THE JAG FILE
HISTORY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MONUMENTAL
Disclaimer: I am about to write on a topic that stirs the passion in most of you.
It’s Gone. Is it Ruined?
“It’s horrible,” my partner exclaimed as we paddled our kayaks around one of our favorite north woods lakes, “the entire shoreline has collapsed!”
She was correct. A section of the shore measuring about 100 yards wide and 10 yards tall had fallen into the lake. Excessive rainfall and erosion had irrevocably changed the view that we had enjoyed for decades. In an instant, it was different — nearly unrecognizable.
We paddled closer. What once had been a natural jetty into the lake, was now a symmetric curve of sand, stone, and dangling tree roots.
As I maneuvered my kayak alongside the debris field, I discovered something
