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• The Honorable Peter White, a biographical sketch of the Lake Superior iron country (The Penton Publishing Co., 1907), by Ralph D. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Honorable Peter White, a biographical sketch of the Lake Superior iron country (The Penton publishing co., 1905), by Ralph D. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marine casualty report : SS Edmund Fitzgerald; sinking in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975 with loss of life (Dept. of Transportation, Coast Guard ;, 1977), by United States. Coast Guard. Marine Board of Investigation and United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beard's directory and history of Marquette County [Mich.] : with sketches of the early history of Lake Superior, its mines, furnaces, etc., etc. (Hadger & Bryce, 1873), by Charles I. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Honorable Peter White, a biographical sketch of the Lake Superior iron country (The Penton publishing co., 1905), by Ralph D. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The development of trade on Lake Superior and its tributaries during the French regime. (The Pioneer Press Company, 1890), by Edward D. Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life: containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior. (Walden & Stowe, 1882), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early shipping on Lake Superior ... (Madison, Wis., 1895), by James Davie Butler and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beard's directory and history of Marquette County with sketches of the early history of Lake Superior : its mines, furnaces, etc., etc. (s.n.], 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The discoverers of Lake Superior ([Ann Arbor, 1897), by Charles Moore (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wisconsin coastal history trails : Lake Superior (Wisconsin Coastal Zone Management Development Program, State Planning Office, 1976), by James Purinton and Wisconsin Coastal Zone Management Development Program (page images at HathiTrust)
• The discovery of Lake Superior a study from the Jesuits journals (s.n., 1885), by Arthur Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wisconsin coastal history trails : Lake Superior (Wisconsin Coastal Zone Management Development Program, State Planning Office, 1976), by James Purinton and Wisconsin Coastal Zone Management Development Program (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Voyage on Lake Superior in 1826. A trip to Duluth in 1902 (Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, 1902), by Isabelle G. Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Early shipping on Lake Superior ... (Madison, Wis., 1895), by James Davie Butler and State Historical Society of Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Along the Bowstring or South Shore of Lake Superior, by Julian Ralph (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• Lake Superior Guide, by John Disturnell (page images at MOA)
• Lights and Shades of Missionary Life: Containing Travels, Sketches, Incidents and Missionary Efforts, During Nine Years Spent in the Region of Lake Superior (Cincinnati: Printed at the Westin Book Concern for the author, 1860), by John H. Pitezel (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Lights and Shades of Missionary Life: Containing Travels, Sketches, Incidents and Missionary Efforts, During Nine Years Spent in the Region of Lake Superior (Cincinnati: Printed at the Western Book Concern for the author, 1861), by John H. Pitezel
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Wisconsin and Its Resources, by James S. Ritchie (page images at MOA)
• Minnesota and the far West : (W. Blackwood and Sons, 1855), by Laurence Oliphant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kitchi-Gami. : Wanderings round Lake Superior (Chapman and Hall, 1860), by J. G. Kohl and Lascelles Wraxall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Large-scale current measurements in Lake Superior (Environmental Research Laboratories ;, 1976), by Peter W. Sloss, James H. Saylor, and Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The log of the North shore club ; paddle and portage on the hundred trout rivers of Lake Superior. (P. Putnam's sons, 1911), by Kirkland Barker Alexander (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lake Superior along the south shore (Press of American bank note co., 1890), by Julian Ralph (page images at HathiTrust)
• A true description of the lake Superior country ... with Bayfield's chart; showing the boundary line as established by Joint commission. Also a minute account of the copper mines and working companies ... and containing a concise mode of assaying, treating, smelting, and refining copper ores. (W. H. Graham, 1846), by John R. St. John (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Superior study--1956 (University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 1957), by University of Minnesota. School of Public Health and Orlando R. Ruschmeyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Superior. (Arno, 1970), by Louis Agassiz and James Elliot Cabot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life on the Lakes: being tales and sketches collected during a trip to the pictured rocks of lake Superior. (G. Dearborn, 1836), by Chandler Robbins Gilman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. (Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850), by Louis Agassiz and James Elliot Cabot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moraines and shore lines of the Lake Superior Region (Washington : Government Printing Office, 1929., 1929), by Frank Leverett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legends of the land of lakes, or History, traditions and mysteries, gleaned from years of experience among the pioneers, voyageurs and Indians; with descriptive accounts of the many natural curiosities met with from Lake Huron to the Columbia River. And the meaning and derivation of names of rivers, lakes, towns, etc., of the Northwest ... (G.F. Thomas, 1884), by George Francis Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drainage basin committee report for the upper Great Lakes basins (U.S. G.P.O., 1937), by United States. Water Resources Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life : containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior / by John H. Pitezel. (Western Book Concern, 1857), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wonderland of Lake Superior (Burgess Pub. Co., 1936), by James A. Merrill and Burgess Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• An assessment of the environmental effects of dredged material disposal in Lake Superior : a report to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (The Center, 1976), by University of Wisconsin--Madison. Marine Studies Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Erosion and sedimentation in the Lake Superior basin / Red Clay Inter-agency Committee. (University of Wisconsin-Extension, 1972), by Red Clay Interagency Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Erosion and sedimentation control Lake Superior basin Wisconsin : preliminary report (s.n.], 1971), by Red Clay Interagency Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Water quality and trophic condition of Lake Superior (Wisconsin waters) (Dept. of Natural Resources, 1971), by Donald R. Winter, University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries, and Wisconsin. Dept. of Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life : containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior (Cranston and Stowe ;, 1857), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin and its resources; with Lake Superior, its commerce and navigation. Including a trip up the Mississipi, and a canoe voyage on the St. Croix and Brulé rivers to Lake Superior. To which are appended, the constitution of the state [etc.] (C. Desilver;, 1858), by James S. Ritchie (page images at HathiTrust)
• An investigation of nutrients in western Lake Superior, July 1, 1959-June 30, 1960 ([Minneapolis, 1960), by University of Minnesota. School of Public Health, Theodore A. Olson, and H. D. Putnam (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin and its resources; with lake Superior, its commerce and navigation. Including a trip up the Mississippi, and a canoe voyage on the St.Croix and Brulé rivers to lake Superior. To which are appended, the constitution of the state, with the routes of the principal railroads, list of postoffices, etc. ... (C. Desilver;, 1857), by James S. Ritchie (page images at HathiTrust)
• First year summary report, Minnesota Coastal Zone Management Program (The Agency, 1976), by Minnesota State Planning Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Water movements and temperatures of western Lake Superior ([Minneapolis], 1958), by University of Minnesota. School of Public Health, Theodore A. Olson, and Orlando R. Ruschmeyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Along the bowstring, or south shore of Lake Superior (General Passenger Dept. of Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railway, 1891), by Julian Ralph, M. Edward Wadsworth, and South Shore & Atlantic Railway. General Passenger Dept Duluth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kitschi-Gami; oder, Erzählungen vom Obern See. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der amerikanischen Indianer (C. Schünemann, 1859), by J. G. Kohl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life : containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior (R.P. Thompson, 1860), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bayfield, Lake Superior. Early history, situation, harbor, &c., ocean commerce, mineral & agricultural resources, rail roads, stage roads, &c., lumber, fisheries, &c., climate of the lake Superior, pre-emption lands, invitation to settlers. An account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior, its climate, scenery, pictured rocks, sailing days of the steamboats, fare, &c. ... (Philadelphia, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A summer in the wilderness; embracing a canoe voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior. (D. Appleton & company:, 1847), by Charles Lanman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin and its resources; with Lake Superior, its commerce and navigation. (C. Desilver;, 1857), by James S. Ritchie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ports of Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wis., Taconite Harbor, Silver Bay, and Two Harbors, Minn., and Ashland, Wis. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1975), by United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin and its resources : with Lake Superior, its commerce and navigation : including a trip up the Mississippi, and a canoe voyage on the St. Croix and Brulé rivers to Lake Superior : to which are appended, the constitution of the state, with the routes of the principal railroads, list of post-office, etc. ... (C. Desilver ;, 1860), by James S. Ritchie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tourists' and invalids' guide to the Northwest. In three parts. I. The pleasure tourist. II. The rod and the rifle. III. The invalid. Containing information about Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dacota, and the Lake Superior region. (The Evening Mail Office, 1868), by Charles H. Sweetser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life: containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of lake Superior (Cincinnati, 1859), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin and its resources: with Lake Superior, its commerce and navigation. Including a trip up the Mississippi. (C. Desilver;, 1858), by James S. Ritchie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life: containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior. (Printed at the Western book concern, for the author, 1857), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life: containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of lake superior. (Printed at the Western book concern, for the author, 1862), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life: containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior. (Printed at the Western book concern, for the author, 1860), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life containing travels, sketches, incidents and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior (Printed at the Westin Book Concern for the author, 1860), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life containing travels, sketches, incidents and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior (Printed at the Western Book Concern for the author, 1862), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life containing travels, sketches, incidents and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior (Printed at the Westin Book Concern for the author, 1861), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights and shades of missionary life containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior (Printed at the Western Book Concern for the author, 1857), by John H. Pitezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Superior (U.S. Waterways Experiment Station, 1978), by Donald T. Resio, Charles L. Vincent, and United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. North Central Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Superior limnological data,1951-1957 (U.S. Dept. of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service ;, 1959), by Alfred Merle Beeton, Stanford H. Smith, James H. Johnson, United States. National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Lake Survey, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• An investigation of nutrients in western Lake Superior ([Minneapolis], 1960), by University of Minnesota. School of Public Health, Theodore A. Olson, and H. D. Putnam (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Safety inspections in and around iron mines in the Lake Superior district (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, 1931), by Frank Stevens Crawford and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety standards and safety suggestions at iron mines in the Lake Superior region (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, 1931), by Frank Stevens Crawford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medical service, accident reports, compensation, and welfare at iron mines in the Lake Superior region (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, 1932), by Frank Stevens Crawford and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• Richardsons̓ tourists ̓guide to Chicago, the West and the Lake Superior country ... (Monarch Book Company, 1904), by Frank H. Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A contribution to the flora of the Lake Superior region (s.n., 1893), by Lellen Sterling Cheney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hindcast wave information for the Great Lakes : Lake Superior (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station ;, 1992), by David B. Driver, Jon M. Hubertz, Robin D. Reinhard, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.), and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hydrology and water quality : Lake Superior basin water quality management plan, non-metro Minnesota portion (The Commission, 1974), by Barr Engineering Company and Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wave statistics for Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior (University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography, 1970), by Alan L. Cole, Ronald C. Hilfiker, University of Michigan. Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography, and U.S. Lake Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Large-scale current measurements in Lake Superior (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, [Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory], 1976), by Peter W. Sloss, James H. Saylor, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, and Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Summer in the Wilderness: embracing a canoe voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior, by Charles Lanman (Gutenberg ebook)

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