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Vol. CXXIX — No. 37  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, September 15, 2026  •  Archive Edition
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The Voice of the Chain of Lakes

The Misquah Pilot-Independent

“Where the coffee’s hot, the lakes are cold, and all the children are above average.” — Serving the Chain since 1897.



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Grouse hunters at the public landing cleaning station

The Grouse Opener

Grouse Opener Finds Birds Behind a Lot of Leaves

Hunters reported plenty of noise and fewer clean looks Saturday as the woods went into the season still mostly green. The birds are there. So is everything else.

By Tim Brevik  •  September 15, 2026

The grouse season opened Saturday at daylight and the woods were, by the nearly unanimous report of people who spent the weekend in them, full of birds nobody could see.

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The Loons of Big Pelican

SEPT. 14 — ONE.

The remaining juvenile was on the water Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning. That is the whole report.