Moments In Time

The North Shore is home to a rich history and diverse culture. In Moments in Time, we speak with community members about their memories from different periods of our region's past to help foster an appreciation and understanding of the community in which we find ourselves today.

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Moments in Time: Historic Grindbygg timber frame built at North House
Carah Thomas-In this edition of Moments in Time, we hear about an ancient style of timber framing from southwest Norway called Grindbygg.
Moments in Time: Adolph Ojard of Knife River
Carah Thomas-Adolph Ojard grew up in Knife River, Minnesota, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. He's the grandson of two Norwegian fishing families, the Ojards and the Torgersons.
Moments in Time: Mildred Potter Thoreson and Honey Potter Eliasen
Cathy Quinn-Sisters Mildred Potter Thoreson and Honey Potter Eliasen grew up with their three other siblings Marge, Pat and Merle in the Hovland and the Pigeon River area. In this edition of Moments in Time
Moments in Time: Mataafa Storm of 1905
, Matthew Brown-When you think of Lake Superior shipwrecks, probably the Edmund Fitzgerald comes to mind. But there was another storm, one that was much more devastating, that took place 70 years earlier.
Moments in Time: The Beaver House
Carah Thomas-In this edition of WTIP's ongoing historical series, Moments in Time, we hear the story of The Beaver House, a mom and pop bait and tackle shop that's been a fixture on the corner of Broadway
Moments in Time: Schroeder's logging legacy
Carah Thomas-At the turn of the 20th century, northeastern Minnesota was teeming with lumberjacks, drawn by virgin forests of pine, fir, spruce, birch, aspen, and cedar.
Moments in Time: The Ghost of Bucko Bushman
-The past is never that far away. Everything that has happened in this tiny corner of the world is present today.
Moments in Time: Slower Times
-Grand Marais has always been a small town, but for many who grew up in the community, it feels much bigger and busier than it did in the past.
Moments in Time: Winter Ice
-Art Fenstad is a descendant of a North Shore fishing family. A lot has changed since Art's ancestors immigrated here in the late 1800s.
Moments in Time: The mining boom in Silver Bay
-Art Fenstad is a descendent of one of Cook County’s early fishing families, but Art didn’t grow up fishing—at least not in the way his ancestors did.