Joni Vaughan, a captain with the Madeline Island Ferry Line, guides the Island Queen through ice-filled waters between Madeline Island and Bayfield on Thursday. The ferry line is operating later than usual because the channel has not yet frozen enough to allow the ice road to open. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
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