Hi we’re Jari and Alisa, a husband and wife team that makes up Great Lakes Trading Company. The vision for this business came to Jari on a family road trip the summer of 2022 driving along Lake Superior on our way to southern Ontario. We live in Thunder Bay, Ontario with the beautiful Lake Superior and Sleeping Giant at our doorstep. We wanted to promote not just Lake Superior but all the Great Lakes because they truly are some of the greatest lakes in the world. Our vision is to create something that reminds you of home or a momento of where you’ve been. When you support us, you support our family and more than one small business. Our daughter prints our t-shirts, but also runs her own art business (Wild Badger). And our son is just starting out in his graphic design career and has been invaluable in helping us with the business too.

Thank you for being here and for supporting us!