Rookery Pub Fine Dining

The Rookery's Fresh Fish UN-Fry

is currently on hiatus, probably until Christmas. But we'll be
offering other delicious nightly specials in the meantime.


First Dinner Lecture of the Season

 

Impenetrable Ice, Large Lakes, and Changing Coastlines:
Evolution of the Lake Superior Region
Thursday, October 19

Join Dr. Dave Ullman, assistant professor of geoscience at Northland College, to explore the most recent data explaining the timing of glacial ice surrounding Lake Superior and the implications for past shorelines.

The program begins at 5:30 PM, with optional dinner and conversation after the presentation. Register in advance by calling the Cable Natural History Museum (715-798-3890). $5 member/$10 non-member.


Upcoming Dinner Lectures

Here's a preview of the great lineup of Lake Superior focused dinner lectures coming your way at the Rookery this winter. This lecture series sponsored by the Cable Natural History Museum is becoming more popular every year...to the point it has become necessary to cap attendance due to the size of our dining room. So if you're especially interested in any of these upcoming lectures be sure to call the museum early to reserve your spot (715-798-3890).

Thursday, November 16 - Sediments and Soils of the Apostle Islands
Join Dr. Tom Fitz, Professor of Geoscience, Northland College, to learn about the sediments left at the end of glacial deposition, the soils that have developed on those glacial-age sediments, and modern beach sediments. Dr. Fitz's interest in soils has grown because soils connect the physical Earth to terrestrial life.
 
Thursday, December 14 - The Fluency of Our Inland Sea; Exploring Physics in Large Lakes
Join Jay Austin as he describes how Lake Superior, one of the largest lakes in the world, has been shown to be sensitive to climate change. What have we observed in this lake over the last several decades? What are the consequences? Austin is a Professor and Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UMD and holds a joint appointment at the Large Lakes Observatory.
 
Tentative:
January 11: Mary Dougherty, Words for Water
February 8: Jon Martin, forestry research going on in Fairyland
March 8: Peggy Burkman, Piping plovers in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore


Why Is the Big Lake Called 'Gitche Gumee?'

"Many people, thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Hiawatha" poem (1855), have heard of Gitche Gumee, the shining Big-Sea-Water. This spelling was learned, it is said, from Henry Schoolcraft, who worked with the Ojibway people at the time Longfellow wrote the poem.

"Today in Ojibway language class, thanks to dialectic differences, you are more likely to see gichi-gami, gitchi-gami or kitchi-gami for Lake Superior. Loosely, it does indeed mean "Big Sea" or "Huge Water," but just about always refers to Lake Superior.

"The 1878 dictionary of Father Frederic Baraga, the first one written for the Ojibway language, says Lake Superior is Otchipwe-kitchi-gami - the sea of the Ojibway people. The "i" at the end of gami would be more like the "i" in it than a long "e" sound."

(Courtesy of Lake Superior Magazine)
     
October Dining Hours

DINNER 5 nights (Thursday thru Monday)
4:30 PM until last reservation
Rookery Pub Fine Dining
Bar opens at 4 PM

Wineaux WEEKDAYS  (Monday & Thursday)
1/2 price bottles of wine
Cable Nature Lodge

Closed Tuesday & Wednesday


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