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Lake Superior Day 2023
Name: Lake Superior Day 2023Date: July 16, 2023Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDTEvent Description:
Celebrate the Greatest Lake July 16 on Barker’s Island in Superior, Wisconsin
Lake Superior Day is celebrated annually on the third Sunday in July. This year, it falls on July 16. It’s when communities around Lake Superior get together and hold events as an appreciation. Lake Superior is the greatest of the Great Lakes of North America. On the day of celebration, there is typically free family fun, kids’ activities, food vendors, informational booths, live music, boat tours, and stand-up paddleboarding. Lake Superior Day is also for people to learn a little more about this Great Lake, as it holds 10% of the world’s fresh surface water.
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Join us on Barker’s Island in Superior to relax, play, and learn in celebration and appreciation of the Greatest Lake.
Enjoy for free:
Interactive activities, games, and learning opportunities for kids, adults, and families
Live MUSIC from Teague Alexy at 11 am & The Gemstones Honoring AfroGeode at 1 pm
Make bawa’iganaakoog (wild rice harvesting sticks) with 1854 Treaty Authority and the St. Louis River Wild Rice & Habitat Restoration team
Stand up paddle boarding demonstrations from 12-3pm
Visit Lake Superior Estuarium
Raffle prizes
Tours of the new rescue boat from the City of Superior Fire Department
Additional Details and Happenings:
Food available for purchase from Superior Cubans, Sweeden Sweets, and the American Indian Community Housing Organization’s Giinawiind Gigintaawigi’igomin: Together We Grow Program.
Half price tours on the SS Meteor
The free raffle features prizes donated from local businesses.
Prior to the Main Event:
North Shore Stand Up Paddleboarding hosts the 6th annual Paddle for the People 4K recreational paddle race around Barkers Island. The free race begins at 10:00 am with mandatory check in from 8:30-9:30 am. (Register online at duluthsup.com. Registration is limited.)
Help take care of Lake Superior as part of the Wisconsin Point Spotted Knapweed Pull, happening from 9-11am. For more information and to register, visit our eventbrite page.
HISTORY OF LAKE SUPERIOR DAY
Lake Superior Day was started in the early 1990s to highlight the importance of this great water body to the basin’s environment and economy. This year’s event is coordinated by the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve operated by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Reserve encompasses over 16,000 acres along the St. Louis River freshwater estuary. Come enjoy the festivities in appreciation of the lake!
Lake Superior Day was started in the early 1990s to highlight the importance of this great water body to the basin’s environment and economy. Now it is held every 3rd Sunday in July. This year’s event in Superior is coordinated by the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the following partners: the City of Superior, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, The Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve, North Shore SUP, 1854 Treaty Authority and Wisconsin Sea Grant. The Reserve encompasses over 16,000 acres along the St. Louis River freshwater estuary. Come enjoy the festivities in appreciation of the lake!
ABOUT LAKE SUPERIOR
Lake Superior is the cleanest, coldest, and clearest of the Great Lakes. The largest lake by surface area in the world, it fuels our local shipping, commercial fishing, and recreational industries while providing clean drinking water. Every day, each of the 600,000 human residents of the Lake Superior basin use water from the lake for drinking, home use, industrial use, or recreation. The lake is essential for countless fish, birds, animals, and plants.
