How about the particulars of tomorrow's finals?
Time:
Location:
Opponet:


By Jason, MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 09:16 pm:

3:00
Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth
Im unsure of the opponent


By Jason on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 09:20 pm:

3:00 PM
Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth
Im unsure of the opponent


By The Love Bunny on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 09:28 pm:

say yah to da UP eh?

As a southerner I must ask y'all, what means eh? and da UP? and last but not least, yah?

I am not familiar with your accents up there!!!


By dm on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 09:51 pm:

From a Calumet Alumni ( would have been the class of 56) Go Copper Kings


By Granny, UP MI on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 11:03 pm:

Dear Love Bunny,
Translation to the term "Say ya to da UP, eh?"
Say yes to the Upper Peninsula, okay?
Da in place of "the" could be the Scandinavian influence. "Eh" (pronounced A) just finishes the sentence
The Upper Peninsula is the top one third of the state of Michigan, bounded by Lake Superior on the north, Lake Huron on the east, Lake Michigan on the south and north of the state of Wisconsin on the west side. We who were born here and live here are "Yoopers", and proud of it!
While traveling through Missouri, we stopped in a small town and a lady came over to my brother and me and stated, "I'm a college professor of languages. Is your accent Upper Peninsula or Canadian?"


By The Love Bunny on Friday, March 7, 2003 - 11:26 pm:

Thank you for your answer. Until recently I had never heard of eh? I was told it was Canadian.

Very pretty land up there but the cold and snow? how long do they last? Do y'all get stir crazy up there? I would imagine by March people start heading down south just to see the sun. Yikes!!!!


By Paul in Illinois on Saturday, March 8, 2003 - 12:22 am:

Love Bunny,
Eh? That is a pretty common puncuation in Ontario. Ya, is usually the anglized version of the German "Ja" (sounds like ya). Da has been covered and is very common in the upper Midwest - "da Bears". The Yooper dialect has is sources in many different cultures and languages. It will probably fade as we are now so mobile that local dialects are being diluted.
As a Cheesehead decendant of Yoopers stuck in central Illinois, I would take a UP or Northern Wisconsin winter anytime over the totally useless winters we have here. Not much you can do in winters that are storms interspaced with mud and slush, then on a bad day you get a lousy ice storm and no power.


By Mary Lou on Saturday, March 8, 2003 - 08:44 am:

While shopping in Fairport, Alabama...the clerk had to bring two women over to translate what I was asking her....I felt that I was in a foreign country....


By Mary Lou on Saturday, March 8, 2003 - 09:06 am:

PS....Capt. Kilpela, wasn't the "Queen" built here in Escanaba by the T. D. Vinette Boat Builders?...Dale and Ruth are friends and I remember them telling me about her...what is the schedual for next summer???


By Minnesota on Saturday, March 8, 2003 - 06:10 pm:

Minong lodge on Isle Royale: The Tobin Harbor Resort (Later called Minong Lodge)was operated by a Swede-Finn by the name Gust Mattson. He and his wife operated the resort from 1901 till approximately 1910. He then sold it to a school teacher from Calumet by the name of Martini. He kept it for a couple of years then sold it to Captain Ed Smith. Smith operated the resort until he died in 1916. Mrs.Helena Smith and her two daughters operated the resort till the middle 30's. It was then taken over and acquired by the State before it went into National Park Service ownership.


By used to live out there too on Saturday, March 8, 2003 - 07:59 pm:

If Toivo is taking the direct route to Washington State he will never hit California "enroute".
U.S. 2 goes straight across and ends in Everette, Wa.
(North of Seattle, South of Canada.) Lots of Finns out in that area. He should stop in Carnation, he'll feel right at home.


By Nicole, MI on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 10:10 am:

When I was a student at Northland College I lived in Washburn. Whenever I got really homesick and wasn't able to get home, I would take a walk down to the marina and visit the Queen.


By Dave Janke-colorado on Saturday, April 5, 2003 - 07:22 pm:

As I remember the Isle Royale Queen, It was yellow and smaller. I used to watch this boat come in to Rock Harbor every day. Loved listening to the diesels! Also remember the IRQ II. It was a fish tug. What ever happened to that boat


By yupper boy 6 on Thursday, January 1, 2004 - 06:50 pm:

The only ship I have ever seen is the KEWEENA STAR.



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