Waterfalls of Minnesota's North Shore: A Guide for Sightseers, Hikers & Romantics

by Gary Wallinga and Eve Wallinga

Book Overview

Let the Wallingas lead you along scenic pathways to the magnificent waterfalls of Lake Superior's North Shore. The Wallingas have explored the rivers and creeks flowing into Lake Superior and have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974020710
• ISBN13: 9780974020716
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: North Shore Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great guide for waterfall hikes

easy to follow- nicely organized by location as one travels up the northshore. Liked the star system of rating the different waterfalls.

Waterfalls of Minnesota's North Shore

I found this to be a wonderful resource for exploring the wonderful Waterfalls of Minnesota's North shore

Outstanding Guide to the Northshore of Lake Superior

If you plan to visit the Northshore of Lake Superior, take this excellent book with you. It describes and rates on a five-star scale all the many waterfalls of the Northshore, helping you to plan your trip. Cascade River State Park, Gooseberry Falls State Park, and Tettegouche State Park are must-see destinations, but there are more.

Excellent book that fills a niche

There are numerous books about Minnesota's North Shore, but this new book manages to offer something not previously available. It concentrates exclusively on the waterfalls along the Minnesota North Shore, and I don't think there has been such a book before with this kind of information all in one place. Most importantly it includes literally every falls there is including many you won't read about elsewhere. Good directions and trail comments are included - I know we would have had found more difficulty finding some falls without it. This book is very well written as well. Avoiding both dry commentary and flowery prose, the Wallingas write in an engaging conversational tone, that is nevertheless carefully constructed. It is a pleasure for me to pick up anytime and read at random. If you love Lake Superior, I recommend this book very highly as one you should consider owning, rather than borrowing.

A very enjoyable book

I recently spent 3-4 days on the North Shore hiking to some of the waterfalls that Eve and Gary had listed as their favorites in this book. Their descriptions of each waterfall seemed right on. Directions were easy to follow, their rating of the hike difficulty seemed accurate, and they certainly had a good sense of what made a 5 star vs. a 2 star waterfall. I am a photographer, and so the only thing I would have liked to see added was a little more commentary on how 'accessable' a particular falls was - i.e. if I could only see it from a pre-built deck, or if with waders I could get in the river and approach it from other angles. However, without this book I certainly would not have had the time to find many of the falls that I did. It is a wonderful resource - I'd call it essential for anyone planning a sightseeing / hiking trip along the North Shore and will recommend it to my friends and fellow photographers.