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Subject: New Spearfish Lake Location Info

Author:
Ed Greenberg

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Date Posted: 07:36:39 04/08/16 Fri

Wes,

I recall that Spearfish Lake was supposed to be located "two inches behind your eyes."

Now i read:

"Spearfish Lake is well up in the western part of Michigan�s Upper Peninsula, and it�s pretty lonely and empty there, especially in the winter, so they were glad to be getting back to civilization. "

Is this a new revelation, or have you placed SFL this precisely before?

Best,

Ed G

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Wes
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Date Posted: 08:45:53 04/08/16 Fri

>Wes,
>
>I recall that Spearfish Lake was supposed to be
>located "two inches behind your eyes."
>
>Now i read:
>
>"Spearfish Lake is well up in the western part of
>Michigan�s Upper Peninsula, and it�s pretty lonely and
>empty there, especially in the winter, so they were
>glad to be getting back to civilization. "
>
>Is this a new revelation, or have you placed SFL this
>precisely before?

I think so but can't point to it. Even the description given in Down by the Riverside is pretty vague.

The FAQ (which I haven't looked at in a while and I can see needs updating) says: "If you absolutely have to imagine it on a map, put it around Iron Mountain or Crystal Falls, Michigan, with Green Bay being Camden. Now, Iron Mountain or Crystal Falls are not Spearfish Lake and never have been; it's just that if Spearfish Lake were real it might be located around there somewhere. Or it might not be."

Honestly, I can't come much closer than that. Spearfish Lake has floated around over the years. At one time, in the early stages of writing Snowplow Extra, it was in Maine. I wish I had done a better job of locating it when I dreamed it up but I didn't and now I'm stuck with it. In the beginning it was never supposed to be for more than one book -- Snowplow Extra -- but another book came along and it was convenient to use as background. Over thirty years later I'm stuck with it.

But the truth you stated above it correct: in the real world Spearfish Lake is located right behind my eyeballs.

-- Wes

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