Emily Macgillivray

Emily Macgillivray (also known as The Outdoors Historian) is a historian and writer who lives in the Chequamegon Bay area. She has spent over fifteen years in higher education teaching about the history of the Great Lakes, the United States, and Canada. She also has extensive experience teaching experiential and field-based courses, including month-long travel classes in the Lake Superior and Upper Peninsula regions that focus on basic outdoor skills and the social and cultural history of the region. She has worked in museums focusing on Indigenous and Black histories, and her research and writing have been published in academic journals, anthologies, and encyclopedias.

Born and raised in Thunder Bay, Emily has also lived and worked in Kingston, Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Chicago. She is particularly passionate about Lake Superior. Emily loves hiking, paddling, boating, camping, foraging, and generally exploring. She combines her love of the outdoors and history in her writing on Facebook as The Outdoors Historian. Her posts focus on a blend of history, geography, cultures, the environment, and explorations of the Great Lakes. You can contact her on Facebook or email her at moc.liamg@nairotsihsroodtuoeht.