10th Finglish trip July 2010 #21 The Big Nickel is a nine-metre (30 ft) replica of a 1951 Canadian nickel, located at the grounds of the...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #20 The small town of Searchmont takes it's name in honor of T. C. Search. He was from Philadelphia and was...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #19 Accordionist Will Kilpela, washboard, bones and spoons Randy Seppala, guitarist Oren Tikkanen and singer...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #18 Sheldon Jaaskelainen: guitar, crooning, harmonica, fiddle, Byron Jaaskelainen: fiddle, songbird tenor,...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #17 Most of the Finns interred on Sugar Island rest in the Finnish Cemetery on the Homestead Road, however a...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #16 Workers’ movement marches and the ”Internationale” are performed in Finnish by the Finn Hall Band to a...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #15 Art Koski´s grandparents John and Miina Laakso were from Luvia, Finland. They came to Brooklyn, New...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #14 Beth Maki´s grandparents Jacob and Elisabeth Heikkinen were among the first homesteaders on Drummond...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #13 This small homestead has remained in almost original condition at its site in the middle of a forest....

10th Finglish story July 2010 #12 The Finnish history of Drummond Island began with the Kreetan community, named after its founder...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #11 In the Spring of 2008, Dave Barrett, along with his wife of 35 years, Beth, and son Matt, moved from the...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #10 The Kaleva Historical Museum is in a house originally built by John Mäkinen from empty Kaleva-brand soft...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #9 On March 16, 1999 in Kaleva, Michigan a large metal sculpture of a grasshopper was dedicated in honor of...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #8 Lydia Marie Fowler was born in Chassel, Michigan, in 1933. Her father's family came from Viipuri in the...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #7 Markku Ketola was born in Lappajärvi, Finland. He came to Ishpeming in Upper Michigan with his uncle in...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #6 Founded in 1966, the Finnish Center dedicated their Cultural Center in September 1974, in Farmington...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #5 Between Loon Lake and Sun Lake there is a narrow, boggy isthmus where the Finns of the 14th St. Hall in...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #4 Old Finntown in Detroit, Michigan is a desolated and sad looking neighborhood, burned down empty house...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #3 Carol Pärssinen´s all eight grandparents came from different areas in Finland, Könni, Pyhäjärvi, Kuusamo,...

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #2 Steve Lehto is a writer and attorney, and teaches at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in...