Huron : the seasons of a Great Lake /

Napier Shelton takes us on a journey as he spends a year at his family's cottage on the lake. Having visited Lake Huron for over thirty years, Shelton weaves family memories into his evocative and informed account of the seasons on this great lake

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shelton, Napier
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1999
Detroit, MI : c1999
Detroit, Mich. : [1999], ©1999
Detroit, Mich. : c1999
Detroit, Mich. : [1999]
Series:Great Lakes books
Great Lakes books
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: What Lies Beyond the Summer?
  • 1 The Cottage
  • 2. Port Sanilac
  • 3. Up North
  • 4. Ice
  • 5. Fish and Birds in Winter
  • 6. Avian Highways
  • 7. The Base of the Pyramid
  • 8. Fishing for a Living
  • 9. Managing the Fisheries
  • 10. Lake Trout and Lampreys
  • 11. Restoring the Lake
  • 12. June Shores
  • 13. Colonial Waterbirds
  • 14. The Summer Pause
  • 15. Small Boats, Long Journeys
  • 16. Fall Comes Down the Lake
  • 17. Big Boats, Killer Storms
  • 18. Birds at Christmas
  • 19. Closing Up
  • App. 1. Common and Scientific Names of Plants
  • App. 2. Fishes of Lake Huron.