5th Finglish trip July 2007 #20 When Leila Lehto's grandparents came from Finland to Canada they shortened their name from Haapalehto to...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #19 We went to Bruce Crossing to meet musicians Yrjö and Albert Haapala, but they were not at home. A car...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #18 Ella Iivonen came to Virginia Minnesota in 1953 to spend a year with her grandfather Frank Rantanen. In...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #17 In 1990 Oiva and Aune Ylönen bought an old Suomi dairy farm (now Norwood Tree Farm) in Hibbing Minnesota...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #16 Rodney Ikola is a trained geologist. He was born in Esko, Minnesota. His parents were from Finland and...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #15 Arlene Renken was born and raised in Upper Michigan and is descendant of Finnish immigrants. She was...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #14 Velma Doby nee Hakkila was born in Brule, Wisconsin in 1923, of Finnish immigrant parents active in the...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #13 Harold Vuorenmaa’s parents had 14 children and 13 cows. His father came to Munising, Michigan in the...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #12 Linda Graham is editor of the IronwoodInfo, a website that provide local and regional news at no cost to...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #11 Jenny Jingo Viitala Vachon (1918-2009) was born and raised in the big timber area of Toivola, in...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #10 Kent Randell is living in his grandfather’s old home region of Calumet, Michigan because of his studies....

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #9 Wesley Edvin (Eetu) and Walter (Valtteri) Hannula are bachelors, who have kept a dairy farm near Calumet...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #8 Paul Kitti is an engineer and an executive director at the Marquette Board of Light and Power in Upper...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #7 John and Pauline Kiltinen's hobby is to sing in a band which perform old Finnish folksongs. John has also...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #6 Community artist Mary Biekkola puts the final touches to her artwork "Granma"- doors at the Marquette...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #5 Carl Pellonpaa of Ishpeming, Michigan has hosted the Sunday-morning ”Suomi Kutsuu” (Finland Calling)...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #4 Jon Saari is a professor of Chinese language and culture with a doctorate from Harvard University. Now...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #3 The Leinonen homestead became the property of Jacob Leinonen in1904. At first, a log sauna and other...

5th Finglish trip June 2007 #2 Jules Päiviö, 29 April 1916 – 4 September 2013, was a Canadian architect, professor, and soldier. A...

5th Finglish trip June 2007 #1 The Bible Center Midsummer celebration at Hannah Lake. Once considered to resemble the moon, the landscape...