Before You Check the Ferry Schedule

Jul 12, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Before you check the island ferry schedule, you may want to check another schedule first. On most Great Lakes Basin islands, summer is the island season in which a wide variety of events are planned to attract island visitors. Check the island’s events schedule...

Of Nations and Islands, Flags and Fundraisers

Jul 4, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Every inhabited Great Lakes Basin island has celebrated one or the other of two “nationhood” holidays over this past long weekend: Canada Day or The Fourth of July. Some islands, like Ontario’s  Pelee Island, with American cottagers and visitors, as...

The Ephemeral Dance of the Mayfly

Jun 30, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Dance of the mayflies . . . or flight of the “fishflies” . . . or “march” of the “Canadian soldiers” . . . or “smoke” of the shadflies: however you like to refer to them and what they do, it was all going on this past...

A”Baker’s Dozen” of Islands

Jun 20, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Now that we’re just on the other side of the Summer Solstice, you may want to reconsider if you’ve yet to plan an island escape for 2016. If you’re still looking for an easy-to-get-to island adventure , there are at least 16 prime choices I’d...

Picture-Perfect Pelee

Jun 13, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Today, I give you one recipe for a restorative June weekend that resulted in people asking me why I was “glowing” today: 28 hours on a favorite Great Lakes island. The Most Perfect Week I should hasten to add, this past weekend did follow The Most Perfect...

A Handful of Reasons to Visit a GLB Island

Jun 6, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Hope you’ll be able to join the launch party for my book Great Lakes Island Escapes: Ferries and Bridges to Adventure on Wednesday, June 8th at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle in the Detroit River (for more details, click here). If you can’t...