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Since 1988, Lynx Images has been creating books and films that help deepen appreciation of this country's history. For several years we have focused on the Great Lakes, travelling extensively by boat, car, and airplane. Our books and films are intended to enliven your explorations, whether by road or by water. Included in this catalogue are other quality Great Lakes books not published by Lynx Images. Thank you for your input and support--revenue goes directly toward future history projects.
Superior: Under the Shadow of the Gods
Andrea Gutsche, Barbara Chisholm and Russell Floren
Lynx Images Inc.
- 320-page book & 72-minute video
- This breathtaking film and book reveals Lake Superior as a world belonging to the gods. The human experience here is one of challenge- our attempts to exploit this place have left ghost towns and other fading marks on these wild and rugged shores. Rare archival footage and photographs, voices from the past, stunning cinematography and a haunting score enrich these compelling sagas. The book includes over 200 sites, maps and archival photographs.
96pp.photos & illus.sc 1999
book and video package $49.95
book $24.95 and video $29.95
- Mysterious Islands: Forgotten Tales of the Great Lakes
Andrea Gutsche, Cindy Bisaillon
Lynx Images Inc.
- 300-page book & 72-minute video
- An island ruled by a king who declared it his own country, an island used as a hideout by a notorious pirate, an island mined by pre-historic copper miners... these are only a few of the stories in this remarkable collection. The book and film, Mysterious Islands, is a fascinating historical journey to islands in the vast basin of the five Great Lakes. Standing removed and alone, islands have been central to some of the most important, outrageous and tragic events in Great Lakes history, from a decisive and bloody naval battle in the War of 1812, to Prohibition rumrunning, to harrowing tales of shipwreck and rescue. The waves of time have left many islands behind, but remnants of the past still mark their shores- burial grounds, grand hotels, abandoned quarries, lighthouses, strategic forts, and even a castle. Indispensable for boaters, this guide book is brimming with stories of island names, shipwrecks, abandonded places, folklore and intrigue.
296pp. photos & illus. sc 1999
book and video package $49.95
book $24.95 and video $29.95
 How to order To Read about some of the intriguing stories featured in Islands
- The North Channel and St. Mary's River:
A Guide to the History
By Andrea Gutsche and Barbara Chisholm
Lynx Images Inc.
- For centuries, Lake Huron's North Channel and Lake Superior's St. Mary's River have provided an essential passageway, first for native peoples and then to successive waves of Europeans. The footprints of Indians, explorers, missionaries and fur traders, soldiers and settlers, entrepreneurs and scoundrels are ever visible. This book as two entertaining chapters on Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Brimming with stories and folklore, the book includes over
125 sites, maps and archival photographs. 330 pages $24.95
- Northern Lights: Lighthouses of Canada
By David Baird
Lynx Images Inc.
- For the very first time, Northern Lights, draws together the story of Canadian lighthouses. The book is filled with Dr. David Baird's striking colour and black and white photographs of the lights from coast to coast, including the Great Lakes. The accompanying text traces the fascinating evolution of the Canadian lights, Canadian technological developments, and fascinating information and stories about the lights and the people who kept them.
257 page book/200 lighthouses/300 b & w and colour photographs - $29.95
- The 100 Best Great Lakes Shipwrecks: Volume II
By Cris Kohl
- Volume II reveals the dramatic and often incredible and tragic stories behind 49 shipwrecks in Lakes Michigan and Superior and includes appendices on the most hunted shipwrecks, shipwrecks in parks and preserves and more Great Lakes shipwrecks. 284 pages with 75 colour images, maps and drawings and 57 archival photographs - $29.95
$29.95
- Dangerous Coast: Pictured Rocks Shipwrecks
By Frederick Stonehouse
- Dangerous Coast tells the maritime history of one of the shipwreck-strewn areas in the Great Lakes: Superior's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Tales of wreck and rescue, terrible disaster, murder, treachery and selfless sacrifice are sure to be of interest to sailors, hikers, divers or just plain adventurers.
244 pages with b/w photos $21.95
Gales of November: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
By Robert J. Hemming
The most famous of the Great Lakes shipwrecks, the Edmund Fitzgerald was immortalized by Gordon Lightfoot's ballad. Hemming relies on extensive research and uses storytelling to portray the event of the famous laker's tragic end- readers won't be able to put the book down. Includes a centre spread of pictures of the wreck 500 feet below the icy waters of Lakes Superior. For anyone interested in the lore of the lakes or just a good mystery, this book us an excellent read.
200 page book with illustrations $23.95
Ghostly Lights: Great Lakes Lighthouse Tales of Terror
By Annick Hivert-Carthew
Phantom shadows on Lake Ontario... drowning sailors on Lake Superior... mysterious disappearances on Georgian Bay... you'll love these twenty-one spine-tingling tales.
162 page book with illustrations- $21.95
Great Lakes Lighthouses: American and Canadian Great Lakes
A Comprehensive Directory and Guide
By Wes Oleszewski
Great Lakes Lighthouses is a useful guide to these historic aids to navigation
202 pages with b/w photos $24.95
Handy Harbor Guide: The Bays and Waterways of the Great Lakes
By Bruce Jenvey
The perfect companion for cruising Great Lakes harbours by boat or by car. Includes every harbour visited by the staff of Great Lakes Cruiser magazine. Takes you to all five of the Great Lakes plus Lake St. Clair, the Trent-Severn Waterway, and the Erie Canal. Convenient listings of harbours, navigational aids, transient dockage, places to eat and stay, and highlights of interesting sights.
233 pages with maps and illustrations $24.95
Haunted Lakes: Great Lakes Ghost Stories, Superstitions and Sea Serpents
By Frederick Stonehouse
This book contains never-before-told stories from the U.S. and Canada. Possessed lighthouses and tragedies that have kept troubled souls walking the corridors... ghostly captains signalling their home port from vessels long gone... sea monsters that appear before the most trusted sailors of the Great Lakes. Noted historian and award-winning author Frederick Stonehouse spent years researching reports of the odd and ghostly accounts throughout all the Great Lakes.
200 pages with illustrations $21.95
Haunted Lakes II: More Great Lakes Tales
By Frederick Stonehouse
In 1997, the book Haunted Lakes investigated the superstitions and stories that are a part of the lore of the Great Lakes. From ghosts on ships and in lighthouses to sea serpents and underwater ghosts, this work of "non-fiction" became the quintessential reader for good Great Lakes stories. Now, Frederick Stonehouse (author of 15 books on Greats Lakes maritime history) presents another fine collection of these stories from the people who really believe them. The perfect companion to the first book and soon to become a classic.
204 pages, 54 illustrations, $22.95
Ladies of the Lakes
By James Clary
A delightful narrative of maritime history on the Great Lakes. There are tales of pleasant excursion cruises on the S.S. South American, the "Sweetheart of the Lakes"; of chilling cloak-and-dagger espionage aboard the U.S.S. Michigan during the Civil War; and of great sea battles fought on Lake Erie in the War of 1812. The reader will experience the unforgettable terror of the tragic loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and come along for a ride aboard a giant, modern freighter. A nostalgic treasury of tales for those who love the lore of the inland seas.
91 pages with b/w and colour photographs $36.95
Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast:
Maritime Accidents from Whitefish Bay to Grand Marais, Michigan
By Frederick Stonehouse
A fascinating look at the many shipwreck, life-savers and lighthouses along the shoreline know as "The Graveyard of Lake Superior"
275 pages with b/w illustrations $19.95
Legendary Lighthouses
PBS: Three Tapes, 120 minutes each
Three stunning documentary videos examine lighthouses of the North Atlantic, Maine, California, South Atlantic, Pacific Northwest and the Western Great Lakes. This series offers the viewer an up close opportunity to rediscover the romance and the history of these fabled structures
California and Pacific Northwest
VHS LL01-$29.95
North Atlantic and Mainer
VHS LL02 $29.95
Western Great Lakes & S. Atlantic
VHS LL03 $29.95
Boxed Set of 3 videos LL04 - $89.95 VHS
The Night the Fitz Went Down
By Hugh E. Bishop
On November 10, 1975, a "mega-storm" over Lake Superior sank the ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald at the east end of the Lake. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the unresolved mystery. Although many theories have been expressed on the cause of Fitzgerald's foundering, one widely held but rarely spoken reason has never been published—until now. In this book, Captain Dudley Paquette, the last living captain of an ore boat that sailed through the worst of that storm, relates his harrowing tale of the hours leading up to the Fitzgerald wreck and of the dangerous search afterward. In the process, the reader experiences what might have been the situation in the wheelhouse of the Fitzgerald as Lake Superior crashed across the decks. The real cause of the wreck might finally be known.
192 pages 54 illustrations $22.95
Shipwrecks of Isle Royale National Park
By Daniel J. Lenihan
Within the boundaries of Michigan's Isle Royale National Park lie the remains of such shipwrecks as the America, Emperor, Kamloops, Monarch and Cumberland. These ships played a significant role in the development of shipping on the Great Lakes. The dives conducted by the National Park Service at the island set a standard for archeological techniques used today in researching underwater sites from the Caribbean to the Hawaiian Islands.
240 pages with 100+ b/w and colour photos, illustrations and detailed underwater archeological blueprints of the wrecks $49.95
Shipwrecks of Lake Superior
By James R. Marshall
Examines the underwater graveyard of Lake Superior through storytelling, archival photographs and current photography of the ships as they now lie.
100 pages with b/w and colour photos $29.95
Shorelines of the Great Lakes
By F. Erick Carne
Original watercolours highlight this beautiful text about the delights of the five Great Lakes. From Thunder Bay on Lake Superior to Kingston on Lake Ontario over 100 beautiful watercolours and numerous sketches illuminate life along the shorelines: lighthouses, wildlife, historic and natural sites, landmarks, shipping, beaches, fishing and many more familiar scenes. Experience the essence of the beauty and bounty of the Great Lakes.
160 page book $36.95
The Superior Way: A Cruising Guide to Lake Superior
By Bonnie Dahl
Visit the isolated areas and remote harbours of the lake with seasoned boater Bonnie Dahl as your guide. Detailed harbour maps and directions. A book no cruising vessel on the inland sea should be without.
350 pages spiral-bound with b/w pictures and maps $44.95
Tales of the Old North Shore
By Howard Sivertson
Tales of the Old North Shore is a collection of paintings and stories revealing the sometimes daring, often humorous and always poignant adventures of the citizens of Lake Superior's North Shore.
94 pages with 44 colour paintings $36.95
Traveller's Guide to Western Great Lakes Lighthouses
By Penrose Family
Includes a map, directions, description and photo for every lighthouse on the Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin coastline of lake Michigan; the Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario coastline of Lake Superior; and the Ontario shore of Lake Huron.
164 pages $21.95
Went Missing: Unsolved Great Lakes Shipwreck Mysteries
By Frederick Stonehouse
Went Missing looks at the disappearance of over thirty ships that failed to arrive at their destinations and tries to piece together the sketchy information surrounding the various disasters.
222 pages with b/w illustrations $19.95
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
By Frederick Stonehouse
The S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared during a heavy storm on Lake Superior in the early evening of November 10, 1975. Her captain and crew of 28 men are still listed as "missing." More evidence, fact, history and research than can be possibly imagined has been compiled into this latest edition, which is updated with results of the 1995 underwater expedition. Best Seller... Over 100,000 Copies Sold!
230 pages with b/w photos $21.95
Wrecks and Rescues of the Great Lakes
By James Barry
Through stories presented in a personal manner, Barry reveals the human drama of shipping disasters and rescues on the Great Lakes. Included are the sad fates of great sailing ships, steamboats, side-wheelers, and modern freighters which perished by fire, collision, ice and storm. Some, like the Manistee, sailed into history, never to be seen again. Other disasters, like the capsizing of the Eastland at a Chicago dock, the wreck of the liner Huronic, and that of the Edmund Fitzgerald, illustrate the power of the Great Lakes and the frailty of the vessels that sailed them. Handsomely illustrated with 149 black-and-white photographs, this book belongs in everyone's library of maritime history.
117 pages, 149 archival photographs, $29.95
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