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A treasure quest with GPS

Jack Dugdale of Hubbell uncovers a hidden cache in Lake Linden on Wednesday afternoon. Dugdale has been geocaching since 2004, discovering over 300 caches across 30 different states. For more photos visit cu.mininggazette.com. (DMG photo by Michael H. Babcock)
July 3, 2009

LAKE LINDEN — For today’s youth, there is an unlimited amount of entertainment options. Computers, video games, television and movies often times replace outdoor activities such as hiking and camping. When President Bill Clinton signed an executive order that made the Global Positioning System available to the public, an opportunity was born to mix technology with the outdoors into an activity called geocaching, which now, nine years later, is a very popular activity. Geocaching doesn’t have a defined set of rules, but has user-defined guidelines and several different ways to participate. For instance, the most basic and popular style of geocaching involves going to geocaching.com, searching for a ‘cache’ (pronounced cash), putting the coordinates into a GPS device and then following the directions to the cache. The GPS will bring a person to within 5-20 feet of the cache, which will typically be hidden.

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Woods, water & worse/Jim Junttila

July 3, 2009

With apple, chokecherry and mountain ash berry blossoms on their way out and lilacs on their last legs, the Keweenaw's lovely, long-standing lupins are in season.

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Woods, water & worse/Jim Junttila

June 26, 2009

“What's radar spelled backwards?” Summer Solstice asked Capt. Jim Vivian III as he pulled the sleek 40-foot Chris Craft Roamer away from the Copper Harbor Marina at 5:45 a.m.

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Kids sight in on shooting

June 26, 2009

PELKIE — Bang! The report of a firearm is a brief flash of sound that lasts only a moment, but the time necessary to learn to do it right and hit the target takes much longer.

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A great day on K-Bay

June 19, 2009

Photos from the Keweenaw Bay Classic fishing tournament.

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Woods, water & worse/Jim Junttila

June 19, 2009

I was strolling the Isle Royale Queen dock, casting a Syclops out backa the Fisherman's Daughter in Copper Harbor when it hit me. A heady whiff of lilacs, apple and chokecherry blossoms in full bloom wafted along the water's edge.

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