Fishin' at Sawmill Cove

This shot is one one of Copper Harbor resident Jaime Engstrom and my son Andrew fishing on the Isle Royale Queen IV dock one recent glorious evening in Michigan's northernmost town. Jaime has lived during the summers in Copper Harbor for almost all his life, Drew for all his life, and Jaime has been working for the Kilpela family for 10 years on the boat and in other capacities, one of our longest serving employees, if not the longest. I'm not much of a fisherman, but Drew has shown some interest in learning how to fish. Jaime has been talking about taking him out some time soon on the Harbor or on Lake Fanny Hooe nearby. We've had some wonderful weather lately in the Harbor after a long spell of cool, even rainy days in the first two weeks of July. I dub this place "Sawmill Cove" because there was once a sawmill located on what is now now the Queen IV dock. This was back in the 10's and 20's of the twentieth century.