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Let’s keep going forward Three weeks ago, managing editor Breana Roy said she had to leave early because she had a “costume crisis.” Breana is a dance instructor who with her sister leads a popular dance program in Grand Marais. There were issues with some costumes they ordered for the May dance recital. Breana rounded up her dancers and promptly resolved the costume crisis. The world was so different just a short time ago. We are preparing this issue in the midst of a world health crisis. The Canadian border was closed to everything but goods last week. The North Shore tourism industry has shut down. Unfortunately, many folks are still ignoring the increasingly urgent advice from health officials to stay home. At this writing, about all we know is that the situation will get worse before it improves. Do you have a question for one of our writers? Or an interesting photo, recipe, or story you’d like to share with Northern Wilds? Please send it to storyideas@northernwilds.com.

We aren’t going to tell you to head out and enjoy the Northern Wilds right now. The beauty and wonder of the North Shore and the wilderness beyond will still be there when this decidedly human crisis has passed. Instead, we’re hoping this issue delivers a little normalcy to you. Our theme for this issue is rocks and geology, so you’ll find some great

stories about everything from rock climbing to picking beach glass. Other stories cover spring whitewater paddling, a wind up of the mushing season, the discovery of Yooperlites, hot sandwiches, counting spruce grouse droppings and an update on sea lamprey control in Lake Superior. We also have a wonderful story about using boxing to combat the effects of Parkinson’s disease. As soon as this issue is out the door, we will begin beefing up our online presence. Head to northernwilds.com and sign up for our weekly email newsletter. On our website, you can also subscribe to Shawn’s Points North blog for both stories about the outdoors as well as whatever other relevant information we can provide to our Northern Wilds community on both sides of the border. We will be active on our Facebook pages Northern Wilds and Outdoor Adventures on Minnesota’s North Shore. Like the rest of you, we don’t know what the future holds, but we keep moving forward. Stay safe everyone.—Shawn Perich and Amber Pratt

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Lisa’s mom and dog often walk the beach in Terrace Bay, looking for glass, too. | LISA JACQUES

Tumbled to perfection Lake Superior beach glass TERRACE BAY—The potential to find treasure on the shores of Lake Superior is but another reason to get outside and take a long walk on the beach. As the motion of the lake constantly shapes and alters the rocks beneath the water’s surface, occasionally some specialty pieces are deposited within reach. From the casual beach-goer to the enthusiastic collector, tumbled portions of glass warrant extra attention because of their unique appearance and rarity. What is essentially pretty trash, the beach glass that hunters find today has been tossed around in Lake Superior for decades or even centuries. Bottles, jars, and various types of tableware that were thrown overboard into the lake along shipping lanes or left on the shoreline in years gone by have been smoothed by the water’s movement. Waves pound the pieces into the shoreline and make them smaller and smoother, cutting off sharp edges. Hunting for unique and rare objects on the shore was often a family affair for beach glass enthusiast Lisa Jacques. She estimates that she has thousands of pieces that have been collected during a lifetime of her “pleasure and hobby.” “I have been doing this since I was a child with my grandparents,” she explains. “Also, my mom was my best partner and greatest competition. She always seemed to find blue glass—Noxzema Jars, we think—or maybe from Milk of Magnesia bottles.”

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Lisa with her husband Mickey and dog Bamse. | LISA JACQUES During summers spent with her grandmother in Rossport, Ontario, Jacques learned about agates, Lake Superior greenstone and other Lake Superior rocks. They would polish their haul to make jewellery and sell it out of a little porch that she turned into a gift shop out of her home. Now based in Terrace Bay, Jacques has brought home finds from all over the North Shore of Lake Superior, from Thunder Bay to Marathon. Though every piece is inherently special, some colors inspire more awe because of how unusual they are. While white, brown, and emerald green pieces are more typical, olive green, aqua, cobalt blue, and amber are the next level of rarity. An experienced collector like Jacques has had the joy of picking even the most exceptional colors. “I love every piece I find but I definitely get excited finding red, dark blue, yellow or

White, brown and emerald green glass pieces are more common to find. | LISA JACQUES orange,” says Jacques. “Sometimes you can get combinations of colors, too.” Appearance of the beach glass also varies based on the qualities of the water and type of shoreline in which it has been submerged. Because of the pH of saltwater, glass hunters near the ocean might find that their gems have more of a frosted appearance. When glass gets stuck in between rocks on a rockier shoreline, only one edge of the piece is exposed to erosion, which results in a more triangular shape. The even tumbling of a sandy shore produces rounder pieces. Because an increase of plastic containers in the last 100 years has lessened the use of glass packaging in general, it is likely that beach glass findings might dwindle in the future. In addition, attitudes and laws regard-

ing water-based trash disposal have made it (thankfully) less common to simply toss it overboard. Although signs point to the beach glass pickings getting slimmer, Jacques still considers her searches to be beautiful walks that often yield unexpected discoveries. Despite plans to craft with her glass one day, for now she says she is “just enjoying finding it.” For aspiring collectors hoping to add variety to their respective collections, she has some words of encouragement and inspiration. “Just get out there and look down. You never know what Lake Superior has to offer up on her vast shoreline.,” she says. “It’s an incredible place where we live.” —Casey Fitchett

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Beaver Bay Agate Shop The little store that rocks BEAVER BAY— If you’re headed up the North Shore for the day and interested in some unique jewelry or shiny pieces of wonderment for your mantel, there’s a place that is just for you in Beaver Bay. Keith and Teresa Bartel, owners of the Beaver Bay Agate Shop, will happily show the agates and thomsonite they have in the shop. “There’s a following for agates and we really pride ourselves on customer service,” said Teresa. “The store has always been a rock shop,” she said. Beaver Bay Agate Shop has been up and running since 1941. Originally owned by the Quinn family, Keith and Teresa purchased the shop in 2003. They specialize in Lake Superior agate, thomsonite, Mary Ellen jasper, and binghamite. The store offers agates from around the world, but Teresa likes to encourage the shop as a last resort for Lake Superior agate. “We aren’t far from the lake. We like to tell people to go look for themselves along the shore first and if they can’t find any then come back here. It’s more special when you find it yourself,” said Teresa. The shop also has chrysalis fossils, all-natural stone jewelry, and thomsonite jewels. “We have regulars and tourists both,” said Teresa of their shoppers. “We do have quite a few regulars that like to stop in and it’s nice to see that year after year we can recognize their kids and how they’ve grown.” For those who may not be familiar with agate and thomsonite, agate forms between voids of lava rock. It is usually partially transparent to translucent in color. Thomsonite is a mineral that has “eyes” and “sprays.” These are very unique and found in the Grand Marais area. Agates can be found in many places, but Lake Superior makes them plentiful in northern Minnesota. Keith started picking rocks when he was 3 or 4 years old. “His grandfather had the grandkids go out and look for him,” said Teresa. “Before you know it, the neighbor was buying up the kids’ agates for candy money.”

Alongside agates, the store also specializes in thomsonite. | SUBMITTED Today, Teresa and Keith have shared their love of rock picking for 35 years. “It takes some skill and experience,” said Teresa. “You take a nail punch and gingerly work out the rock. After years of doing this, you kind of figure out what not to do so the rock doesn’t shatter.” Teresa’s favorite rock picking find is petrified wood. “I don’t know why, I just really like finding it. One of these days I’m going to come home with a whole petrified wood log,” she said. “Keith on the other hand is partial to thomsonite.” Teresa suggested South Dakota as her favorite spot to rock pick. “There’s a lot of variety and it isn’t that far away. It’s our favorite because it’s fun and it’s a quick trip from here,” she said. “Any of the agates we’ve found, we don’t sell. Those are memories,” she said. For more information on the Beaver Bay Agate Shop, check out their Facebook page. —Shelby Lonne-Rogentine

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Local fund created to aid coronavirus response DULUTH— Five Duluth-based funding organizations have come together to start a fund to help local charities on the front lines of the battle against coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes. The COVID-19 Northeast Minnesota Response Fund was recently announced at a news conference in Duluth’s City Hall where the Community Foundation joined local officials in discussing the region’s response to the virus and the potentially deadly illness. “Local nonprofits face a triple threat from this public health and economic emergency,” said Holly C. Sampson, president and CEO of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation.

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“They will see increased demand for services. They are working to maintain operations at a time of health concerns for their own staffs. And they will likely struggle to raise funds because public events and activities have been canceled. That’s why we are stepping up to help them.” Joining the Community Foundation are: the Ordean Foundation, the Northland Foundation, the Head of the Lakes United Way and the Lloyd K.

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Johnson Foundation. All of the funders are based in Duluth and serve people and organizations throughout northeast Minnesota. Many of the same organizations came together in 2012 to create emergency response funds after devastating flash flooding did millions of dollars in damage throughout the region. Sampson said the Community Foundation also is exploring working with some of the partners and other funders whose service regions cover northwest Wisconsin to establish a COVID-19 fund for that area. In addition, other funds may be created for specific Northland communities, she said. “Our goal is to come together and help local nonprofits who already are being asked to help and will be asked to do more as health and economic concerns grow,” said Tony Sertich, president of the Northland Foundation. Don Ness, executive director of the Ordean Foundation, said: “Duluth is a generous and caring community. Today we once again heed the call to help those in need. The burden of this crisis has fallen most heavily on vulnerable populations and the nonprofits who are on the front lines. We ask those who

are able to be especially generous in the face of such great need. Direct support of local nonprofits and contributions to this purpose-focused fund will once again prove that, in times of need, Duluthians step up to the challenge.” Matt Hunter, president of the Head of the Lakes United Way said: “Already we are seeing how COVID-19 is impacting our community. Businesses are shutting their doors to protect public health, and people are losing income. We want to support the safety net that will support these individuals and their families at a time of need and uncertainty.” Joan Gardner-Goodno, executive director of the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, said: “These are trying times for all of us, but especially those directly affected by COVID-19. Donating to this fund is one way all of us can make a difference for our neighbors and our community.” Donors can give online and get more information on the Community Foundation’s website. They also can call (218) 726-0232 or email: info@ dsacommunityfoundation.com. All donations to the fund are tax deductible.

Aerial survey shows moose population is stable ST. PAUL— For the ninth year in a row, Minnesota’s moose population remains relatively stable, but reproductive success—one of the factors that has the greatest impact on moose survival over time—remains low. This winter, the DNR estimated the moose population to be 3,150 animals (between a range of 2,400 and 4,320). Due to the variance in this type of annual population estimate, this year’s estimate does not suggest a decline from last year’s estimate of 4,180 moose. The survey provides an estimate rather than documenting the precise number of moose because biologists cannot see or count every moose across the 6,000-square mile survey area. They survey a portion of the moose range every year to generate the estimate. While the recent population stability is good news, DNR researchers point out that Minnesota moose remain at risk over the long term. The moose population has declined from an estimated 8,840 animals in 2006.

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Low reproductive success and continued deaths from brainworm and other diseases make it difficult for Minnesota’s moose population to recover. Both the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the 1854 Treaty Authority contributed funding and personnel for the annual survey. The survey is available on the DNR’s moose management page online.

It’s not every day you see a snow groomer stuck on the trail. This photo was taken mid-January on the North Shore Trail between Two Harbors and Silver Bay in 4 feet of snow. | BOB TAMMELIN & KIRK COLBURN

It’s a crappy job Scientists monitor Minnesota’s spruce grouse NORTH SHORE— A dedicated group of citizen scientists will again assist professional wildlife biologists this spring to gauge how many spruce grouse inhabit the forests of northern Minnesota. Spruce grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) inhabit coniferous forests across northern North America and are at the southern edge of their range in the northern Great Lakes states. Biologists are trying to establish a population index so they can be aware of any population changes over time. “Prior to the survey, we didn’t have any data to know if they were stable, declining or increasing,” said Charlotte Roy, grouse project leader with the Minnesota DNR. This will be the third year of the annual survey. Biologists from the Minnesota DNR, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Red Lake Band of Chippewa and 1854 Treaty Authority, along with representatives from the Superior and Chippewa national forests, Vermilion Community College and volunteer citizen scientists conduct the survey. All across spruce grouse range in northern Minnesota, participants are assigned about 10 waypoints each. Participants walk a 100-meter radius around each waypoint and count the occurrence of spruce grouse droppings they find within 1 meter of their path. Sometimes pellets are found singly; other times in piles. The number of single pellets and “roost” piles are both recorded.

A spruce grouse perched in a tamarack tree. | JOE SHEAD Instructional handouts and a mandatory training session teach participants how to distinguish spruce grouse droppings from those of ruffed grouse. In general, spruce grouse droppings are green and are longer and narrower than ruffed grouse droppings. Although spruce grouse eat insects, mushrooms and berries in summer, their winter diet is made up entirely of conifer needles, which contributes to their coloration. Ruffed grouse pellets tend to be brown and often have a whitewashed look—a result of uric acid. “We find them most commonly in black spruce and jack pine stands,” Roy said, noting that the birds also utilize balsam fir, red pine, white spruce, tamarack and white cedar. In addition to the number of spruce grouse pellets, the type of tree cover, presence or lack of snow and a supplemental snowshoe hare pellet count are also noted on data sheets. Finding droppings is easy in principle. After all, you just walk along a circle, looking at the ground. But in practice, it can be tricky. First off, the surveys are conducted as the snow recedes when only a few inches of snow remain. The idea is that the droppings are easier to see against the white backdrop and by searching when the snow is almost gone, you can see an entire winter’s worth of droppings. To make matters more difficult, the thick conifers that spruce grouse dwell in form an almost impenetrable barrier of branches that participants must

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navigate, climbing over fallen trees and ducking under branches as dead needles cascade down their backs. Sometimes just walking is hard enough, but all the while, participants have to keep their eyes peeled for droppings, which are generally 1.5 inches long or less. Minnesota is unique among the Great Lakes states in that spruce grouse hunting is allowed. Spruce grouse are classified as “threatened” in Wisconsin and as a “species of special concern” in Michigan. Minnesota hunters kill a few thousand spruce grouse each year, compared to hundreds of thousands of ruffed grouse. However, Roy cautions that harvest estimates derived from hunter surveys are probably not accurate representations of the actual spruce grouse population. “We do think that the number of spruce grouse harvested is more related to the number of ruffed grouse hunters than the amount of spruce grouse that are on the land,” she said. Ruffed grouse numbers are cyclical and hunting pressure often matches ruffed grouse numbers. Most spruce grouse are likely taken incidentally by hunters targeting ruffed grouse, and ups and downs in spruce grouse harvest can probably be linked to patterns in hunting pressure. Hopefully, this survey should shed some light on how many spruce grouse live in Minnesota.— Joe Shead

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With a mouth like a rasp file, sea lamprey attach to fish in Lake Superior to feed, literally sucking the life out of the host fish. | USFWS

Sea lamprey remain the scourge of Lake Superior By Shawn Perich

The completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in the mid20th Century forever changed the Great Lakes. The locks and canals allowed ocean-going ships to reach ports in the grainrich Upper Midwest. The Seaway also opened up the Great Lakes ecosystem to aquatic invaders. Enter the sea lamprey. The marine fish has a mouth like a rasp file, which it uses to attach to other fish species and then feed on them. Within the ocean environment where it evolved, the sea lamprey is simply part of the ecosystem. In the Great Lakes, it became an out-of-control monster. Soft-skinned fish such as the native lake trout were especially vulnerable to sea lamprey predation. The parasitic sea lampreys literally sucked the life out of them, leading to the collapse of lake trout populations throughout the Great Lakes.

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Fortunately, lake trout were not completely eliminated in Lake Superior, as they were in the other lakes. In 1958, the U.S. and Canadian governments began there with a herculean effort to control sea lampreys and begin lake trout recovery. A chemical “lampricide” was developed to kill lamprey in the streams where they spawned. Initially, biologists

thought they could eradicate lampreys in Superior first and then work their way down through the lakes. The sea lamprey proved far too resilient. Although they couldn’t be eradicated, lamprey could be controlled—with perpetual effort. Today that effort includes chemical treatments, spawning stream barriers and trapping during spawning runs. Shawn Nowicki, unit supervisor of sea lamprey control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is based in Marquette, Mich. and responsible for the U.S. portion of Lake Superior. In a recent interview, she said that the swift, rocky streams along Minnesota’s North Shore are not significant producers of lampreys, because they lack appropriate habitat. Lamprey spawn in gravel substrate. When the young, known as larva, hatch, they seek sand, silt and detritus to burrow into. They live there for up to 10 years before emerging as parasitic juveniles. The juveniles attach to fish and may feed for more than a year before detaching and seeking out a place to spawn. In the cold waters of Superior, sea lamprey most often spawn in late spring, although they’re occasionally observed in some Minnesota streams from May to September. Just ask Mike Hero of Grand Marais. Last July, while filming a fly-casting video for a course he teaches at the North House Folk School, he discovered spawning lampreys in the Brule River at Judge C.R. Magney State Park. “There were big, squirming balls of them,” Hero said. “I could have scooped them up with a net.” Unsure of the legality of doing so, he instead reported his discovery to the Minnesota DNR. From DNR staff he learned that because Minnesota North Shore streams are not considered significant lamprey producers, they are monitored and treated less frequently by USFWS crews. Their efforts focus on the South Shore, where many tributaries have an

abundance of lamprey spawning habitat, sometimes miles of it. In Wisconsin’s Bad River, for instance, USFWS crews may trap anywhere from hundreds to thousands of adult lampreys during the spawning run.

agers collect “marking rates” on lake trout from state, tribal and provincial fisheries agency around the lake to monitor lamprey predation. While lake trout are used as the indicator species, sea lamprey feed on many fish, from salmon and whitefish to large lake sturgeon and burbot.

Since the USFWS prioritized treatments where they can achieve the best results, Hero wondered if Minnesota anglers could catch and remove lampreys they happened upon while fishing. He is working with the DNR to get a permit so that he and other volunteers can remove and/or report sea lampreys in North Shore streams.

Sea lamprey control has allowed Superior fisheries to recover and flourish in spite of their predation. Biologists warn that if treatment were to stop, sea lamprey populations would quickly rebound. Control efforts were reduced in the 1990s and lamprey numbers increased. When lamprey treatments were stepped up, it took several years to knock down lamprey numbers.

Hero’s lamprey sighting last year spurred the USFWS to investigate the Brule. Nowicki said the river was treated in 2019. The USFWS plans to survey the river this year. The crew will electrofish portions of the river where they can wade. In deeper water near the river mouth and in the lake in front of the river, they will use johnboats to spray granular Bayluscide, a chemical (also used for deworming) that forces lamprey to the surface where they can be collected. The purpose of the survey is to find any lamprey that may have survived last year’s treatment and set up areas for retreatment. She said it was unlikely they’ll find any lampreys, because the treatment went well last year.

Nowicki said that while the North Shore doesn’t produce significant numbers of sea lamprey, one Minnesota waterway does concern her. Currently, the contaminated bottom sediments of the St. Louis River at Duluth are not conducive to spawning lampreys, but that will change as ongoing restoration work rehabilitates the ecosystem. Crews have found a small population of larva just below the Fond du Lac Dam, which is the upstream barrier for fish migrating from Lake Superior. As the river cleans up downstream from the dam, lampreys may gain new spawning habitat.

Sea lampreys don’t respect international boundaries. Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is responsible for surveys and treatment north of the border, where many tributaries host sea lamprey spawning runs. Nowicki says lamprey control is “a border blind program.”

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U.S. and Canadian crews also work together on shared waterways like the massive St. Mary’s River, the outlet to Lake Superior. “We assist one another on treatment as needed,” Nowicki said. In spite of controls that keep their abundance in check, sea lampreys remain the scourge of Superior. Nowicki said the abundance of adult sea lamprey fluctuates wildly. However, in the last five years adults have increased and are now above target. The damage wrought by sea lampreys can be measured by the round scars left on fish they’ve preyed upon. Federal fisheries man-

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Outdoor Skills and Thrills There is no doubt that rock climbing is a challenging activity. But while it can seem intimidating for people who have never done it before, there are plenty of resources to help those who want to get started climbing but do not know how. One of those is Outdoor Skills and Thrills in Thunder Bay. Started in 2014 by Aric Fishman, Outdoor Skills and Thrills offers challenging adventures for skilled climbers as well as guided climbs for beginners, and regardless of skill level, offers everyone the opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy the pristine scenery that the region has to offer. “I love showing people the joy of climbing and the beauty of this region,” Fishman said. The most popular course at Outdoor Skills and Thrills is the public beginner’s outings, which occur on a weekly basis and cover the basics with a trained guide. Since climbing is an inherently risky activity, choosing a guided service for one’s first 10

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“For beginners, if there’s an interest I think you should totally try it,” Fishman said. “While indoor and outdoor rock climbing carry the same risks safety-wise, outside can seem scarier because you feel more exposed. But we consider it challenge by choice, and take a step-by-step, no-rush approach.” Fishman said for your first time climbing it’s important to not focus too much on reaching the top but instead to enjoy the experience and reward that comes with trying something new. “The benefits of rock climbing are endless: you’re outside, you’re working out, you’re focusing and analyzing decisions. You also form connections with the people you climb with, as you’re literally holding each other’s lives in your hands. There’s something unique about that,” Fishman said. Fishman is also the author of Thunder Bay Climbing, a book that details the best climbing locations in the area. More information about Outdoor Skills and Thrills and Fish-

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Duluth Climbers Coalition Down the shore in Duluth, the Duluth Climbers Coalition (DCC) seeks to protect rock climbing areas in Duluth and provide climbing access to people of all ages and experience levels. On the board of the DCC is Dave Pagel, a climber with many years of North Shore rock climbing experience. “I moved to Duluth in 1978 and specifically chose this area because of its proximity to climbing on the North Shore,” Pagel said. “I fell in with a local climbers group, and we did a lot of development throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s to make climbing on the North Shore what it is today.” While nowadays one can find plenty of guides to North Shore climbing, when Pagel first started there wasn’t much information available. (He even remembers orienteering

through the woods to climbs that are now well documented and accessible by trails.) But as the climbing group convened at the university, members began the years-long task of identifying, naming, and cleaning up climbing areas so that locals and visitors alike had a better idea of where to go and how to access climbs. They even published a guidebook in the early ‘80s to climbing on the North Shore. Now, Pagel works with the DCC within the Duluth area, and is helping the next generation gain access to climbing. The DCC has been around for five years, and has done excellent work preserving climbing areas and partnering with local nonprofits to expand access to people who might not have access to climbing otherwise. “The goal was to make climbing a legitimate option in the city,” Pagel said. “We had several climbing areas but they were off the radar and it wasn’t clear who owned them. The DCC came about to partner with the city and preserve those areas.” One of the ways the DCC promotes access to climbing is through partnering with

During the summers, Markall and the staff at Boulder Bear lead a fairly intensive summer camp program where students can sign up for a week of outdoor climbing interspersed with classic camp activities, such as soccer and time at the beach. “Campers visit a minimum of three outdoor climbing areas during camp with guides that are certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides,” said Markall. For more information on the Boulder Bear Climbing Centre, visit: boulderbearclimbing.com.

KARINA KROSBAKKEN VertiGals

Also in Duluth is the North Shore VertiGals, an inclusive climbing community for women, transgender and gender non-conforming people of all skill levels to come together and explore their shared passion for climbing. The group was started two years ago by Molly Wick and Erin Hammes, and now has regular activities including climb nights, outdoor climbing adventures, and yoga for climbers. Karina Krosbakken oversees the social media communication for VertiGals and also serves as a liaison for the DCC. Her love for climbing dates back to childhood trips to Devil’s Tower, and she has experi-

ence climbing all along the North Shore. She said Wick and Hammes started VertiGals after noticing a lack of women in the gym and few women mentors. With VertiGals, they hoped that more women could get involved and experience the amazing climbing opportunities that the North Shore has to offer. “Most of the people who get involved with the group start with a climb night,” Krosbakken said. “Those are open to people who are advanced and those who have never climbed before, and we’ve had all ages from kids to seniors show up.” From there, those that decide to join VertiGals get access to a Facebook group where members can stay connected and invite each other to impromptu and unofficial climbing outings. VertiGals also has three outdoor climbing adventures that are tentatively planned for this summer: an outing to Shovel Point, the Silver Creek tunnel, and Ely’s Peak. “We have a very unique setup for climbing on the North Shore, with lots of accessible climbs that you can drive right up to,” Krosbakken said. “Climbs like Shovel Point are beautiful because you’re above the water, but it can be intimidating because you have to get lowered down to the lake and then get yourself back up. But there’s a great sense of pride and joy when you get back to the top.” To learn more about VertiGals, visit: northshorevertigals.wordpress.com.

Boulder Bear Climbing Centre in Thunder Bay offers outdoor climbing opportunities for all ages and experience levels. | DALLAS MARKALL local youth organizations to give children the opportunity to try rock climbing. Pagel said that while West Duluth has great natural features and recreation opportunities, many of the local youths don’t have the means to access to them. But through grants, donations, and partnering with local organizations, the DCC has brought the opportunity to climb to many local youths. “We ran a program for middle schoolers and thought that maybe a dozen kids would be interested, but over 80 signed up! It’s really an unmet need,” Pagel said. “The students are so enthusiastic and it was awesome to see them out there.” To learn more about the Duluth Climbers Coalition, visit: duluthclimbers.org.

DALLAS MARKALL Boulder Bear Climbing Centre

Dallas Markall is the owner of the Boulder Bear Climbing Centre in Thunder Bay. With both indoor and outdoor climbing opportunities, Boulder Bear helps people of all ages and experience levels find a climbing experience that works well for them. When he’s not leading climbs or summer

camps, Markall works to create and maintain climbing areas throughout Northern Ontario. “I started climbing at 18, and did most of my original climbing around the Thunder Bay area,” Markall said. His experience with developing climbing areas began when he moved to Dryden when he accepted a position as a police officer, and found that there was no developed climbing in the area. He got connected with two local climbers, and as someone who is passionate about both climbing and the outdoors, he began the work of putting up several climbing routes, including at Banana Lake and in Blue Lake Provincial Park. The work of developing an outdoor climbing area depends on the kind of climb being created. Markall said the bulk of his work has been single pitch climbs, where climbers can go up and down on the same length of rope. He starts with finding a place that is climbable, has natural protection, and is also aesthetically pleasing. When needed, he installs bolts which are drilled in to create a path and are left for future climbers to use. “I’ve done a lot of bolting,” Markall said. “It’s an expense that comes out of pocket, but we have a few dedicated souls who are happy to do it so others can enjoy these climbs.”

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The North Shore offers whitewater paddling for experienced kayakers from Grand Marais to Duluth. | WALT HUSS

Spring Ushers in North Shore Kayaking Scene World-class whitewater brings experienced paddlers to Lake Superior tributaries

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As weary ice anglers put away their augers, tips-ups and sleds to wind down another season chasing fish, Brian Pfeifer knows his favorite time of the year is getting close.

spring runoff on these rivers. Rapids consistently range between Class IV and V, meaning experienced paddlers are the only ones who should pursue these seasonal runs, Pfeifer said.

It’s not the run of steelhead or the call of a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters that grips his attention. Each spring when the ice and snow melt away on the many rivers and lakes feeding into Lake Superior, Pfeifer prepares for his favorite means of outdoor recreation on the North Shore: whitewater kayaking.

“These rivers and creeks are narrow and fast,” he says. “They can be dangerous.”

“It’s the best,” he says. Whitewater kayaking is far from a new concept on the many rivers that spill into Lake Superior between Duluth and Thunder Bay. Paddlers have been braving these waters for many decades, each spring focusing their attention on the many gurgling, frothy and root-beer colored rapids common across the region. And while there’s no shortage of water, Pfeifer says when it comes to participation, there are only so many qualified or even interested paddlers who come to be a part of the

Pfeifer is the co-owner of Swiftwater Adventures based in Carlton, Minn. The company is willing to teach people how to kayak, though only in a controlled environment or a body of water with minimal rapids, at least for beginners. Most of Swiftwaters trips focus on rafting adventures in northern Minnesota, including the popular St. Louis River. When it comes to kayaking on the North Shore, however, Pfeifer is more than willing to set down his guiding hat and put on his paddling helmet. “People get hooked on this, absolutely,” he says of kayaking whitewater rapids and high-water runoffs. Much like steelhead fishing, there is a short window where running these

Depending on snowpack and spring temperatures, the average season for peak whitewater can last anywhere from a few weeks to more than a month. | WALT HUSS

rivers in a kayak is at its peak, or, perhaps, even an option. Later in the season, for example, some of the flows are too low and slow to float with any type of consistency. Depending on snowpack and spring temperatures, the average season for peak whitewater can last anywhere from a few weeks to more than a month. This happens most often in the spring, though occasionally heavy autumn rains will allow for paddling opportunities. The heavy snowfall in 2020 throughout most of the Northern Wilds means this spring could be especially ripe for a tremendous season, Pfeifer said. As with all things wild and untamed, factors beyond human control shape the quality and length of spring runoff on rivers such as the Lester, Baptism and Cascade. “Those are all good spots and popular spots within this small community of paddlers,” Pfeifer says. It takes an advanced skill level to safely run these Lake-Superior-bound

It takes an advanced skill level to safely run these Lake-Superiorbound rivers and creeks during high water and spring runoff. | WALT HUSS rivers and creeks during high water and spring runoff. Only dedicated paddlers descend on the area each year. However, it’s the numbers game that also makes this community close knit. Each spring, paddlers connect to run these rapids, some traveling from the Twin Cities, others from much farther. Camps are shared, most often on beaches near Silver Bay or Duluth. The day’s river runs are rehashed through vivid campfire storytelling. Plans are formed for the next day. Friendships are made. Among those who feel the seasonal tug to make it to northeastern Minnesota each spring is Chris Baer, a wellknown and highly respected member of the kayaking scene in North America. Pfeifer says when other paddlers, particularly those just getting into the sport, see someone of Baer’s stature

in the paddling community getting a thrill from the rivers on the North Shore, it solidifies the validity of the kayaking scene here. Though paddling ‘celebrities’ such as Baer are a positive sign for the future of the North Shore whitewater kayaking culture, Pfeifer points out that, at least for now, the scene is mostly male dominated. “Some of the best and most skilled paddlers in the world are women,” Pfeifer says. “I think one thing we’ll be seeing soon are more women getting in on what’s happening on these rivers near Duluth and up and down the shore.”

region than it is by kayakers. Pfeifer— who says new paddlers show up on an almost annual basis to the North Shore to test the waters—has been a whitewater kayaker for about a decade, spending two of those years in the Pacific Northwest kayaking some of the most recognized whitewater in the country. He says the whitewater on rivers near Lake Superior are not as well-known as are other spots in the country, including Colorado, California and some select pockets on the East Coast, namely in North Carolina. Many of the rivers flowing into Lake Superior would be considered creeks out West because they are so narrow and the comparatively low volume of water they carry. All the same, Pfeifer says he is a grateful participant in the North Shore paddling scene, particularly because it’s in his home state. “I grew up on a lake in northern Minnesota,” Pfeifer says. “The water and wilderness have been an integral part of my life since I was young.” The waterways between Duluth and the Ontario border that drop toward Lake Superior slice and drop through rugged country at a rapid pace. Because of this sharp descent, most of the paddling opportunities on North Shore rivers range between two to five miles before they end at or near Lake Superior. These stretches of water are short runs by industry standards, though what they lack in distance is more than made up for with absolute intensity. “This is world-class whitewater we have here in Minnesota,” Pfeifer says. “It’s another of our hidden gems.”

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April Exhibits

The artwork found in shops and galleries along the North Shore is always changing, and new exhibits pop up each month. Some exhibits last for a few weeks and others for a few months. Here’s what’s on display this month.

The photography exhibit by Vern Northrup remains on display at the Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center in Duluth until May 29. This piece is titled, “Awaung-apisaa.” | VERN NORTHRUP

The Duluth Art Institute will hold an exhibit by Sue Rauschenfels, titled Sisterhood, on display from April 30 through July. This acrylic and mixed-media piece is titled “Faces in a Crowd.” | SUE RAUSCHENFELS

The Northwoods Fiber Guild has art on display at the Cook County Courthouse, including this beadwork piece by Jo Wood, titled “The Bees Live in the Middle.” | JO WOOD “Electric Pow Wow,” by Ely artist Shaun Chosa, is part of Chosa’s War Paint exhibit at the Duluth Art Institute. | SHAUN CHOSA 14

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the GMAC with 4,200 square feet of additional work space at a more visible, heavily visited location. Once renovations are finished this April, Studio 21 will be utilized as the Art Colony’s “public space,” serving as an alternative or complement to the GMAC’s current location two blocks up the hill from the main thoroughfare of Highway 61. The GMAC plans to host exhibitions, offer additional classes, and rent out a semi-public studio space called The Pillbox to local artists at the new location.“Purchasing [Studio 21] has increased our work space by 60 percent,” says Brown. “It gives us a public building that can be used for exhibitions so that our other location, Founder’s Hall, can be more private, used for classes and artists at work.” “How things are set up now,” continues Brown, “we have foot traffic with people coming in to check out the Art Colony which leads to interruptions in classes and to the artists that utilize our spaces. Given its great location, Studio 21 will not only get more foot traffic and allow us to connect with more people, but it will allow us to ensure classes and events at Founders Hall maintain flow without distractions.” Studio 21 will be joining other creative businesses as the newest addition to what local artist Betsy Bowen describes as the “First Avenue Creative Corridor,” a reputation that the GMAC is hoping will continue to grow as the area develops. The plan is to set up Studio 21 with a reception desk near the entrance to welcome visitors to what Brown imagines will be a “Communal Space” that it is part interactive, part informative, part exhibition. “We want to support people here in the community who are working in the arts,” says Brown. “If all goes to plan, we will have rotating exhibits in the new space that will allow artists to show off what they do.”

Once renovations are finished, Studio 21 will be utilized as the Grand Marais Art Colony’s “public space,” serving as an alternative or complement to the Art Colony’s current location. | SUBMITTED

Former Pharmacy becomes Studio 21 CREATIVE SPACE: By Eric Weicht The Grand Marais Art Colony is expanding. The GMAC, the longest-lived art colony in Minnesota, acquired the former North Shore Pharmacy building in downtown Grand Marais last summer and is in the process of renovating the location into a series of new work spaces. The GMAC has a long-standing tradition of growth and community development. What began in 1947 as a simple summer refuge for artists seeking to study in an inspiring natural setting, has grown over the past 73 years into an organization that currently serves more than 25,000 people every year. The GMAC’s purchase and renovation of the former North Shore Pharmacy building is but another step along this well-established growth trajectory.

“The word I use to describe the acquisition is ‘proportional expansion’,” says Lyla Brown, executive director at the GMAC. “It’s not like we are taking on something that we can’t manage, rather it’s an expansion that is proportional to our needs.” Prior to purchasing the North Shore Pharmacy building, the GMAC had been exploring options to expand for a number of years in order to meet its growing need for additional workspace. “Programming under Ruth Pszwaro’s [artistic director] leadership has grown by 400 percent over the past five years,” says Brown, “and because of this we have simply outgrown our current buildings.” According to Brown, the GMAC board

had been discussing whether to buy land and do a new build or purchase an existing building when the North Shore Pharmacy building came onto the market. “Commercial buildings rarely come onto the market in Grand Marais,” says Brown, “so when we saw that this building was for sale, right on First Ave, we jumped at the opportunity.” Inspired by its location at 21 W Hwy 61, the GMAC has decided to call this new workspace Studio 21. Studio 21 will help the GMAC carry out its mission of providing services to artists, promoting art education, and nurturing art within the community through an environment of creative excellence by providing

“One of the ideas that our board has,” continues Brown, “is to host a holiday exhibition each year where local artists could sell their work and connect with the public. That’s not been confirmed, though, it’s just one of many ideas that we are considering.” In addition to rotating exhibits and additional art classes, Studio 21 will also have studio space available for rent known as the The Pillbox. Located towards the back of the building in what was formerly the pill counting area of the pharmacy, artists will be able to rent The Pillbox to use as a private work space. The Pillbox is separated from the main area by a wall, though a window with a shade for privacy that has been installed to allow visitors the opportunity to watch “art in action” should the artist choose to do so. The Pillbox will first be available to local artists, but if no local artist expresses interest in the space than it will be made available to artists from outside Cook County. “Ultimately,” says Brown, “the goal of Studio 21 is to provide an opportunity for people to see and engage with art and not be intimidated, and by making [the Art Colony] more readily available to the public, Studio 21 is a big step in the right direction.” For further information on the GMAC and its plans for Studio 21, visit their website at: grandmaraisartcolony.org. NORTHERN WILDS

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Jim McGowan has been playing solo shows up and down the shoreline of Superior for about 12 years. | SUBMITTED When Jim McGowan takes the stage at one of the North Shore’s many venues, a lively time is not far behind. The guitarist has been playing solo shows up and down the shoreline of Superior for about 12 years, and is excited that he now resides in an area with a musical community he can shine in.

His arrival to the scene was serendipitous. Years ago, he and his wife Maren traveled to Cook County and ran into longtime local musician Joe Paulik, who let McGowan take the stage at Cascade Lodge. “I ended up talking to him afterwards and told him about this new guitar I just got. I brought it in and he said ‘Why don’t you play a couple?’, so I did,” says McGowan. “The owners of the lodge were there and the next thing you know I had a gig lined up. Since then I’ve been pretty intentional about trying to fold into the music scene here, also with an eye towards living here.” That dream would become a reality in 2017 when he and his wife moved to Hovland, east of Grand Marais, and McGowan was able to start his music career anew. He said he hadn’t played much in adulthood, but was highly musical in his youth. “I learned how to play guitar by taking the needle on the record player and

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going back and forth and trying different licks and totally destroying the record,” says McGowan. “It led to some really great experiences for me as a high school and college student. I had a job in Colorado at a camp for two summers, and my main job was to play guitar for the campfires up in the Rocky Mountains at the height of John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High years. It was like a teen boy’s dream job!” McGowan describes his sound as “Americana folk,” spanning popular songs to Appalachian and Irish tunes, which has become more prominent in his sets as he’s gained a residency at the Dubliner Pub in St. Paul. “A lot of American folk music kind of draws from those traditions,” he says. “A lot of the influences that I have are people like Gordon Lightfoot and James Taylor. I don’t do a lot of original music but that’s kind of what’s up next. Pushing myself to try to have a few original songs.” McGowan says that when it comes to original songs he’s his own worst critic, but so far his originals have been received very well. “I recently wrote a song called ‘Whatever Happened’. I usually don’t describe it too much—I love that people cannot draw their own conclusions about what

it’s about. But it’s about keeping promises and correcting a bad situation. So, it has a lot of maybe political undertones.” He believes songs like that are what we need now more than ever. “One thing that kind of disturbs me is that it seems like we don’t have enough of that kind of music responding to some of today’s challenges,” says McGowan. “If you think of the 60s and the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, there was a lot of music that actually spoke to that. I would love to be a part of getting more of that kind of voice out there.” When he’s not strumming in local establishments, McGowan works as a senior manager of state advocacy for the YMCA, which has him traveling between 17 states on the regular. So, it’s always a relief when he can center himself around music along the shore. “It’s one of the biggest sources of joy in my life. I’m still at a point where I have to keep my day job, and right now that requires that I stay close to an airport. But it’s the live performing that really grounds me in some respects, I know for sure my day job supports my music habit.”

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The North Shore Dish A Selection of Hot Sandwiches By Chuck Viren

John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, loved to gamble. One day he was on a hot streak and instructed a cook to prepare him something that would not interfere with his gambling. To his delight, he was presented with sliced meat between two pieces of bread, and the sandwich was born. It was some time before the sandwich became of staple of lunch boxes. Sandwiches also became a popular item at restaurants, where of course innovation was inevitable. As I began to develop my palate, I learned that sandwiches can provide a lot of information about what to expect from a restaurant. And besides, they make for great comfort food. The three restaurants featured in this article are very different from one another, and all have their own take on the sandwiches they offer. The Bean Fiend Café and Sandwich Bar in Thunder Bay is a coffee café, McQuade’s Pub in Two Harbors offers fine dining in a casual atmosphere, and South of the Border Café in Grand Marais is primarily known as a purveyor of hearty breakfasts. Brian Hamilton, who at the time owned Red Earth Imports, became interested in coffee and in 2010 opened The Bean Fiend featuring Oso Negro coffee from Nelson, British Columbia. Over time it morphed into a café, and in keeping with his values, utilized responsibly-sourced ingredients and house-made dressings, sauces, soups and baked goods. Front and center on their menu are grilled sandwiches. According to manager and cook Lori Bociurko, they work hard to source ingredients locally whenever possible. They offer vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options for their sandwiches, as well as sandwiches with chicken, turkey and egg. One of their more popular sandwiches is their chicken and brie. It features, in addition to creamy brie, spinach, apricot jam and their house-made garlic aioli. Another popular sandwich is the turkey pesto. Their house-made pesto is created from basil, asiago cheese, and garlic—they do not include pine nuts. This sandwich also contains their garlic aioli, mozzarella cheese, turkey, and is served grilled on ciabatta bread. For those who prefer a bit more heat, their Diablo sandwich combines capicola, genoa, dill Havarti, banana peppers, and their red pepper aioli on rye bread. Grilled cheese lovers may wish to check out their Cheese Encounter 18

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sandwich, which changes monthly and is designed in collaboration with their neighboring retailer of the same name. Of course soups and sandwiches go hand in hand, and all their soups are made inhouse. They are all vegan and gluten free. Their selection of soups varies daily. Some of the more popular items are their creamy potato dill, their lentil soup, and the ever-popular tomato basil. The creamy soups are made with a coconut milk base. Their baked goods are made in-house as well, using locally-produced Brule Farms flour. There are vegan options available. Their iced teas are made in-house, and they offer a full range of coffee, as well as Silk Road teas. Frank McQuade has spent his adult life sharpening his culinary skills. In 2016 he returned to his hometown of Two Harbors and opened McQuade’s Herbs, Spices and More. Then in 2018 he got back into the restaurant business by creating McQuade’s Pub and Grill, where their motto is, “fine dining and cocktails with a casual atmosphere.” His vision was to open a restaurant with great consistent food of a high quality. They source their food locally whenever possible. Their diverse and innovative menu features entrees such as pan-seared duck, pork belly with caramelized garlic risotto cake, and a limited but intriguing selection of pasta dishes. They have also been offering seafood specials including jumbo scallops, shrimp, fresh oysters, octopus, and have even featured alligator. As for sandwiches, their selection is limited, but true to their motto; the quality is high. They have a delicious Banh Mi sandwich with house-roasted pork. The sand-

McQuade’s Pub in Two Harbors offers a Banh Mi sandwich with house-roasted pork, house-pickled carrots and daikon radishes, fresh cilantro and their own white truffle aioli. | CHUCK VIREN wich includes their house-pickled carrots and daikon radishes, fresh cilantro, and their own white truffle aioli. They also serve a walleye sandwich. Their House Burger features a half-pound of house-pattied beef, their own bacon and jalapeño jam, and pepper jack cheese. If one can truly measure the quality of a restaurant by their sandwiches, then their Banh Mi certainly made a believer out of me. By the time McQuade’s opens in the afternoon, South of the Border Café in Grand

Grilled sandwiches are front and center on the menu at Bean Fiend, located in Thunder Bay. | BEAN FIEND Marais will already have closed. In 1982, Troy Ford, Steve Ford and Shannon Hicks bought the building that had housed the Kentucky Fried Chicken. They started up serving breakfast, lunch and dinner but later switched their hours and are now open from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Still in the family, the restaurant is run by James “Sporto” Ford and his son Danny. Mornings usually find their parking lot full and semis or logging trucks parked along the highway near the restaurant. South of the Border Café is a popular destination for early rising fishermen and tradesmen, and a local favorite for breakfast. However, it is also a good place to find a sandwich in keeping with their breakfast

fare. They offer most of the classics: grilled cheese, grilled ham and cheese, BLT, and their popular bacon or ham club. In addition, one can order a fried egg or a Denver sandwich. The Denver features all the classic Denver ingredients—green pepper, onion and ham scrambled with eggs— served on the toast of your choice. From early spring to late fall they break out their popular fresh Lake Superior herring sandwich. Their burgers are offered all day. Another specialty is their rotating selection of house-made soups. The soup offerings vary daily. Popular soups include their creamy potato, chicken noodle, and split pea. Whether for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, sandwiches are comforting, familiar, and evidently, good at the gambling table.

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Appreciating Our Volunteers By Nancy Frischmann, RSVP Program Coordinator, AEOA April is typically the month in which we celebrate and recognize the enormous contribution that volunteers make to our local communities. We celebrate through volunteer fairs, luncheons, and the annual National Volunteer Appreciation week, which runs from April 19-25. Local businesses, restaurants and organizations have thanked volunteers through discounts, gifts and special offers. Unfortunately, this year, our celebrations will have to be postponed, in order to keep our community members and volunteers safe from the spread of Covid-19. It is almost impossible to quantify the value of volunteer contributions and efforts in Northeast Minnesota. As program coordinator for Northland Volunteer Center and RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) through AEOA, for Lake and Cook Counties, I work with over 40 nonprofits that rely on volunteers to deliver services, provide opportunities and celebrate our wonderful heritage and resources.

Non-profits including food shelves, Meals on Wheels, Ruby’s Pantry, senior service organizations, care centers, education, nature centers, state parks, radio stations, art centers, folk schools, libraries, Veteran’s Home, exercise classes, local festivals, quilting groups and more are dependent on our volunteer base to keep our area vibrant, welcoming and livable for residents. According to the hours we track through RSVP and Northland, volunteers contributed over 36,700 hours in 2019. The value of each volunteer hour is estimated by the Independent Sector to be $25.43; thus, volunteers contributed over $930,000 of time, talent and caring to vital non-profit organizations. And the amazing fact is that this represents only a portion of all volunteer effort in this area. The economic value is undeniable. But it is truly the heart and the passion volunteers give that make them the bedrock of our wonderful region, and the fundamental strength on which our communities are based. At each volunteer site I’ve visited, I have seen laughter, compassion, cooperation in helping others, sharing of

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“I’m not Dying, I’m Just Shaking a Lot!” By Peter Fergus-Moore “OK, gloves on!” The trainer calls over a soundtrack of ‘80s rock. The participants in the airy gym sit where they can, slip on hand protectors, then colourful boxing gloves. Wearing sweats with navy T-shirts reading “Boxer” on the back, they stand in loose rows with plenty of space between them, adopting the traditional boxing stance. None will touch another. Their opponent is not human, but rather the ravaging effects of Parkinson’s disease (PD). A neurological condition brought on by the brain’s inability to manufacture dopamine, a hormone and neurotransmitter, PD tends to strike in middle age, though people as young as 30 might experience it. The condition has a range of symptoms and severity, but most people know it as a noticeable muscle tremor. “I was diagnosed about five years ago. I started shaking a great deal,” says former nurse Jackie Carroll, one of the boxers. “I couldn’t take blood samples or administer needles any longer.” “I worked in admin,” says Mary L. “My handwriting got smaller and smaller—now it’s illegible.” Now, Mary L. and Carroll and some 20 other people with Parkinson’s congregate three times a week at the Sweatclub Gym in Thunder Bay to exercise under the direction of gym owner Jacquie Kennedy. “Now, punch! Punch! Left! Right! Keep it up! Again!” she calls over the music, as the boxers thrust their fists forward in emulation of professional ring fighters. Soon, she changes up the routine to incorporate forward, backward and sideways shuffles along with the punching. While boxing is an important feature of the Rock Steady Boxing regimen, stretches, modified aerobic exercises and weight training are just as important. “There’s no cure for PD, but exercise is a really good way to manage the symptoms,” Kennedy adds. “I am just so proud of these fighters.” One of PD’s most insidious effects is the curtailing of movement that most of us take for granted. With PD, you might not swing your arms, your muscles might stiffen, making for an awkward gait; your muscle coordination becomes spotty. And, of course, the tremors. “It strikes everybody differently,” says Jed Ruberto. “I take dopamine four times a day. Otherwise, I shake so much, I can’t even write my name with a pen.” Both Ruberto and Carroll are open about their condition, though this raises another, often painful aspect of PD: the social stigma. For this reason, some of the Rock Steady participants are protected by non-disclosure agreements and prefer to have their identities remain a secret. “I was shopping one time and shaking a lot, when this man comes up to me and

says, ‘You need a drink, dear?’” Carroll relates. She quickly set the man straight and received an apology, but she well remembers how furious she felt about his judgment. For his part, Ruberto welcomes more publicity about the condition. “With stories like this, I won’t have to keep explaining to people why I’m this way,” he says. Actually, it was the onset of Carroll’s condition that started the entire operation. “I found this Rock Steady Boxing outfit in Indianapolis and got my certification as a trainer,” Kennedy says. “Then we started it up here about three years ago, and Jackie got her certification as a coach. ESPN did a study and found that boxing is the most strenuous physical exercise you can do.” “All right, up against the wall!” Kennedy calls out. “This is my least favourite of the exercises,” Carroll mutters with a wry smile. Soon, the participants are doing wall sits, which powerfully exercise their legs. Over the course of the hour, they will perform a wide variety of strenuous exercises, all designed to keep participants fit, limber, and feeling good about themselves. As with any chronic condition onset, the reality of Parkinson’s can take a toll on mental health. “The important thing is that it’s not just the physical, but the mental,” says Kennedy. “They develop more self-confidence and form close relationships with people who are in exactly the same situation they are. When people work together, they bond more closely. I love to see that.” Certainly, the determination on the faces of the participants is witness to their powerful commitment to their own well-being. And there is laughter.

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Conservation organizations play an important role in lobbying for—and helping to preserve—the natural resources outdoors people enjoy. Some groups, like Ducks Unlimited or the Izaak Walton League, are national and work on a big canvas. Then there are groups that work on a smaller scale, but do big things. A group that fits this description is the Thunder-Bay-based North Shore Steelhead Association. Formed on January 13, 1973, by a group of avid steelhead anglers, the NSSA is a non-profit organization concerned with the conservation and preservation of fisheries in the tributaries of Lake Superior. The founding members of the NSSA knew instinctively that the protection and enhancement of the North Shore steelhead fishery (a migratory form of rainbow trout) would require they be focused primarily on stream and river habitat. The foresight of that early group led to the inclusion of coldwater species into the constitution. This move meant all salmonids (and other species) that used Lake Superior tributaries in their life cycle would benefit from the work of the club.

Some old NSSA clippings and newsletters. | GORD ELLIS eas of the Northwest have not had input from the NSSA. The club sits on several fisheries management zone committees, and has played a large role in helping to set the conservation-minded size and bag limits now in place for brook trout and steelhead. The one steelhead over 27 inches limit on the McIntyre and Neebing River was strongly supported by the NSSA and has helped to create an amazing urban fishery by drastically limiting harvest. The fish have responded and the numbers have boomed. The McIntyre and Neebing River are highly accessible and popular fisheries. This is where the future anglers are born.

Although the NSSA has had a wide variety of projects on streams all down the Ontario coast of Lake Superior, urban fisheries have been a primary concern. The incredible impact of the clubs work to the McIntyre and Neebing Rivers, McVicar Creek, the Current River and the Kaministiquia, will always be a large part of the club’s legacy. Initially, the NSSA took on smaller projects such as funding the placing of large boulders in McVicar Creek, located on the north side of Thunder Bay. McVicar Creek had been channelized in the late 70s due to flooding, but that destroyed a lot of the pool and riffle water young trout thrived in. Restoring that pool habitat, and then blasting deep pockets in some of the shale areas, started the rebirth of the creek that continues to this day. There were other projects through the 1980s, including the creation of a box on the headwaters of the McIntyre River that hatched out fry. That project was not deemed a success, and soon the focus was squarely on improving habitat and access to spawning grounds. The club helped to plan and fund improvements to the McIntyre River fishway, which allowed more adult steelhead to access the upper part of that great river. The McIntrye River

A North Shore steelhead. | GORD ELLIS has benefited from several habitat projects spearhead by the NSSA, including the addition of boulders for holding water, rip rap to slow erosion, and the addition of shrubs and trees. It has all made a difference. Perhaps the largest project the NSSA ever tackled was the creation of a fishway on the Current River dam at Boulevard Lake to open many miles of river to steelhead. The fishway was a huge and complicated undertaking. This columnist has a little insight into the project as I was President of the club for part of the build, and on the board for the rest. It took a ton of meetings, a lot of fundraising, and much help from government to get the fishway built. But the project was not just about building the fishway. Adult spawning steelhead were

trapped by club members (with help from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) in the McIntrye River and then transported to the headwaters of the Current to “seed” the river. There was also work done to blast pockets in the shale section below Boulevard Lake Dam. This was to help fish navigate the steep drop from the fishway to Lake Superior. All in all, it was a huge project that took a lot of time and money. While the steelhead run on the Current has never been as large as the club had hoped, it did create an improved fishery and steelhead are now reaching the upper Current. The other huge role for the NSSA is as a voice for coldwater fisheries and management at the table of government. Very few major fisheries initiatives in the coastal ar-

There have been many other projects, and a lot of good work done or sponsored by the NSSA. Ongoing tagging and recapture work is being done on several streams and this is increasing knowledge about the fishery. The NSSA also sponsors the hugely popular fly fishing film festival every spring. As a non-profit, the financial base of the NSSA is collected from fundraising and donations from supporters. The club’s annual dinner and auction is attended by several hundred outdoors enthusiasts, and the proceeds go directly into area conservation projects. It’s an event that is both first class, and a chance to mix with anglers young and old while supporting the fish. To date, NSSA has invested over half a million in projects which enhance fisheries and recreational opportunities for all. The future of our coldwater fisheries is in good hands.

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Northern Connections Geologic History of the Boundary Waters Just as lakes fill depressions in the north country today, 2.7 billion years ago inland seas collected primeval runoff. Rifts, or spreading cracks, developed on the seafloor and released basaltic lava—like the oozing black rivers in Hawaii—from the Earth’s molten mantle into the marine depths. (Today this process still occurs along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.)

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Lava that erupted directly into the bottom of that ancient ocean—an ocean at least 1,000 meters deep—cooled into characteristic structures called pillows. As the hot lava rose into cold water, it formed blobs reminiscent of a 1960s lava lamp. The pillows piled up on each other, up to 5,000 meters thick.

Sheer cliffs tower above sparkling waves. Smooth domes swell up before you on a portage. Craggy points reach out to caress the water. Oddly-shaped boulders loom in the depths or stand wet-footed in the shallows. They cradle the lakes, frame the vistas, and create stairs, rooms, and seats in your campsite home. Rocks are an integral part of any experience in my beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.

If you don’t go through Ely on your way into the Boundary Waters, chances are you’ll wind your way up the Gunflint Trail out of Grand Marais. The numerous low islands and serpentine shoreline of Saganaga Lake at the end of the Gunflint Trail give even the best navigators a challenge.

Good campsites are determined by the quality of rock outcrop they provide for an afternoon nap. Popular lakes are defined by the height of the mineral-streaked cliffs that waves crash against, or the placement of islands in strategic photo locations. Portages are remembered for the abundance of ankle-twisting rocks, or the lack of solid footing around marshy beaver ponds. The rocks of the Boundary Waters are appreciated—and cursed—by travelers, but understood by few. Knowing a little bit about the bedrock of its history can make the wilderness an even more awe-inspiring place.

The beautiful cliffs on Jordan Lake were likely formed along a small fault. Their vertical surface is an ideal place for pictographs. | EMILY STONE

The tangible geology of the Boundary Waters begins about 2.7 billion years ago. The rocks of this era are part of the Canadian Shield, the heart of the continent. This “craton” is the base on which the rest of North America was formed. In the

Boundary Waters, the shield is composed of three types of rocks: metamorphosed volcanic rocks, metasedimentary rocks, and granitic rocks. Many wilderness paddlers pass through the town of Ely on their way into the lake

country. If you wind through the back streets toward the intersection of 13th Avenue and Main Street, you may find yourself face-to-face with a large and lumpy boulder known as the Pillow Rocks. This metamorphosed volcanic rock is one of the oldest rocks on the continent.

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Travelers on Parent Lake marvel at the size of a huge glacial erratic boulder that the glaciers dropped at the tip of a rocky island. | EMILY STONE southward from the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Canada many times over hundreds of thousands of years. In the Boundary Waters region, these glaciers possessed incredible erosive power and carved their way across the landscape. Many of the north or northeast trending lakes were gouged out beneath ponderous glaciers. As the ice moved, it picked up chunks of rocks from one area, carried them a while, and then deposited them again. Called “glacial erratics,”

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Two Races and a Road Trip By Erin Altemus In mid-February, we packed up 14 dogs, two mushers, one handler and a toddler and headed to the UP200, a 230-mile race starting and ending in Marquette, Michigan. My husband Matt drove the team and I drove the truck. The UP200 is an assisted race, meaning, handlers meet the team at each of the three checkpoints and help care for the dogs while the musher catches a nap before hitting the trail again. The race was fairly uneventful. Matt had smooth runs on a fast trail. Fast enough that Anna (our friend and handler) and I barely made it to each checkpoint before the team arrived. This was partly due to us trying to catch naps and help my mother-in-law with Sylvia. Example: After Matt left the first checkpoint, which is 70 miles into the race and where he stayed five hours between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m., we went back to the hotel room to catch a nap. I thought for sure as soon as we fell asleep, Sylvia would wake up, thereby providing our alarm clock. But at 9:30 a.m., I awoke, realizing we had exactly an hour and a half until Matt arrived at the next checkpoint, leaving us one hour of drive time and a little time to set up the truck—15 minutes, is how much time we had before Matt and team came in. This pattern continued the rest of the race—we slept through our alarms several times. Even at the finish, we found the last possible parking spot, wedging into a crammed parking lot of dog trucks and welcomed Matt and team in to his fifthplace finish. Given the competition, we were quite happy with his place and a decent purse check. But, forebodingly perhaps, we had three sick dogs at the end of the race. Word was that a GI bug was making its way around

Erin and Nancy take a nap and have a heart-to-heart on the straw at Sylver checkpoint. | ERIN ALTEMUS the teams. Two dogs for sure had it and a third, Beezus, just wasn’t eating. By the next morning, I asked the vets at the race banquet to look at him. He was running a fever, a fast pulse, and had nothing to eat or drink for 24 hours. The vet suggested we stop at their clinic on the way out of town.

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From Marquette, Anna and I parted ways with Matt and Sylvia who returned home. Anna, myself and the dogs continued east toward Maine. We visited the vet who gave us fluids to give Beezus on the drive—we are both nurses, so not a problem, we thought. The vet and I still thought this was a GI bug, based on the other two dogs being sick.

days visiting Beezus and skijoring with the other 13 dogs in Sudbury. Our nice race check from the UP went directly to pay for Beezus’ care, but worse of course, was that Beezus would no longer be able to race Can AM with me in just over a week and worse than all that was the possibility that he would not recover at all. It was with huge relief that we were able to drive away with Beezus in the back seat of the truck a few days later and continue on to Maine.

dogs seemed in fine form and though I considered dropping down to the 100-mile race in the Can AM, I felt I had a team ready for the 250 and decided to stick to the plan. Anna flew home, Matt and Sylvia flew out and we headed to Fort Kent, a town in northern Maine that borders New Brunswick. I finished the Can Am 250 two years ago in fourth place and Matt has finished twice as well. The pressure was on (perhaps self-inflicted) to do well.

By the time we hit Canada out of Sault Ste. Marie, Beezus seemed worse, breathing rapidly and still running a temp. As nurses, Anna and I knew he was becoming septic. We stayed overnight in Sudbury and went to another vet the next morning. Beezus had full-blown pneumonia, requiring IV fluids, antibiotics and a hospital stay. Anna and I spent the next three

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Nancy, an 8-year-old leader, and our young and rising star Temper led me the first 62 miles to Portage. I had bib 4, so I didn’t have many mushers to pass before I was leading the pack. I assumed a couple mushers behind me would pass, as we usually have a much slower first leg than some of the Canadians. But, these mushers never appeared and when we hit Portage Lake,

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The next leg didn’t go as well as I mistakenly took two dogs that should have been dropped at the first checkpoint. One rode into Rocky Brook in the sled bag. By the time I left Rocky Brook, I had 10 dogs on the team, had banked a 45-minute nap in the past 24 hours and was nursing two sore wrists, one belonging to my trusted leader Nancy. We continued on to Sylver, arriving early afternoon. Here the team would rest almost four hours, and though I laid down next to Nancy and tried to shut my eyes, I couldn’t sleep. As my leave time approached, I was again running in fourth place in the standings. Nancy’s wrist was too sore for her to continue. Always, hindsight is 20/20. I wish that I had made the decision to rest longer, see if Nancy would recuperate. But, I chose to be competitive. We left the checkpoint with eight dogs, Temper and Itsy in lead. It would soon be dark. Allagash was over 50 miles away through some of the most mountainous country I have ever traveled by dog sled. I knew what I was up against. Itsy didn’t want to lead. She stopped and looked at me with confusion. I tried Tom. He was uncertain. Temper wouldn’t go solo. I tried him with Houdini but Houdini only wanted to turn around and smell Hush who was in heat. I tried Hush next to Temper but Temper could then only think about the girl next to him like some crush-crazed teenager. My possibilities quickly dwindled. I spent an hour trying dogs, moving a few hundred feet at a time. Finally, when the next musher passed me, we turned around, went back to Sylver and scratched. I’ve never scratched before. I’ve always been the one to get going when the going gets tough. But without a leader, we had little choice. Within a few days of returning home, I listened to a new audiobook on my commute up and down the Gunflint; “If we’re brave enough, often enough, we’ll fall … I’ve never met a brave person who doesn’t know failure, disappointment and heartbreak,” narrated Brene’ Brown from her book, Dare to Lead. It’s a harsh way to end a long season of training and one that ultimately seemed to be plagued with bad luck. But, after long discussions about our future with sled dogs on the two-day drive back

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Beezus stayed in the doggy hospital for three days while being treated for pneumonia. | ANNA HENNESSEY through Canada, I have come back full circle to the belief that I would be utterly and impossibly bored without the adventures and mis-adventures of our life with dogs. The day after we got home, I hooked up the puppies and watched them settle in, on their first run, to a steady gait and a tight tug on the gangline giving me a swell of hope for the future. Matt ran 2-year-old Sting in lead and found him to charge ahead. Sylvia has taken several short rides on the sled with me while I run the puppies and seems to be more enthusiastic about mushing all the time. Onward.

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Two siblings of a family shattered by the mysterious disappearance of their father decades previous reunite and begin the process of picking up the pieces. The question of why their father disappeared looms large over their efforts. For his grandson, Nick, who is coming of age, the answer may affect the course of his life. This murder mystery is largely set in the North, including the BWCAW. The author’s family once owned Gateway Hungry Jack Lodge on the Gunflint Trail.—Shawn Perich

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During your travels in Northern Wilds, have you come across a distinctive rock with an almost perfectly circular hole in it?

Omars are usually rounded, but this one is somewhat flat, brown in colour and with a rounded hole about a half-inch in diameter. | ELLE ANDRA-WARNER

Well, chances are you found an Omarolluk, commonly called an omar, and it came from just one place on earth: the Omarolluk Formation on the Belcher Islands in the southeast part of Hudson Bay. The omars were carried by glaciers more than 700 miles south and spread across central Canada and northern U.S. An Ontario Geological Survey noted, “It may not be the prettiest of rocks, but this grey rock (wacke) with brownish circles (calcareous concretions) has travelled a very long way.” Maybe not pretty, but they have become very popular with rock hounds; there’s even a Facebook page “Omar Omarolluk Collectors.”

This omarolluk is a dark-coloured greywacke which originated onthe Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay and was found on a Lake Superior beach. The hole in this rock is about an inch in diameter. | ELLE ANDRA-WARNER

The omars are dark siliceous greywacke (a variety of sandstone) and easy to identify because of its distinctive round holes. The pitted holes are the result of calcareous concretions (hard round mass of mineral matter) that were scooped out over time by weather and wave actions. Omars were first reported by Robert Bell of the Geological Survey of Canada back in the late 1800s. In 1879, he wrote about the abundance of dark grey fine-grained quartzite [greywacke] in the country between James Bay and Lake Superior and Huron. “Well-rounded fragments of this rock…characterized by round spots, from the size of a pea to that of a cricket ball or larger, of a lighter colour than the rest of the rock, which weather out into pits of the same form,” wrote Bell. And there is a Thunder Bay-connection to Omarolluk. The rock is named after Omarolluk, the Inuit hunter-guide and companion to Robert Flaherty, the famous filmmaker of the 1922 film, Nanook of the North, now considered the “Father of Documentary Film.” According to Macleans Magazine (January 14, 1980) “Omarolluk’s hunting and guiding skills allowed Flaherty to be the first white man to cross the northern Ungava Peninsula.” The connection? Michigan-born Flaherty lived a number of years in Port Arthur, (present-day Thunder Bay) and continued to visit relatives in the city throughout his life. Imagine night walking on a Lake Superior beach with a flashlight and seeing rocks that glow in the dark. Thanks to Michigan’s Erik Rintamaki who discovered them

University of Saskatchewan and according to an article in Mineral News (May 2018), were “the first verified sodalite documented from the state of Michigan.” “Rocks with fluorescent sodalite have been previously found in Michigan but were never sent to be verified,” said Rintamaki. “I wasn’t the first person to find one, but I am credited with the discovery.”

The glowing rocks known as Yooperlites were named by Erik Rintamaki, who discovered the rocks in 2017. | ERIK RINTAMAKI in 2017, those glowing rocks now have a name, Yooperlites.

the strange glowing stones were not listed in any of the books on Michigan minerals.

The grandson of Finnish immigrants, Rintamaki has been a long-time agate hunter on the beaches of Lake Superior, just like his father and grandfather. Years ago, after teaching his brother-in-law how to find agates, the two of them learned about fluorescent stones and minerals—and it became their dream to go searching at night for those rocks. But it wasn’t until 2017 that Rintamaki purchased an ultra-violet (UV) flashlight on eBay, headed out at 4 a.m. to a Lake Superior beach in Michigan’s UP Peninsula to see if he could find a fluorescent stone.

“No one could tell me what they were,” said Rintamaki. “I called them Yooperlites as the people from the UP Peninsula are called ‘yoopers’ and that’s where I found them.” (He has now trademarked the name Yooperlites, has a Facebook page and website: yooperlites.com.)

He did find a few small ones, went back, found more stones, upgraded to a 100 UV light—and kept finding more stones. But

So what makes the Yooperlites glow? While the rock itself is the granite-like syenite, blue-grey in colour with white streaks, it’s the presence of a fluorescent mineral called sodalite that makes the stone light up and glow streaks and specks of orange-yellow when placed under UV light.

And there’s an Ontario connection to Yooperlites. Researchers believe these Yooperlites came from the Coldwell Alkaline Complex on the North Shore of Lake Superior between Schreiber and Marathon, and were transported by glaciation from Canada to Michigan. Dating back 1,100 million years, the complex is the largest alkaline intrusion in North America. On a visit with geologists to the area, Rintamaki did find Yooperlites at Pebble Beach near Marathon. Rintamaki, who gives Yooperlite tours, said “People get hooked. They find the first one and then look to find another. Same thrill when finding the first and last one— same adrenaline. And if I can find one, anyone can.”

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This comfortably larger home of 5 BD 4BA, has such a warm, welcoming feel with recent wood floor put in the main floor and vaulted ceilings in the Living Room that you’ll love. The Kitchen is complete with a breakfast bar that opens to the dining area. Large south facing windows allow light to flow through the home! Grill out on accommodating Deck overlooking the wilderness setting with a huge back yard to have for a great space of entertaining for all occasions! Big garage space that has the upstairs that could be turned into a rental space. This home has an amazing Home Theater Room with a projection screen and in floor heating to bring movie watching and family nights up a notch. This is a must see home with an amazing variety of options it has to offer! MLS 6087250 $299,900

Devil Track Lake Cabin.

Don’t miss this cozy cabin located on 6.52 acres of land on the west end of Devil Track Lake! The cabin features wood beams, a main floor open-concept layout, and large loft space with amazing lake views. Idyllic, level yard space - plenty of room for yard games, outdoor dining, and bonfires! Enjoy reading, writing, or playing games in the peaceful screen porch. Unique shoreline with permanent dock access - you’ll love this cove of Devil Track and its possibilities for paddle boarding, boating, swimming and more! On the other side of the private road, you’ll love the clearing that has already been done - level land at the mouth of privately created trails. Perfect for ATV access, hiking, snowshoeing, and more! MLS 6085747 $284,900

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Fully furnished, and all you need is the key...... literally. Updated 2-story home located along the shores of Devil Track Lake just 8 miles up the scenic Gunflint Trail from Grand Marais. Inside you’ll find modern decor with a flare of up north touches. Enjoy the lake-facing deck or step out of the lower-level patio doors and enjoy the spacious backyard that leads up to the lake’s edge. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, including a spacious master suite on the main level. In addition to the two living areas, there’s a full sized kitchen and a dining room area, a perfect gathering place for the entire family. Unique artwork and carefully selected furnishings make this home warm and welcoming. The beautiful wall to wall windows allow you to take full advantage of the Devil Track Lake views year round. New roof, stain, decking, flooring, newer appliances and more. No work required on your part. Enjoy swimming, fishing, boating, water in the warm months. Then come back in the winter to enjoy snowmobiling, ice fishing and more with easy access to snowmobile trails and other area lakes. The property is part of the Landing at Devil Track Homeowner’s Association providing year round access, snow removal, maintained road and driveway, lawn care and covenants designed to protect your investment. This home is currently part of the Cascade Vacation Rental program. New owners can elect multiple options how best to use and enjoy their new vacation property. MLS 6088480 $425,000

Gorgeous Lutsen Home. Gorgeous log home tucked into the perfect spot in the Superior National at Lutsen golf community. Open concept w/cobblestone FP & four-season porch in a woodsy setting. Perfect layout for entertaining, with peninsula bar & stainless appliances. 3 bed, 3 bath, incl main flr owner suite with separate tub/shower. Main floor laundry. 2 add’l bedrooms on upper level w/full bath & loft. In-flr heat w/elec boiler & propane FP for dual fuel savings. Wraparound deck facing Lk Superior with outdoor gear closet. Oversized, detached dbl garage & cool firepit. Well-maintained home with great curb appeal. Well-managed HOA with shared state-certified water/waste systems. Perfect location to enjoy all of the activities the North Shore has to offer. Close to restaurants, shops and within walking distance of North Shore Winery! MLS 6088120 $489,900.

Stunning Superior Property. Beautiful and well-maintained home, with unparalleled views of Lake Superior in most of the rooms that will take your breath away. A nice mix of Boreal Forest surrounds the home for a very serene and quiet locale filled with wildlife. Light pours into this 2-bed, 2-bath home, accenting the Scandinavian-looking aspen paneling throughout the home with vaulted ceilings. A stunning accent is the Vermont Casting Wood Stove that was installed a year ago. The kitchen has a JennAir stove top with easy conversion to a grill top. Vaulted ceilings with large floor-to-ceiling windows brings the glorious outdoor foliage and woods into your dining experience. The wet bar extension is ideal for the chef in the family to have the extra area for cooking and counter space. Magnificent location with accessible ledge rock by the Big Lake that would be perfect to have a camp fire as you watch the Tofte fire works in the summer months. Dining in the gazebo whether for breakfast or dinner is a surreal experience of being surrounded by the professionally landscaped yard; no need for a lawn mower. All of this and a double detached garagae. This is a must see property! MLS 6088709 $699,900

Aspenwood on Lake Superior. Gorgeous lake views from every level of

this sharp Lake Superior condo. Quality finishes including granite, wood & tile floors, maple cabinets, with a cool, modern vibe. Multiple spaces to hang out in this spacious, three-level unit with 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Large windows for wide-open views of the big lake. Vacation rental revenues help to offset the cost of ownership. Enjoy your time on the North Shore without any pesky chores. Just enjoy lake living, and all of the activities this area has to offer: golfing, skiing, hiking, biking, beach combing, music, shops & restaurants, plus more. MLS 6085503 $299,900.

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Buildready Lake Superior parcel. Driveway, power & septic already in place. Private setting with no hwy noise. Accessible shoreline, cleared build site, surveyed. Make this beautiful spot your new Lake Superior homesite! MLS 6082793 $229,900

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Enjoy beautiful Tait Lake Another Price Reduction! Priced nearly 25% below current assessed value,

and down $60,000 from original list. Someone could ask, “what’s wrong”? Absolutely nothing, just a very motivated seller! This is a large parcel on beautiful Tait Lake, consisting of 6.1 acres with deeded access to a nearby private Association boat landing (a couple blocks) on Tait Lake, and no pricey lakeshore taxes. Towering white pines, multiple build sites and a corner lot ideally-situated for convenient ingress and egress from two sides of Caps Trail so that you can trailer your boat in and out with ease! Located just 13 miles from Lutsen, adjacent to the Caribou Trail. Power & broadband at the road. HOA handles road maintenance and plowing giving you year-round access! Seller is a licensed real estate agent in the State of MN unrelated to listing agent. Please let listing agent know if you intend to walk the property, but you’re welcome to do so! Make an offer today – one of the best values in all of Cook County. MLS 6085581 $69,000

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Gunflint Trail Area Lakeshore lot on Poplar Lake with a new 2 stall garage, electric, driveway, nicely wooded, great views to the north and west, 200’ lake frontage, 1.8 acres, on a private road with year around access. MLS 6074074 $158,000

Inland Lake Lots Tait Lake, Lutsen This gorgeous Tait Lake property

waterfront lot is a must-see! Enjoy 208 spectacular feet of shoreline and 3.83 wooded acres situated on either side of a private association-owned road which is accessible year-round. You’ll love the scenery as you approach the lake: the picturesque drive, mature trees, and rolling hills. Paddle, fish, snowshoe, hike, and more from this scenic location! Just 12 miles away from Lutsen area activities and a short 30 minute drive from the great shops and restaurants in Grand Marais. This serene lot is ready to be your retreat! MLS 6084736 $209,000.

Devil Track Lake Lots Great location for second home, primary residence, or cabin. Wooded shoreline with many potential building and driveway locations. Ample space for septic and well. Pristine shoreline, plus close proximity to Grand Marais and many area activities. MLS 6081021, 6081022, 6081023, 6081024. Priced from $99,900 to $149,900.

Superior National Golf Course Homesites Few Golf Courses have been built on land as spectacular as Superior National. And more recently the golf course just completed its nearly $4.5 million course improvement project on the River and Canyon Nines. The homesites listed below are tucked within the Cedar Forest along River 6 fairway and River 6 green. With water, sewer, power and broadband available, combined the sounds of the Poplar River just across the fairway and so much more beauty, the value offered simply is unbelievable. Lot 4 Block 2. This lot sits adjacent to #4 fairway on River 9 at Superior National Golf Course. Very nice build site with easy access from Ski Hill Road. Water, Sewer, power and broadband available curbside. This is an excellent value. MLS 6079877 $59,900

Sugar Loaf Road ‘Eighty’ This wooded ‘untouched’ property is secluded yet has year round public road access that is snow plowed and maintained for you... approximately 1/4 mile of frontage road access. Only less than 30 minutes away from Lutsen Mountain’s ski hill and Superior National golf course. For the outdoor enthusiast, it is close to several destinations, the Sugar Loaf Nature Trails and Center, Caribou Falls, Temperance River and the Superior National Hiking trail. This is a generous eighty-acre parcel, with many older cedar trees that would be an ideal place to build a forest home, cabin for hunting or to have a piece of pristine nature! MLS 6085833 $129,900

Lot 9 Block 5. Very nice golf course lot adjacent to the 6th green at the newly renovated Superior National at Lutsen Golf Course. A very nice building area has been sited. Broadband, water and sewer curbside meaning no need to drill a well or build an egregious mounds septic system. The property is within an HOA which provides water and sewer to homeowners within the association. MLS 6081231 $84,500

Hwy 61 Frontage Perfect Lutsen Home Site.

Check out this Lutsen parcel, with the potential for outstanding views of Lake Superior. Private setting, yet convenient to many local spots. Priced below tax value, so call today! MLS 6082966 $45,000

Convenient Build Site. Great parcel of land

conveniently located just 2.7 miles east of Grand Marais. Well already in place. Located on Hwy 61; perfect place to build a new home. 2.29 acres. MLS 6081081 $55,600

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Versatile rental on Lake Superior! These Poplar River Condos have 3 bedrooms, a sleeping loft, 3 bathrooms, each with a whirlpool tub, three gas fireplaces and amazing rental versatility. The ingenious floor plan allows rental as one, two, or all three bedroom units by guests making it a popular option for couples AND families visiting the resort. You and your family can enjoy a north shore getaway while earning an income. Unit 582 $339,000 Unit 552 $365,000 price reduced Unit 572 $359,000 Unit 512 $439,000 price reduced

These 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Cliff House Townhomes at Lutsen Resort are the perfect Lake Superior getaway. An open concept kitchen, living, and dining area with a gas fireplace and a patio overlooking the lake, affords owners lake living at its best. This is a family favorite for guests of the Resort. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the many activities and amenities a resort property offers to you as a unit owner. Unit 675 $429,000 Unit 673 $399,000

Enjoy visiting Lutsen in your very own lakeside unit while earning an income at Lutsen Resort! The Sea Villas are as close as you can be to the edge of the water which means amazing lake views and access to Lake Superior. This unit has 1 bedroom, plus a sleeping loft, a beautiful bathroom with a full kitchen, living and dining room, wood burning stove and deck facing the big lake. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss your chance and inquire further today! Unit K3 $205,000 price reduced Unit G5 $209,000

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Stunning 4BR/4BA open beam Lake Superior home! Features floor to ceiling windows for gorgeous views, updated kitchen and a HUGE living & family room. Lot has 1.65 acres & 214’ of shoreline, 2 garages, greenhouse plus a cute sauna by the lake.

MLS 6088081 $749,900

8580 w Highway 61

Exceptional Lake Superior lot with 313’ of amazing shoreline including a gravel beach. The depth of the lot, as well as the 4.26 acres provides plenty of privacy from Highway 61. Enjoy listening to the lake in the this cute 1940’s cabin located right by water’s edge.

Beautiful one level home situated on 6.5 acres overlooking Lake Superior with 175 ft of stunning gravel Lake Superior shoreline. Truly a gourmet designed kitchen with top quality cabinets, appliances, granite & tons of storage. Spacious great room, beamed ceilings, fireplace & lovely tiled floors. Att’d garage with upper level storage.

MLS 6086744 $399,900

122 Stonegate Rd

3 bedroom, 3 bath comfortable, elegant home on 218 feet of Lake Superior shoreline. Open concept, large window, gas fireplace, high quality home. Huge heated attached garage and workshop. Plus private rustic guest cabin in a wilderness wonderland.

MLS 6086682 $749,000

MLS 6083953 $525,000

MLS 6080232 - $850,000

45 Mossy Hollow Point

Looking for the dream cabin nestled in by the lake? This 2BR/2BA is the perfect size with 1128 sq. ft. of one level living. Gas fireplace, custom maple cabinets & solid wood floors. Gazebo, decks & benches make it easy to appreciate the 261 ft. of ledgerock shoreline.

MLS 6087722 $429,900

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Large acreage 180X w gauthier Rd 100 acres of privately owned acreage directly abutting Judge Magney State Park, with distant Lake Superior views. Direct access to the Superior Hiking Trail, with plenty of wildlife to observe! MLS 6079702 - $104,900

22 e Rosebush Lane

Marvel at the views of Artist Point from this stunning 4 bedroom, 4 bath premier home located west of Grand Marais. Must see to appreciate the custom tile work, built-ins, floor to ceiling windows, cobblestone fireplace, decks and expansive gourmet kitchen & much more. Home is complete with AC, back-up generator & oversized garage. Private 2.96 acre lot with 243’ of gravel shoreline.

Camp 20 Rd Heavily forested 170 acres that has been replanted with pine trees. Rolling topography, many building sites and hiking trails. Features a gravel pit on the northwest corner and a small wildlife pond to the south. State land to the south & east. MLS 6074422 - $149,900

Schroeder Lot

MLS 6086787 - $314,900

Land XX OLd Ski HiLL ROad 3+ acres just minutes from town on a quiet county maintained road with a nice mix of trees. Easy access to snowmobile trails and fun at Pincushion Mountain. MLS 6088343 $49,900

whispering Pine Private lot at the end of Wes Hedstrom Trail, just high enough for a view of Leo Lake. Convenient location mid-Gunflint Trail. MLS 6088183 - $45,000 SOLd

COyOte Ridge LOtS XXX BROadway ave Magnificent views are yours to be had from these Want to live in the country and yet want access to 5 acre parcels! Only minutes to downtown Grand City Sewer & City Water? Check out this over-sized Marais or Cascade State Park. lot that is located on the Gunflint Trail in city limits. LOt 6 MLS 6087781 $79,900 MLS 6085408 $39,900 LOt 2 MLS 6087783 $99,900 Pending

14x Bloomquist Mtn Rd Ten acres of mature trees including huge White Pines! Sloping lot with lots of southern exposure for sunshine all year long. MLS 6075850 - $49,900

County Road 67 Lots Looking for Lake Superior Views AND close to town? Lovely lots with a solid, private road & all utilities are readily available. State owned Superior shoreline, perfect for morning walks. Lot d 3.48A, with Lake Superior views MLS 6086070 - $69,900 Railroad drive Lutsen 1xx High Ridge drive Schroeder Lot e 2.7A, all utilities readily available Sweet 1.7 A building site located in the heart of 15 acre lot high on the ridge is ready for your dream MLS 6086072 - $82,000 Lutsen. Gently rolling topography, mature trees and home or weekend getaway! Views of Lake Superior Lot F 2.24A, year round access easy building site. to the south and valley to the north. MLS 6086085 - $39,900 MLS 6084050 - $39,900 MLS 6082812 - $99,900 west Hwy 61 310X east Highway 61 XX Boulder Point Rd Attractive & affordable building site with 3+ acres & Nice lot east of town with 5.56 Acres; excellent Attractive YR building site with 3.22 A; private easy access right off of Hwy 61. Minutes from town topography lines. Lake Superior Access across the driveway; seasonal creek and gentle southern slope and Close to Cascade River State Park road. Owner will Carry a CD. with some partial views of Lake Superior. MLS 6086779 - $35,000 ReduCed MLS 6086836 - $59,900 MLS 6086785 - $59,900 19XX Camp 20 Road 1XX COunty ROad 56 313X east Highway 61 Affordably priced 20 acre parcel with privacy, Rare opportunity to find a gently rolling 20 acre Fantastic lot with 20.89 acres, that could be situated near Federal land to the north. Seasonal parcel in the heart of farm country. Lake Superior subdivided. Features a pond, great views & healthy access off of the Camp 15 Loop Rd in Hovland. view and driveway already in place. trees. Owner will carry a CD. MLS 6076349 - $24,900 MLS 6083495 $67,900 MLS 6086834 - $159,900

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Massively expansive ledge rock shoreline make this lot one of the most amazing shoreline you will see on the North Shore. Lot is 2+ acre and 200 ft wide with significantly more meandering shoreline.

County Rd 14 Terrific and extremely affordable pieces of land with good high building sites and interesting game attracting low areas as well. 8Xa COunty Rd 14 MLS 6086957 $38,900 XX LeveauX Ridge Looking for an affordable lot to build your future home? This south facing, year round property has electricity, phone and broadband on site plus it abuts state land. MLS 6086067 $29,900 StROBuS Lake Rd - LutSen 10 beautiful acres less than 10 miles from Lutsen and only a short drive to the Grade and multiple access points to the BWCA. Close to trails, fishing and more. MLS MLS 6086562 $49,900 Jonvick Creek Sites 12 lots available from 1.5 - 4.8 acres In the heart of Lutsen, just off the Caribou Trail. Maples, Pines, and cedars in varied arrangements will make a great back-drop for your home or cabin. Each property adjoins public land making your space seem even more private. $29,900 - $49,900

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d L SO 54 Morgan Rd Special one room getaway in the woods on 40A of mature trees, abuts Cascade State Park and Federal land! Beautiful Lake Superior Views. Garage and bonus space is quite functional as it is, or remodel as you desire. MLS 6073759 - $199,900

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841 irish Creek Rd, Hovland 75 acre parcel with a little one bedroom cabin with a loft, perfect for a weekend getaway, is located off of the Irish Creek Road, in the heart of the Arrowhead Trail. Lot is gently rolling with beautiful trees and a wildlife pond. MLS 6083960 - $79,900 11 wildflower Lane, Lutsen Beautiful 4 BR, 4 BA home with lots of special touches - gourmet kitchen, hickory floors, fireplace, eagle nest style loft, custom tilework and a separate w/o apartment, Lake Superior views, large deck all on 6+ acres. MLS 6088188 $489,900

904 County Rd 14 Beautifully situated on over 5 acres of forest land this gem in the rough is just waiting for you to polish it into your personal space, whether it be vacation or fulltime home. Quality windows, doors, and in-floor heat fueled by geothermal. MLS 6087368 $139,900

415 3rd ave e 2+BR, 2BA remodeled home nestled in a beautifully wooded private lot. Great possibilities with the 23x36 in-floor heated garage, 1 BR apartment, bonus space currently used as a salon, and additional 24x24 garage. MLS 6086500 $379,900

2021 County Rd 7 The interior is as cute as can be with gorgeous, nicely finished wood floors, an efficient kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a laundry room all on one floor!!! Perfect starter home with a little TLC and sweat equity. MLS 6084603 $104,900

1001 Pike Lake Rd Check out the charming farmhouse character of this 2 BR, 1 BA fixer-upper on a great 10 + Acre property only 15-20 minutes from Grand Marais. Motivated Seller! MLS 6087721 - $89,900

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ONE ROOF HOUSING • Many financing options available to qualified buyers.

Interest Rates are incredibly LOW, making a monthly mortgage all the more affordable.

For example: $175,000 - Principal 3.5% Interest at 33 years Monthly Payment $745.77 Interest rates vary depending on loan, credit & timing. Payments will be higher when adding Real Estate Tax & Insurance Escrows. This information is strictly for illustration purposes.

• 0% on Loan for Closing Fees. • Potential of Reduced Interest Rates through Rural Housing & Home Development. • Quality Construction & Energy Efficient.

new aFFORdaBLe PRiCe 18 nordic Star dr Brand new 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in a quiet neighborhood of Grand Marais. One level and low maintenance living with beautiful oak kitchen cabinets, stainless steel appliances, island for extra seating. 2 stall garage completes the package. Prospective buyers must have a gross annual income under $70,900. Exceptions may apply. MLS 6088033 $173,000

11 nordic Star dr Cute porch upon entering this brand new 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in a quiet neighborhood of Grand Marais. Kitchen features ample oak cabinets, stainless steel appliances, island open to the living room. The laundry/utility room accesses the attached garage. Prospective buyers must have a gross annual income under $70,900. Exceptions may apply. MLS 6088034 $173,000

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33 wilderness trail Escape to this beautiful piece of north woods paradise with 200” of shoreline on Tom Lake. Includes a shed, outhouse, outdoor shower with hot water. Shoreline accommodates a great dock and excellent swimming hole. This unfinished, fully furnished cabin is waiting for someone to make it there own! MLS 6088040 $169,900

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42 Soderberg Lane SERIOUSLY! Check out one of the only grandfathered-in Boat Houses in Cook County. This lot features 412 ft of shoreline on Birch Lake with 3+ acres. Property includes an older rustic cabin, is fully surveyed, year round access. MLS 6088180 - $232,000

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3823 arrowhead trail Cedar log cabin nestled in the trees, overlooking McFarland Lake with 311’ frontage. 2BR, 3/4 bath, cathedral ceilings, wood floors and lots of windows. Complete generator/solar panel system, well, septic, all designed for year round usage. MLS 6082108 - $339,900

g n i d n Pe 44 Carbine Rd Imagine the ultimate northwoods experience-this rustic, twobedroom cabin is 15 feet from the shore of McFarland Lake at the end of the Arrowhead Trail. Outbuildings include a sauna, generator shed, wood shed lean-to, shed and outhouse with 500 gallon tank. MLS 6083715 - $199,900

187 Little Ollie Road Incredible opportunity! This lovely B & B with Yurts, is located mid-Gunflint Trail, directly off of some of the best cross country ski trails in the area. The property was designed for those that love the outdoors, hiking, biking & skiing and is located on Little Ollie Lake. OR use it as the family cabin with plenty of room for everyone to spread out. Time to let your imagination go wild!

tom Lake Lovely private super sweet spot on Tom Lake. South facing inland lake lot with 200 ft of shoreline and 2.66A with private driveway and cleared trail, camping area and fire pit. MLS 6081429 - $89,900

Clara Lake With 200 feet of south facing lake shore surrounded by Forest lands this lot is a wonderful escape from the outside world, yet only 12 miles from the Lake Superior shore. MLS 6085959 $109,900

Poplar Lake Private lot with over 2 acres & 250’ of rocky shoreline on Fireplace Road. Great open lake views and a Southeastern exposure provides a perfect building site. MLS 6077828 - $139,900

Poplar Lake Convenient mid-Gunflint Trail 2.75 acre building site featuring deeded lakeshore access. Building site cleared, driveway in, utilities available. MLS 2158160 - $52,500 SOLd

devil track Lake 5.9 acres to make your dreams come true on the popular north side of Devil Track Lake! 340 feet of shoreline to enjoy all the fun things to do on the water! MLS 6085879 $164,900

tom Lake Tom Lake lot with over 200 feet of frontage and an easy slope to the lake! There’s a shed and a dock waiting for you to start your adventure. MLS 6083377 - $69,900

Commercial

Prime commercial property has immediate income. Two upper level apartments with space for more, plus storefront, and grounds rental. For Grand Marais the location could hardly be better for tourism and traffic potential.

MLS 6029037 - $437,900

Pike Lake Pristine Pike Lake lot with 190’ of rocky shoreline on the north west side of the lake. Easy year round access off of the Caribou Trail, electricity & broadband available. MLS 6084251 - $178,900

Condos

Great opportunity in the downtown business district! This building is located on 1st Avenue West close to the harbor, Wisconsin Street, and Highway 61. Busy retail area year round--heavy foot traffic all summer long! A cafe, jewelry store, and t-shirt shop have all prospered at this location-what is your dream business?

MLS 6084360 - $199,900 ReduCed

610 e 5th Street

Commercial lot in Grand Marais with a great location. Just over 100 feet off the Gunflint Trail on East 5th Street with over 10,000 square feet to develop. The area has excellent exposure.

east Bay Suites

Check out these condos located in the heart of

Grand Marais on the shores of Lake Superior. Great property if you are wanting a 2nd home or an investment property.

unit 210 MLS 6082642 $299,900 3BR, 2BA

MLS 6083349 - $52,500

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Squint Lake Mid-Gunflint Trail lot with 2.13A & 221’ shoreline. Gently rolling topography, old white pine trees, YR access & abuts USFS! MLS 6028920 - $75,000

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35 w Point Rd Over 400’ of accessible shoreline on the end of South Point with a private boatslip and dock. This 2 BR, 2BA seasonal retreat may be the most perfect spot on Devil Track Lake to catch the sunset. MLS 6085678 $299,900

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lake superior properties superior location, waterfront in Grand Marais. Situated on 160 ft of stunning shoreline with awesome views of the east bay and Artist Point, this early homestead has great commercial potential, or use as a residential home. The large 2 bdrm, 3 bath home would have many options for an Inn or B&B. Two garages, one with living space above, plus a charming shed. The half acre parcel is adjacent to downtown commercial businesses for visibility, but also feels tucked away and private. Mls# 6083621, 6083758 $789,000 panoraMic lake superior. Gorgeous 10 acres with panoramic views on Lake Superior. 545 feet of beautiful sand/gravel beach with a stream running through the property. Located only 1.5 miles from Gooseberry State Park. Septic hook up is at the road. Mls# 6031490 $399,000 croftVille road paradise. A rare find! Enjoy a view of Lake Superior from this well built, spacious 1+ bdrm home. Solid front deck, hard oak floors, accessible private beach, and room for a new garage. Add your own finishing touches and enjoy your piece of this iconic area. Mls# 6086969 $294,000 BiG Views on fiVe acres. This cabin sits on almost 5 acres of land and includes 543 feet of Lake Superior shoreline in the Big Bay area of Hovland. It has a nice grouping of old pine trees along the shore and a few cedar. The views are spectacular and whether or not you are looking to build your dream home or use this as is for a getaway you will have some amazing views on the Big Lake. Mls# 6086940 $282,900 superior opportunitY. Bargain on the shore! 575 ft of Lake Superior shoreline on 5+ acres. Property is located 4 miles east of Hovland and includes 2 garages, septic system, paved driveway, and water system. Beautiful, accessible shoreline. Offers encouraged! Mls# 6087505 $267,000 lake superior – encHantinG BiG BaY. Tucked in the corner of beautiful Big Bay, this lot has great lake views, and looks east to the ridges running up the coast. An old cabin could be renovated and is situated right along the shore. There are nice home sites with access to power and Broadband. The woods is deep and enchanting with large spruce and moss covered boulders. End of the road privacy. This is a unique spot for your home or cabin. Mls# 6088024 $253,000

lake superior, BiG BaY, BiG Views. Dense spruce forest, moss covered boulders and privacy make this a classic Lake Superior lot. 200' shoreline with partial driveway in place, shared road maintenance, power and Broadband. Easy access from Hwy 61, yet private and secluded feeling. Mls# 6082864 $172,500 price reduced!

inland water properties larGe two island lake retreat - Grand Marais. This 46+ acre property includes a beautiful peninsula with outstanding lake views. Wide creek and tons of wildlife. Privacy assured with over 1600 ft of lake front, plus over 2000 ft of creek. Mostly US Forest lands surrounding you - literally walk to the BWCAW. Charming 4-season, 2 bdrm cabin with large dock and easy lakeshore access. Large stone fireplace and screen porch. Property can be sub-divided. A rare gem located just 20 minutes from Grand Marais. Mls# 6087574 $749,900 custoM lake HoMe – Greenwood lake. This custom built wilderness lake home features 2 stone fireplaces, quality fixtures, finishes and details throughout. The large and private 2.5 ac lot has expansive 391 feet of shoreline, and adjoining U.S. Forest shore on Greenwood Lake, making for a truly private setting. Pristine views, large floating dock system, complete off-grid solar and generator system, satellite internet and cell service. The large 2-car garage has shop space and power room. The lot is landscaped with a gazebo, fountain and fire pit. There's even a private boat slip to save time and effort launching the boat. Mls# 6087884 $529,000 Bella laGo on pike lake. If you are looking for the ideal lake home, you have found it! This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home features whole log construction for that cabin feel. Light a fire in the wood stove and gather friends and family. Year-round adventure awaits! Privacy, water, outdoor firepit, wilderness, recreation, modern conveniences including high speed broadband... they are all here. The overall layout allows everybody to be together with spaces to duck away if you need a little quiet time. Wonderful 12 x 28 screen porch! This property is used as a successful vacation rental. Mls# 6087664 $359,900 priVate lakesHore wilderness lake. Eggers Lake is surrounded by the Superior National Forest and has only one private land owner on its shore. This 160 acre island of private property sits within the scenic and rugged Misquah Hills with remote privacy plus a large wildlife pond. Mls# 6085583 $349,900

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inland water properties Bwca at Your doorstep. The cabin you have dreamed of! Perfectly cared for 3 bdrm home with many inviting windows and a huge composite deck. Half a mile paddle to the BWCA with great fishing. Solar panels and propane generator. Dream kitchen with propane oven and antique wood stove. Custom cabinets, solid wood flooring, and even a fireplace in the master suite! The large garage could hold an RV and more! Mls# 6086867 $349,000 new! serene nortH sHore – deVil track. Classic year-round lake cabin on the serene north shore of Devil Track Lake. Two bdrms, 1 bath, a cheery sunroom and an attached rec room that is very multi-functional. While there is no garage, there is space to build one. The storage shed is sized to fit whatever outdoor gear, lawn care equipment, bikes one needs to stow. The lakeside deck walks out to a nice level and gently sloping yard where it's easy to enjoy a nice bonfire, fish off the dock, swim, boat and enjoy lake life in a gorgeous setting. Mls# 6088816 $269,000 new! deVil track lake – reMote caBin. This quality 2-bedroom cabin was built in 2012 featuring large windows, cathedral ceiling in the great room, loft, and beautiful kitchen. There is a new well, and a compliant outhouse. The location is unique, being at the far end of the South Shore Dr of beautiful Devil Track Lake, in an area surrounded by state and USFS lands. The 150 feet of lake frontage is in a protected and sheltered bay. The 4.78 acre parcel adjoins thousands of acres of remote public lands for exploring. Mls# 6088269 $235,000 caBin witH Bwcaw View on Mcfarland. This super 2 bdrm cabin has great views of the Palisades and the west end of McFarland Lake. Just a stone’s throw from the BWCAW! Comes furnished including fishing boats, canoe, dock, and two Onan generators. Mls# 6029644 $184,900 leVel lots, nice woods, easY sHore. These Devil Track Lake lots have easy access from a county road, power, phone and great building sites. South shore, 200+ ft. frontage, great views. Build your home on the lake here! Mls# 6033181, 6078259 - $198,900 each Mark lake - 159 acres. The only private land on the lake! Mark Lake is about a mile long, 8 ft deep with good northern fishing and lots of wild rice. Approximately 200 ft of shoreline with ultimate privacy and wildlife viewing. Seasonal forestry road access, or snowmobile in the winter. Priced well below assessed value. OWNER IS MOTIVATED AND LOOKING FOR OFFERS! Mls# 6088418 $179,000 toM lake lot witH dock. Imagine owning over 650 feet of shoreline on a fantastic walleye lake! The driveway is in and the dock is at the shoreline. Gentle slope with nice building sites. Electric and broadband are nearby, year round access. Mls# 6083761 $169,900

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inland water properties lake priVacY on 20 acres. Beautiful Lost Lake is a private, remote wilderness lake with only a few parcels on the water. This outstanding lot has towering white pines, pristine views from a cabin site on a knoll looking south over the whole lake, and great accessible shoreline for your dock. The lake has no public access and is quiet and peaceful with a motor restriction, and nearly half the shoreline is protected by a conservation easement. Seller is motivated! Mls# 6083646 $129,000 nortH fowl lake caBin. Only a lucky few get to own cabins here. Remote water access from the US side, or drive in to the landing on Ontario side. Stunning views, easy access to the BWCA. The 2 bdrm cabin is one of the nicest remote cabins you'll find. Includes a great sauna. Mls# 6023214 $139,900 Great Greenwood lake lot. Tremendous views of the bay and lake. 2.10 acres surveyed and ready to build. A true northwoods setting, nicely wooded, privacy, easy lake access. There is a stubbed in driveway and a building pad. Greenwood lake road is plowed in the winter. Mls# 6084314 $120,000 priVate toM lake lot. 25 acres and 671 ft of shoreline on a great walleye lake! Nice white pines, fantastic rock outcropping for your dock. Remote access - no road easements are in place. You can visit this spot by boat or snowmobile. Look for the flagging and sign. Mls# 6083597 $105,000 nice toM lake lot. Gently sloped 4.34 acre lakeshore lot that would offer some incredible views. Situated in a quiet and peaceful private bay. Mls# 6076728 $99,000 leGendarY sawMill BaY. Magnificent old-growth cedars and maples frame a corner lot with a high and dry build site. Year-round road access and a terrific wildlife habitat awaits your cabin in the woods. 185' of Caribou Lake frontage. Mls# 6032953 $89,000 escape to nineMile lake. Nice, quiet lake between Tofte and Finland known for its recreational opportunities. 2.9 acres very near the BWCAW. Good snowmobile access to the Tomahawk Trail and miles of trail riding. Mls# 6085601 $59,900 Great price lake lot. Deep woods, seclusion and nice views from this Tom Lake lot. This is the desired west side of the lake with access from the Camp 20 Rd. Enjoy a peaceful lake property with good access. Great back roads to explore. Adjacent land available. Mls# 6085287 $43,900

HoMes & caBins tHe BallY House B&B. Seeped in deep history and an abundance of charm and class, The Bally House Bed & Breakfast is now available. Not only does it have 4 guests rooms (each w/ their own bathroom), but the owner's home/quarters is spectacular itself. Absolutely turn-key. Updated throughout and lovingly maintained. Massive garage, lovely little stone garage, garden shed, unbelievable grounds. All within walking distance to downtown Grand Marais. Mls# 6084663, 6084813 $669,000 priVacY and QualitY HoVland HoMe. Magnificent, elegant 2 bdr, 2 ba home hidden on 30 acres. Marble tile floors, soaring cathedral ceilings, master bath with hot tub and sauna, marble stairs, artist etched glass, 2000 sq ft garage, and more! A rare gem. Mls# 6086559 $465,000

HoMes & caBins classic loG HoMe – scenic Moose ValleY. Beautifully crafted, 4 bdrm log home on 81 acres with a mountain-like setting. Large kitchen, large walk out basement, huge heated garage with work shop, two historic cabins used for storage, small creek and thousands of acres of adjoining state forest to explore Mls# 6086788 $446,000 new! eXceptional Grand Marais HoMe. Located on a corner lot right in the heart of Grand Marais with beautiful gardens, fruit trees, flowers - all professionally landscaped. Wrap around decks (682' sq.feet), seasonal lake view. Loads of living space, 4 bdrm, 3 baths, 3 fireplaces - 2 gas and one wood burning. Wonderful large kitchen with big windows and patio door to the deck. Living/great room with open stair to the maser suite upstairs. The cozy room is flooded with light, has a wood fireplace and patio door to the deck. All the windows are Anderson "Eagles" for comfort all seasons. The office/den could be the 5th bedroom. The garage is 2 car but half used by the seller as a heated shop. Easily converted back. Endless possibilities! Mls# 6088560 $395,000 larGe conteMporarY Grand Marais HoMe. This home/studio is ready for your vision! Over 4200 sq ft of living space (including studio) on 2+ floors with many large dbl thermopane windows! Plus a cozy 1 bdrm apt on main floor with its own full size kitchen and fireplace. SOLIDLY built with dry basement, covered deck, garages and more! Mls# 6085626 $384,900 Great location Grand Marais HoMe. This solidly built 3 bdrm, 4 bath home in the middle of Grand Marais has lots to offer. Plenty of storage with two garages, basement with great room and recreation room, large laundry, plus a craft/workshop space for your hobbies. This mid-century home is ready for your vision. Mls# 6087562 $287,000 cHarMinG tofte HoMe – BiG lake Views. All the charm of the 1930's with all of the modern conveniences one could want. The current owner put so much TLC into this 3 bdrm home since purchased: Brand new bathroom, newer appliances, a new set of steps to the upper part of the lot (which overlooks its own waterfall!), fireplace improvements, improved/repaired chimney, an absolutely adorable finished shed that was used as a small art gallery, a new fenced-in area, and incredible gardens. The hardwood floors are gorgeous, the layout is ideal and the overall feel is nothing short of cozy and calm. The Lake Superior views are astounding, there is access to the public shoreline just across the road and access to dining, shopping and hiking/biking is right outside the door. Mls# 6087734 $235,900 reMote Hide-a-waY. Charming custom built 2 bdrm, 2 bath cabin tucked in the woods overlooking a beaver pond. A screened porch for summer dining. The living room is open and includes the kitchen and dining. A cozy Franklin stove warms the whole building. The full basement is a complete guest space. Generator power and over 100 acres to explore. Mls# 6029349 $244,000

cottaGe HoMe across froM lake superior. This cute home sits just across the highway from the big lake shoreline. The 2 bdrm, 1 bath cottage has wood floors, beamed ceilings, and a warm, comfortable feel. Septic and well, a small shed and 11 acres of privacy. Mls# 6030154 $159,900 affordaBle HoMe in cook countY. Great starter home for year round use or as a seasonal cabin. This home sits on 7.26 acres surrounded by maple trees and only 12 miles from Grand Marais. New construction in 2016. Nice big garage. Close to cross country ski trails, state snowmobile trails and hiking trails. Mls# 6085730 $154,900 rustic recreational caBin on 40+ acres. Very private recreational 42 acres with rustic cabin and a beautiful, large pond for wildlife. Great grouse hunting and deer hunting. The timber cabin can easily sleep 6 in the loft. Offering to sell furnished! Mls# 6087367 $99,000 GetawaY cottaGe near deVil track riVer. This little cottage needs some good TLC, but it's a start for someone who wants a seasonal getaway at an affordable price. Spacious yard, surrounded by towering pines and poplars. Property boundary is steps away from Devil Track River. Mls# 6085486 $94,000 forest cottaGe in HoVland. This cozy cabin in the woods comes fully furnished and includes a knotty-pine interior, a sleeping loft, and wood stove. The 1.6 acre parcel is located under a mile away from Lake Superior, with tall pines & deer trials crossing the property. This is a sweet little getaway to the Northwoods. Mls# 6088116 $75,000

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condos & townHoMes Beautiful sea Villa on lake superior. Updated successful vacation rental sitting just a few steps away from our beloved Lake Superior. 2 bedrooms, a sleeping loft within the 2nd bedroom, 2 bathrooms and views that will blow you away!! The Sea Villa has modern appliances, a woodburning stove, wi-fi, TV, indoor swimming pools/hot tubs, sauna and sits right next to the state bike trail. This gorgeous waterfront townhome is only a short drive away from the ski hills and the Superior Hiking Trail. Mls# 6087735 $326,500 Quiet lake superior sea Villa. Entirely cozy, comfortable and close to the edge of our beloved Lake Superior in Lutsen. Fully furnished, this Sea Villa has one bedroom plus loft with two twins. Located in a quieter part of the grounds, but still near the pool/sauna building and the playground. Pet friendly! Mls# 6088117 $204,900

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coMMercial properties priMe retail downtown Grand Marais. Main traffic location in the heart of down town. Located on Wisconsin St between Blue Water Cafe and Sivertson Gallery, with 25 ft street frontage and over 2300 sq ft each. Build up for a lake view – lots of possibilities! Mls# 6084743, 44 $144,900 each priMe coMMercial lots in lutsen.Two acre-sized lots with Highway 61 frontage-road access and great visibility in downtown Lutsen. Nice creek borders the east property line, nice mature forest. Great location for a small gallery, retail or restaurant. A residential lot is available adjoining to the north. Mls# 6088430 $97,900 • MLS# 6088431 $89,900

riVer/creek frontaGe larGe tract witH creek. This 319 acre parcel has ponds & creek frontage on the Flute Reed River. Has been in DNR management program. Great for hunting or homesteading. Access is by unimproved easement from the Camp 20 Road, near county maintenance. The land may be split - take your pick of "40's"! Mls# 6081432 $258,000 suGarBusH, BeaVer, trout. Remote 80 acres ,10 miles from Grand Marais with easy access. Surrounded by public land. 700’ of Durfee Creek frontage. Mls# 6024638 $134,900 price reduced! Brule riVer retreat. Remote 40 acre parcel with small bunk house, covered camp shelter and outhouse. Walk the path to the river with 660' shoreline where you can launch your canoe and fish this placid stretch. Surrounded by wildlife and thousands of US and State Forest land. Mls# 6076495 $99,900 woods, water & seclusion. Three 40 acre lots with 600 to 1000 ft frontage on Mons Creek. Also includes deeded access to Lost Lake. Private and secluded. Mls# 6081718 $69,900 or Mls# 6081719 $59,900 or Mls# 6081720 $69,900 HiGH propertY, driVewaY, creek frontaGe. This 25 acre parcel has great south exposure and views from a nice building site at the end of a long driveway. Very private setting and frontage on Irish Creek. Ready for your cabin in the woods! Good solar potential and easy year-round access. Mls# 6082872 $69,900 nice HoMe site near Grand Marais. Nice elevation and views from this 6.75 acre lot off of County Rd 6 just minutes from town. Frontage on Little Devil Track River, with lowland and highlands. Nice forest and privacy for your home or cabin in the woods. Mls# 6031740 $51,000 10 acres on tHe flute reed riVer. Very nice property for your homestead. The Flute Reed River meanders through with a perfect build site about 200 ft from the river. Heavily wooded with mature trees. Great recreational parcel! Electric at the road. Mls# 6087451 $49,500 flute reed riVer HoMe sites. These two heavily wooded parcels have the seclusion of 11-13 acres and about 330' frontage each on the trout stream Flute Reed River. Access is easy from frontage on a county road. Power and broadband are available. These lots are the perfect place for a retreat property or a year-round home. Mls# 6030884, 6030885 $47,500 each 500’ on MoHns creek. Mixed topography of beautiful rolling land with many great build sites on 25 acres. Old growth cedar, spruce, pine and birch. Abuts state land. Mls# 6029353 $37,000

land/BuildinG sites acreaGe adjoins wilderness - lake access. This 42 acre parcel includes 400 feet of shoreline on McFarland Lake. Building sites are located across the road on the hillside with potential lake views. Easy access to the BWCAW and Border Route Hiking Trail. Mls# 6085112 $169,000 increasinGlY rare, larGe recreational parcel. 190 arces fully surveyed. The perfect retreat. Has a rich variety of trees, ponds, high and low lands, some meadow land and wetlands. Mls# 6029820 $129,000

land/BuildinG sites larGe parcel near lutsen. Over 65 acres of astounding beauty and opportunity to create your own wooded oasis. These two parcels are ready for someone to execute their vision of a Northwoods experience. Surrounded by public lands for privacy with power and broadband at the road. Partial driveway in place, with proximity to lakes, the BWCA, trail systems and Lutsen. Mls# 6088177 $114,900 larGe acreaGe near toM lake. 128 acres with good road access and an easy walk to the Tom Lake boat landing. Year-round road, power is possible here. The 3 forties may be split - take your pick. Mls# 6081431 $111,000 HuGe pond-HuGe priVacY. Large 45+ acre wooded parcel located across from Tom Lake. Huge pond/lake in the very center of the acreage. Mls# 6083920 $90,000 Mature woods, lake View, close to Grand Marais. Great 20 acre parcel on County Road 14 with mature forest and Lake Superior views. Good area for a home or recreational property. Could be subdivided. Mls# 6086641 $89,900 land near wilson lake. A special piece of the Northwoods – 16 acres with deeded access to Wilson Lake! USA-owned forest is your backyard. Driveway, electric, and a small bunkhouse/shed are in place. Mls# 6028685 $80,000 eleVated Views in HoVland. Nice elevated property to build a house or cabin, with distant views of Lake Superior. Close to hiking at Judge Magney State Park and Superior Hiking Trail, or trout fishing in the Flute Reed River. The outdoor adventure opportunities are endless! Mls# 6086321 $79,900 two incrediBle lutsen parcels. Driveway, electric/broadband, survey and a cozy camper/RV are all set on Lot 3, while Lot 4 offers unending privacy as it abuts federal land. Christine Lake public boat landing is within walking distance with Poplar and Tait rivers nearby as well. Mls# 6080792 $75,000 fortY witH ponds – countY rd frontaGe. This 40 acre parcel has beaver ponds, adjoining federal land and easy access with frontage on County Rd 14. Just 15 minutes from Grand Marais, this would be a great large home parcel, or rec land with 1000s of acres of USFS lands on the west border. Mls# 6076727 $65,000 Hidden GeM in HoVland. Explore the 40 acres of seclusion with dramatic views from the south facing bluff. Enjoy the beautiful mixed forest and abundant wildlife. It even has a small gravel pit for your future building needs. The neighbors have electricity and the road has been kept open all winter through a road association. Mls# 6076192 $68,000 Great location for Your HoMe. 7.5 acres located just 5 miles from Grand Marais on County Rd 7 blacktop. Some lake views, good building sites, driveway and a tiny cabin set up for your camp outs until you build. Mls# 6087262 $64,900 larGe land, pond, lake riGHts. Densely wooded 60 acre parcel with beaver ponds and access to Lost Lake. Good seasonal road access, many great building sites and southerly exposure. Lots of elbow room, privacy, and miles of forest roads to explore. Mls# 6086104 $63,900 lake superior Views – Great location. Five heavily wooded acres with driveway to a beautiful building site. Great lake view! Only minutes to Grand Marais. Nice mix of trees, quiet dead-end road, south exposure, power and Broadband nearby. Perfect for your home in the woods. Mls# 6086767 $63,000 larGe land, Maples, lake access. This 67 acre parcel has high maple ridges, a pond, and an easement to walk to Tom Lake. Good seasonal road access, many nice building sites. A perfect escape property in an area with many trails to ride and forest to explore. Mls# 6085291 $59,900 deep woods and priVacY 20 acres. Remote with access to modern amenities, this acreage has a nice elevation with some views, some maples, other nice trees and a small creek. Road frontage on an old DNR road in good shape. Power and Broadband are nearby. Mls# 6085875 $59,900

lot near nineMile lake. Very private and quiet beauty of a lot with power and year round access. This large 6.8 acre lot sits high on a maple ridge with a seasonal view of the lake and deeded access to the cleared corridor to the shore. Mls# 6083977 $56,300 denselY wooded, HiGH Ground – 20 acres in HoVland. Great location not too far off the beaten path, potential lake views, nice forest and feels remote and private. Just off Jackson Lake DNR Forestry Road. Great area for hiking the nearby SHT, biking or four wheeling the many trails and old logging roads. Potential off-grid home site or cabin site. Mls# 6085963 $54,900 perfect 5 acre HoMe site. This is a great residential home site Only 5 miles to town and on a school bus route. Nicely wooded and bordering public land on two sides. A new driveway has been curved into the meadow and perfect home site. 5+ acres for private living. Mls# 6084313 $51,900 recreation on powers lake road. Over 60 acres of wooded land with minimal wetlands, waiting to be explored and enjoyed. Nearly 1,500 feet of road frontage on Powers Lake Road present a range of options for access. Good spot for a rustic northwoods retreat or hunting camp. Close to Esther Lake for great trout fishing. Mls# 6087571 $51,000 20+ acres in HoVland. Heavily wooded property with a rustic, wood-heated cabin, in the midst of a sled-dog neighborhood. Driveway minimally maintained; a 4 wheel drive vehicle is a good idea. Lots of recreational opportunities nearby. Mls# 6086501 $50,000 wildlife HaVen. Fairly flat 5.92 acre prosperty despite being located on a hill. Some wet soils, and a mixture of poplar, pines and birch trees. There is quite a bit of wildlife activity here, including deer, grouse and wolves. Potential for a distant Lake Superior view. Adjacent property available (MLS #6082089). Mls#6082090 $49,900 wooded seclusion in Grand Marais. Six great wooded lots on the west side of Grand Marais. Build your home within a short distance of the bike trail and just a mile to downtown. Septic systems and wells are allowed here with power and broadband. Privacy on a dead end road. Mls# 6087223-26, 28, 30 $48,500 – 59,500 rollinG land, pines, HoMe sites. Two 10 acre parcels of heavily wooded land within 10 minutes of Grand Marais. Great location with remote feel near trails and thousands of acres of Federal land, yet close to town and the big lake. County road with utilities. Mls# 6076524, 6076539 $47,900 - $49,900 wooded propertY near Grand Marais. 10+ acres with pines, birch and poplars, rolling hills and a small creek. Could be a great place to build a home or set up a deer camp. There is also another lot directly adjacent that is also for sale (MLS#6082090). Mls# 6082089 $46,900 nice 20 witH BeaVer pond. The driveway and trails are in place on this nice 20 acre parcel with maples, cedar and variety of forest types. Large beaver pond adds a water feature for wildlife! Mls# 6084563 $45,900 BuildinG site oVerlookinG Mcfarland. This pine studded 7 acre property has easy walking access to the county beach on McFarland Lake. Nice elevated build site with easy county road access. Mls# 6085111 $43,000 new! acreaGe in Grand Marais. Wonderful, large wooded lot inside city limits, and conveniently located just 1 mile from downtown Grand Marais. Plenty of space here to build a house, stretch out a bit and maybe lay down some roots...with a garden perhaps! Mls# 6088336 $43,000 Great location HoMe sites. Just minutes from Grand Marais on black top County Rd 7 are two 5+ acre lots with easy access to power and Broadband. Good building sites. MLS# 6079612 - $42,900 • MLS# 6079615 - $64,900 Great location HoMe site. Wooded home or cabin site near Devil Track Lake. The 1.72 acre lot has nice trees and maybe a view of the lake from a second story. The boat landing is just down the road, as are many other lakes and trails. Mls# 6084370 $34,900

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majeSTIC LaKe SUPeRIoR Home- CaSCaDe beaCH RD In LUTSen. take a step back in time, when family gatherings were all about the gathering itself. The classic Great room: a Carlton Peak stone fireplace; high Vaulted ceilings; a prow of windows allowing Lake superior in all its Glory to flow in to the space. 4 bedrm, 2 baths. all need your vision to transform…make this home yOUr family gathering spot. mesmerizing Lake superior shoreline, level access you will LOVe.

mLS#6084614 $625,000

back Ups Considered! ReDUCeD!

CaPe STYLe LIvIng on LaKe SUPeRIoR!

Unwind along the 200+ft of private shoreline along Lake superior, or watch the storms roll in from the comforts of your home. Pockets of beach rock come and go, rearranging just so after each day’s series of waves do their artwork. every room looks to the big lake for inspiration and relaxation. Lots of room for everyone in this 4 bedroom, 3 bath home. mLS#6086609

$499,000

DReamIng on THe noRTH SHoRe!

baY bReeze, a LaKe SUPeRIoR Home-500+ feeT of SHoReLIne!

Overlooking blueFin bay on Lake superior, this tofte home has amazing Lake superior views! top notch Construction, with thoughtful design centered around family gatherings and individual spaces. Gourmet kitchen which will satisfy the fussiest chef, with kitchen island and breakfast bar. Wall of windows face Lake superior, really fantastic interior spaces focused on the big Lake. master loft bedroom with nice views. Lower level bedrooms with rec space, your guests will love their own space, with Lake Views too! Large garage with guest space above. Gorgeous land, Gorgeous home. mLS#6076479

between the border and hovland, find elegance combined with single-floor living. Views to the big lake soothe the eye in all the main rooms. Family-reunion size deck. en suite master bedroom. This home is all comfort and ease. Wild setting, with a civilized domicile.

mLS#6084180 $479,000

$399,900 ReDUCeD 100K!

LUTSen LaKeSIDe oaSIS on LaKe SUPeRIoR! built before

neW! CoTTage on CaSCaDe’S LaKe SUPeRIoR! simple Living, small

Footprint 3 bedrm Lutsen Lake superior home, with large deck Overlooking Lake superior. accessible sprawling ledgerock shoreline. Lower level walks out with some overflow guest space and workshop area. $549,000

mLS#608847

neW! DevIL TRaCK RIveR CobbLeSTone Home aT moUTH of LaKe SUPeRIoR! Fully

renovated and much loved home, you’ve all seen the outside, the cool looking Cobblestone house on the Lake superior side of the devil track river, just a few minutes east of Grand marais. While the exterior is interesting, the interior is FantastiC! From the warm wood floors to the hand hewn interior beams and trim, this home welcomes you in to the history of the north shore. Updated everything and move in ready, walk to the beach and up the river for a day of Fly fishing, just incredible home and location. mLS#6086342 $399,000

the days of lakeshore setbacks, this home is perched just at the edge of the ledgerock leading to Lake superior. Well designed home allows the big Lake to be the big Focus! kitchen, dining, Great room and two of the three bedrooms all have excellent views of Lake superior. One plus car attached garage, two driveways from the west end of the Cascade beach rd, perfect Lutsen location! mLS#6083301 $535,000

oLD WoRLD CHaRm anD CRafTSmanSHIP meeT 300’ of LaKe SUPeRIoR beaCH!

Just over an hour from duluth, you’ll LOVe this secluded getaway with a timeless Vibe! The main home is just the right size, with a guest cabin, each bedecked in all the little matters that count. Carved birds soar out of the gables, there’s scrollwork, tin filigree, a sauna. The fireplaces! The beach cobbles came in handy, each a masterpiece - roaring delights.

mLS# 6081939 $599,900 ReDUCeD!

amazIng LaKe SUPeRIoR Home WITH a beaCH HoUSe! bIg vIeWS fRom aLmoST eveRY Room! beautifully updated kitchen w/ center island. Living room wood burning fireplace is perfect for Lake superior living! all the hard work on updating bathrooms has been done, this home is ready for your enjoyment! Wait until you see the beach house! Fabulous for a great sense of the Lake! many fun features! mLS#6083651 $589,000

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noRWooD SHoReS, LUTSen’S PRemIeR LoCaLe. This home is so

close to the lake: a commanding view. many details are taken care of by the homeowner’s association. The lack of any work encourages the mind to wander, relax, ponder life’s mysteries with the inspiring back drop of superior generating ideas and dreams. Cathedral ceilings, Plenty of elbow room over 3 levels.

mLS#6083643 $329,500

dreamy setting with over 300 ft of shoreline, over 10 acres and even some apple trees! This home has vaulted ceilings, large kitchen, main level bedrm/bath and a lower level rec room with sauna…your guests will never want to leave! must see to understand the potential this home has! 2+ car garage, lean to storage. mLS#6086465

LaKe SUPeRIoR TofTe ConDo aT CHaTeaU!

super Cute 1 bedroom 1 bath Getaway with all the amenities at Chateau!

$449,900 bIg vaLUe!

mLS#6086139 $69,900

WoW WHaT a gReaT LUTSen LaKe CabIn! Over

SURfSIDe #16a on LaKe SUPeRIoR, mInUTeS To LUTSen moUnTaInS!

Clean and Crisp modern design, this Quarter share is waiting for those looking to vacation a LOt along the north shore! sensible and cost efficient, this townhome is a stone’s Throw to Lake superior! Check out the 3d Virtual tour at www.timberWolffrealty.com and walk through the townhome! you’ll see top quality and inviting spaces for you to create family memories! mLS#6080869 $184,900

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excellent Vacation getaway on the north shore, this 2 bedroom Condo has modern design with vaulted ceilings and tOns of Lake superior views, just a stone’s throw to Lake superior! super rental revenues, excellent amenities!

240 ft of Prime shoreline on tait Lake. Park like setting, this home is nestled in to the Wilderness. two huge main level bedrm, large bath and separate laundry. Upstairs big loft, sleep the masses or remodel in to a master en suite! terrific screened three season porch, updated kitchen with quartz counters. LOVe the Great room and fireplace. 1 plus car garage/workshop. mUst see sOOn! mLS#6082618

$374,900

mLS#6077000 ReDUCeD! $339,900

2 PLUS LofT beDRoom LUTSen Sea vILLa! We

aren’t sure what’s better about this Villa, the cool rock island and easy access to beach shoreline a few yards from the Villa Or the master bedroom en suite, a rare find for the Villas! a total of 3 bathrooms, plenty of space for family gatherings that will no doubt flow out on to the big Lake shoreline!

mLS#6084391$299,900 ReDUCeD!

Mountain ResoRt HoMes CHeCK oUT THeSe SKI In SKI oUT ConDoS anD ToWnHomeS aT LUTSen moUnTaInS!

515 moose mtn, holy smokes awesome Unit biG Value!

mLS#6082462 $187,000

D L o S neeDS TLC, a CHaRmIng CabIn on CaRIboU LaKe WITH aLmoST 200 fT of SHoReLIne! Great Peninsula

Point location! Fabulous Lake views from cozy living room w/ wood burning fire place! Wrap around deck, 2 car detached.

mLS#6085653 $349,900

LoDge STYLe LIvIng on CaRIboU LaKe! mLS# 6083867 $649,900 neW! famILY ReTReaT on PIKe LaKe!

Bargain Buy! 120a bridge run at Caribou highlands! two levels of fun, upstairs bedroom/bunk space. must see at this price!

Great family cabin with super accessible shared shoreline. enjoy views of the lake from the living room while cozied up by the fire, or walk out to the Large deck and relax with your coffee and a view!

mLS#6084056 $79,900!

124b The best at Caribou because it is completely updated and has a double deck, gorgeous 1 bedrm condo! mLS#6032522, ReDUCeD $92,900

WoWSeR!

mLS#6087771 $269,000

#670 mooSe moUnTaIn! 5 bedrm 4 bath mint townhome with amaZinG VieWs OF mOOse mOUntain! mLS#6087455 $319,000

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LUTSen LIvIng, fanTaSTIC geTaWaY CabIn oR YeaR RoUnD Home! recreational mecca on the

honeymoon trail, this cabin is designed for main level living while you stick the family and guests downstairs! Vaulted ceilings in the kitchen and living room spaces, with propane fireplace, and tons of windows to enjoy the wilderness setting. 7 miles up the Caribou trail, where there’s a ton of lakes, biking and hiking opportunities.

neW! 281 mInK RanCH, LUTSen 2 beDRm, 1 baTH fUnCTIonaL Home WITH LoTS of LIgHT.

mLS#6086021 $189,900

take advantage of the low interest rates and near nothing down mortgage and pay less than to rent!! nearly new construction means low maintenance!

mLS#6088801 $159,900

neW! 283 mInK RanCH, LUTSen moUnTaInS fooTHILLS! sweet nearly new main level living in a compact footprint! 3

bedrms and open kitchen family room with 2 car attached garage! southern exposure, tons of light flows through this home! mLS#6088802 $209,900

Love THIS Home In THe CooLeST SmaLL ToWn! new kitchen remodel,

new shingles, new septic system! tOns OF VaLUe in this Grand marais home! two Car garage with new garage door, Outdoor saUna hOUse! made for Winter Fun with discounted price! $287,500

mLS# 6083092

HoneYmoon TRaIL Home In LUTSen! nearly

new, really nice home in woodsy setting, great recreational area for hiking, biking, and just enjoying some peace and quiet in Lutsen. two bedrooms, Open kitchen/family room, nice southern exposure! big garage, shed. Walk to Christine Lake!

mLS#6082440 $229,000

gUnfLInT TRaIL WILDeRneSS Home WITH vIeWS of gUnfLInT LaKe! newer construction log sided home. 10 acres

bordering the superior national Forest on 2 sides- seclusion! Throw the boat in at the nearby Gunflint Lake landing when you want to hit the water. newer home has Fabulous lake views, spacious deck. Fabulous stone fireplace, open dining/kitchen area. Gourmet kitchen, granite. master en suite bedrm, screened porch. Lots of elbow room with the additional bedrms.

mLS#6083975 $279,000

2 CabInS oUTSIDe gRanD maRaIS, RenTaL oPPoRTUnITY.

yes, they need fixing up but these cabins have a highly desirable location just “Up the hill” from Grand marais. Currently generate rental income, use your vision on upgrades! mLS#6085107

$69,000

WInTeR WonDeRLanD mInUTeS To LUTSen moUnTaInS! Gorgeous home made for

winter recreating! snowmobile from your front door to the Local trail system a few minutes away, cross country ski trails even closer! Lutsen Caribou trail location, incredible master suite, fireplace, fantastic kitchen. attached and detached garages for toy storage! mLS#6083720

$315,000 SeLLeR SaYS SeLL!

LoveLY TemPeRanCe RIveR aRea Home-6 aC SURRoUnDeD bY mILeS of PUbLIC LanD. adjoining bike trail, a ¼ mile from the temperance river biking and hiking bridge, a minute more to Lake superior! head up the temperance rd to the tranquil setting of the #8 swimming hole on the temperance river! Lovingly maintained home. 3 bedrms, 2 baths, plus sun room bunk room! Large garage w/ art studio space? mLS#6084142 $355,000

ComfY anD CozY YeaR RoUnD CabIn In TofTe! Great location just across from the bike trail, minutes to Lutsen resort and blueFin bay. Cute cabin on a beautiful parcel of land. big garage. mLS#6085892 $179,000

moUnTaIn ToP LIvIng on mInneSoTa’S noRTH SHoRe! breathtaking views of Lake

superior are the focus of this home, built by david salmela. Lofty red Pines are scattered amongst the boreal forest surrounding this 4 bedroom home while overlooking the wild country of tettegouche state Park.

mLS#6086880 $650,000

Call TImbeRWoLff ReaLTY or visit www.timberwolffrealty.com for more information! 44

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Say Good Bye to the Cold Rain and Snow! Spring has Arrived!

Call TimberWolff for Your Personal Tour of Homes & Land!!!

I n f o @ T i m b e r Wo l f f R e a l t y. c o m

Local 663 - 8777 • To l l f r e e ( 8 7 7 ) 6 6 4 - 8 7 7 7

CamPn’, hUntn’, FUn GetaWay Land, inVest in yOUr FUtUre! Sawbill Trail Tofte Lake Superior Views, mature spruce forest with driveway and well in place!

ROCKY WALL outskirts of Silver Bay! huge Lake superior Views, driveway and Campsite in Place! maple Forest, electric, developed build site!

$99,900 mLS#6074084

Whitetail Ridge Overlooking Lake Superior! Just off highway 1, enjoy sprawling Lake and ridgeline views and rugged terrain! yr round access, electric. mLS# 6024856 $99,000 SaLe

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Woodland Foothills Build Ready lots, shared Water & Community septic from

15+ acres with Spectacular Views of Lake Superior!

Heartland of Lutsen, 80 ac at the Foothill on turnagain trail, Fabulous Wilderness build s of ski hill ridge, near downtown Lutsen!

mLS#6030129 $89,900

Maples with lots of Elbow Room, year round access and nice location between Cross river in schroeder and Finland! mLS#6028422 $49,000

mLS#6086610 $229,000 Wildwood acres lots- ranging from $19-33,000 Great location! mLS#6087233

penDing!

30 acres Wilderness, borders lands next to Little manitou river! mLS#2309327 $129,000 2+ car Garage in Place sitting on 3.4 acre lot with 200ft of shoreline on ninemile Lake!

mLS#6087805 $139,000

Top of the Ridge Overlooking Tait Lake! 2+ Garage in place sitting on 2.95 acres. mLS#6086718

$59,900

Well-Manicured Lot in Lutsen! driveway and building site in place, 1.75 acres.

Crosswinds in Tofte, Walk to Coho! Large pkg lots, Great Value. fRom $45,000

mLS#6086735 $29,000

mLS#6077966

10 Ac Parcels of Maples! rolling terrain of mature maples to a sweet building site Parcels Over a mixed boreal Forest. year round access and electric at road!

D mLS#2024250 SoL$42,000

40 ac Sugar Loaf Rd-Hunter’s Paradise, upland and level land. yr round access, minutes to Lake superior.

mLS#6086473 $48,000

Wilderness land with canoe access to Tait Lake! 3+ ac a stone’s throw to tait Lake!

mLS#6078839 $42,000

5 ac in the heart of Lutsen, just above TimberWolff! Great location for family home or Vaca Cabin!

driveway, with cleared build site area. 2017 built garage with electric and fiber used as a sWeet summer cabin getaway! Porta Potty on site! mLS#tbD

Come on! Aren’t you A little tired of sleeping in A tent?

$89,900

Very near the public access to Gunflint Lake, these Rustic cabins are CUTE, with Log sauna (needs a wood stove).

mls#6076146 $129,900

Tucked in the maples with cedar forest surround, 2 parcels at

$36,000 mLS#6084131-2

mLS#2312987 $119,000

High Ground above Lake Superior, bloomquist mountain area!

30 acres of Prime Wilderness Land with year round access and electric at street with Views of Lutsen’s famed Clara Lake!

D penDing! oLSaLe mLS#2080599S $99,000

mLS#6085097 $39,000

Quiet Side of Town Building Site, just off the east 5th street in the heart of Grand marais. Walk to east bay!

Jonvick Creek Runs Through It! enjoy the sounds of the Creek running by your future build site, Fabulous Lutsen Location just off the Caribou trail!

mLS#6082222 $54,900

LAKE SUPERIOR views, rolling terrain with creek meandering through the land. beautiful setting less than five minutes to Grand marais!

mLS#6074981 $57,500

Tait Lake area, Legend Trail parcel bordering UsFs lands with views of Wills and Williams Lake!

mLS#6029849 $65,000

mLS#6028619 $67,500

Mature Trees In Town! excellent location for your main level living home, tucked in to the trees while being a minute to sawtooth mountain Clinic and the ymCa!

Hilltop build site in the maples, isak ridge rd. nice Lake superior Views with superior national Forest lands across the road. Perfect for a Walk Out home design!

mLS#6080711 $80,000 mLS#6080709 $79,000

mLS#6084133 $49,000

Wilderness Lutsen location at tait Lake- backlot with driveway in place! yr round and electric

Caribou Hillside in Lutsen! maple hillside above Ward Lake and Caribou Lake, FabULOUs location for summer and winter fun! must see land!

neW! CLaSSiC garage Cabin on pike Lake roaD! Long winding

mLS#6084134 $39,900

mLS#2309328+ fRom $39,000

mLS#6077951 $39,000

rUstiC Cabins and GetaWays!

Hansen Hjemstead Rd, level build site with nearby pond!

mLS#6078781 5 aC $40,000

Coveted County Road 7 Location! two 5 acre parcels remain, with creek meandering along the border. nice boreal forest, high elevations! mLs#6086990 $63,000

mLS#6029115 $33,000

mLS#6086993 $65,000

inLand Lake Lands

Lake DeeryarD Lake nearLy 8 aCreS anD 473 ft of getaWay! 2.30 acres and 175ft of shoreline! CobbLe beaCh ShoreLine on Lake Superior! nice build sites, rugged mLS#6086435 $174,900 terrain! Grand Portage area. mLS#6078704 ruStiC getaWay LakeShore, $266,00 iSabeLLa area. mature pines, JuSt north of SiLVer bay, end of the road location on swallow Lake! paLiSaDe VieWS of Lake mLS#2300576 $64,900 Superior! Gorgeous Lakeshore, Priced beSt of the ViLLage at Way below tax assessed Value! Gorgeous Views ninemiLe! 1800ft of shared shoreline on down the Coastline and Well buffered from hwy. ninemile Lake, great location and sense of privacy! mLS#2313255 $185,000 mLS# 6087908 $37,000 SChroeDer, JuSt oVer an CLara Lake in LutSen! Wilderness hour from DuLuth! home site just 40

tofte park roaD on Lake Superior! Well buffered deep lot, spruce

forest and level sprawling ledgerock shoreline!

mLS#6086299 $399,500 SaLe penDing! White pine Lake in LutSen

build ready with drilled well, new septic system, garage and Fabulous Lakeshore bordering Federal land, stroll to the tait river for moose Viewing!

mLS#6079880 ReDUCeD! $199,000 bIg TIme

vaLUe! ft from the big Lake, level easy access, well buffered from ChriStine Lake 10 aC bordering Lakeshore site with cleared build site, driveway superior national Forest, yr round access, in place. electric at road, 200 ft Prime shoreline. hwy! mLS#6032752 $250,000 $169,000 mLS#6088357 Large Lake Superior parCeL, electric/broadband avail. hill top build site overlooking mature white pine, cedar WiLLarD Lane pike Lake VieW JuSt an hour lined shoreline on Christine. serenity now! LanD With Lake aCCeSS! rugged from DuLuth! rolling terrain, level mLS#6023288 $99,900

elevation, great build site. shared 20 ft access to Pike Lake for $75,000 mLS#6078799

shoreline, and nearly 600 ft of it! enjoy your own paradise on Lake superior! mLS#6032772

$499,900

COmmerCiaL UP nOrth! fiSherman’S Dream getaWay on greenWooD Lake, WaLter iS Waiting! end of the bay bordering UsFs lands and some super shoreline! Call today for details!

mLS# 6027279 $199,000

former Site of the LoW maintenanCe CroSS riVer Café! Lots of rentaL inVeStment opportunity! enjoy solid long Opportunities, river Frontage and established site. mLS#6078629 $65,000 term rentals, self-sustaining solid local businesses. highway frontage and room neW! CommerCiaL VaCant to expand Up! support the Local economy Lot With Lake Superior and enjoy some passive income, buy VieWS! 4.89 acres with direct access now and bring your ideas for expansion!

mLS#6028366 $324,900

from highway 61 and leveled building site!

mLS#6087649 $220,000

Visit Us at WWW.timberWOLFFr eaLty.COm FOr PiCtUr e sLideshOW! NORTHERN WILDS

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Nan Bradley 218-370-8433

Deb Niemisto 218-370-8434

lockport@boreal.org NORTHWOODS REALTY www.coldwellbankernorthwoods.com

Buyer’s, what are you looking for? a) lake Superior retreat 3 BD 3 BA Luxury Living $385,000 unit 515 MlS 6083142 $399,000 unit 535 MlS 6083130

Priceed c redu B) SlopeSide Condo at lutSen Sleeps 6 $105,000 MlS 6080501

1 BD 1 BA

$79,900 MlS 6088169

Keep your whole family together—Invest in Lutsen Own a slice of Minnesota’s Favorite Resorts We bring you closer. To the lake, each other and your vacation property dreams.

Surfside on Lake Superior

Bluefin Bay Condos & Townhomes

New townhomes, total coastal luxury right on the shore of Lake Superior. 3,000 s/f, 3BR, 3BA. Quarter-share ownership w/ ﬂexibility for personal use & rental income. Excellent family retreat or investment property. Prices from $174K-$215K, includes furnishings.

Bluefin Unit 7

Bluefin Unit 18

Bluefin Unit 26

Bluefin Unit 32

3 BR, 2 BA. Recent $130K elegant remodel. Only a few feet from shore. $419,900

2 BR, 2 BA floorplan. Unique to the whole resort. A guest favorite. $340,000

1 BR, 1 BA. Charming unit with brand new bath, kitchen, and fireplace. $50K in Rental Income. $275,000

1 BR/1 BA. Ideal location. Exceptional value and solid investment at reasonable price. $259,900

Bluefin Unit 37

2 BR, 2 BA. Upper level unit affords panoramic lake views. Over $60K in rental income. $315,000

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SOLD

Bluefin Unit 38

2 BR, BA turn-key rental property. Newly remodeled and tastefully decorated.

Eric Frost

Sales Agent, Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts Let Eric, exclusive sales agent for Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts, provide the details about each property and guide you through the process. Contact him today to learn more.

218-663-6886 | eric@bluefinbay.com

CATCHLIGHT

Wood Duck On a sunny April morning, I was hunkered in a blind I had placed near a small, woodland pond in northern Minnesota, hoping to photograph waterfowl. Spring is when male ducks are fully plumed with iridescent feathers glowing–all the better to impress hens. This male wood duck swam close to my blind, climbed onto a log in the water, and proceeded to preen its gorgeous feathers. Mother Nature used her entire box of Crayolas when she designed wood ducks.—Bill Marchel NORTHERN WILDS

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