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Photos: An ancient North Shore icon worn away

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Tettegouche sea stack
"I came to photograph this location at 5:30 AM on Saturday the 21st without any idea of what had happened," wrote photographer Brett Nord. "I believe this is the first photograph ever taken of the new sea stack."
Photo courtesy Brett Nord of Duluth

One of the iconic images of Lake Superior's North Shore is no more. A rock bridge known as a sea arch on the shoreline in Tettegouche State Park collapsed sometime Friday or Saturday, leaving behind a tree-covered stone pillar isolated in the lake.

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Tettegouche arch
There could be a day when wind, waves and time open another arch, somewhere along the craggy cliffs and rocky North Shore of Lake Superior.
Photo courtesy Joe Moriarity of Forest Lake
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Tettegouche sea stack
"I came to photograph this location at 5:30 AM on Saturday the 21st without any idea of what had happened," wrote photographer Brett Nord. "I believe this is the first photograph ever taken of the new sea stack."
Photo courtesy Brett Nord of Duluth
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Tettegouche arch
Sea arches form from caves hollowed out by waves from two different directions. But eventually, the combination of waves, freeze and thaw cycles and erosion bring an arch down.
Photo courtesy Jon Mick of Roseville