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Find your own piece of paradise If you enjoy crowds, July is a great month to be on the North Shore. It’s the peak of the summer tourism season, when it seems just about everyone turns out to savor Lake Superior, go for a hike, browse in a gallery or paddle into the wilderness.

Contending with all of the people may lead you to frustration, because it can be difficult to book a room or a campsite, negotiate Highway 61 traffic or find a place to park in Grand Marais. Locals and visitors alike complain about these frustrations, but they all love summer on the North Shore just the same.

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Even during this busy time of year, you can easily find some elbow room, especially if you are an early riser. Plan hikes to your favorite waterfalls or other natural attractions for the morning hours. If you get an early start, you can cap off the morning by visiting shops and galleries before the afternoon crowds hit the streets. Another way to get away from it all is to head for the backcountry, where you’ll find endless lakes to paddle and plenty of hiking trails to explore. If you are really adventurous (and have a passport) cross the border into Canada, where you’ll find dramatic Lake Superior scenery, the vibrant city of Thunder Bay and a delightful selection of parks and attractions. Aside from long weekends and special events, rarely will you feel crowded in Ontario.

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All of the above suggests the easiest way to become far from the madding crowd is to break your routine. When you do, you’ll discover just how much more the North Shore has to offer than the known hotspots like Split Rock Lighthouse, Grand Marais or Kakabeka Falls. For instance, have you been to Glen Avon Falls? It’s located on the Beaver River near Beaver Bay. Have you hiked to Magnetic Rock? It’s just off the Gunflint Trail. Time it right and you’ll be rewarded with wild blueberries. Or venture out on the Sibley Peninsula. See if you can find the stunning cantilevered overlook in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park.

We could go on, but you get the idea. There is so much to see and explore on the North Shore that you can spend a lifetime roaming around and continue making new discoveries. All you need to do is venture off the beaten path. Get there and give it a whirl. You can share your discoveries with our Facebook group Outdoor Adventures on Lake Superior’s North Shore. We can’t wait to hear from you.—Shawn Perich and Amber Pratt

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Amethyst is characterized by its many different shapes and shades of purple. | GEENA MORTFIELD

The purple rocks of Thunder Bay THUNDER BAY—In the increasingly popular world of healing crystals, amethyst is one of many semi-precious stones that is attracting attention from the alternative medicine resurgence. People who are part of the crystal trend are heading to Thunder Bay, where there is an abundance of the purple-hued stone, the province’s official gemstone. But whatever draws people to amethyst, be it powerful energies or Top-10-Things-to-Do tourism, it’s worth stopping to take a look at the royally coloured rocks. Much more than a souvenir to the geologists who take a closer look at amethyst, its visible pieces of granite and layers of bleached stone are a conduit to a billion-year-old story—the story of the birth and evolution of a purple rock.

Because geologists study existing amethyst and try to map its story backwards, there remains some degree of mystery and dispute about its formation. There is no universal agreement on how amethyst deposits form, however, Dr. Stephen Kissin, professor emeritus of the Lakehead University Geology Department, says that in general, there are a few specific conditions that must be present for amethyst to form: iron, the correct temperature range, and ionizing radiation. Different theories, however, have their own take on the particular conditions that create amethyst.

A simple definition of amethyst describes the rock as a quartz crystal that gets a dose of iron as it forms. But while iron is necessary, it’s not hard to find, nor is a lot of it needed. The amount of iron is often overstated. “We’re only talking iron in the range of 10 to maybe 100 parts-per-million, so a very low amount of iron,” Dr. Kissin explains.

The temperature at which amethyst forms is one of the most debated conditions. In a 1995 paper on the genesis of amethyst

at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine, Kissin and his colleagues argued that the amethyst formed at a fairly low temperature—no higher than 115 degrees Celsius (239 degrees F).

Additionally, some theories suggest that the formation of amethyst requires the presence of aluminum. But even if this were necessary, aluminum is, like iron, a very common element on Earth. In fact, none of the basic conditions that are essential for the formation of amethyst are particularly special. As Kissin states, the conditions for amethyst are “not very hard requirements to meet.” These purple rocks, it turns out, were just in the right place at the right time.

The Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine, the largest in North America, was discovered incidentally during the construction of a forest-access road to bring in building supplies for the construction of a fire tower. The mine has been in operation since the 1960s, when sales of amethyst landscape and fireplace stones across Canada and the U.S. began, and a “dig-your-own” amethyst feature for tourists was developed. The mine was purchased by Steve Lukinuk in 1981 and has since been renamed Amethyst Mine Panorama. Lukinuk’s son, Tim, works at the mine full-time and says that mining amethyst never fails to provide a sense of discovery for him. “We find [our] visitors have the same feeling… just finding something, it’s just kind of magical.”

Lukinuk compares the experience of finding amethyst at the mine to the allure that beachcombing provides for people of all ages. Except instead of a lapping ocean, there’s a lush landscape of boreal forest, and instead of seashells, there are rocks. But the thrill of finding that perfect piece of purple crystal, and then another one, may be where amethyst offers its highest value. After the

Tim Lukinuk continues the work of the family-owned Amethyst Mine Panorama. | GEENA MORTFIELD discovery of large deposits in Brazil, amethyst’s status was reduced to a semi-precious stone, and its abundance allows Amethyst Mine Panorama to sell the unpolished stone for $4 per pound. Lukinuk notes that the problem for anyone who visits the amethyst mine to dig for the rocks is “not ‘will I find any’, but ‘will I find too much.’”

Back in the mine’s gift shop, employees Falon and Mavis muse about the value of amethyst. Falon talks about the nostalgia of being fascinated as a kid by the purple stone displayed in her grandparent’s home—“It was the coolest rock,” she smiles. And Mavis talks about how working at the mine has led

her to appreciate amethyst: “When you are born and raised here, it’s just another rock.

But then you come up here and you realize it’s a semi-precious stone and look at all the work that goes into making it this way.”

With a less than lucrative status in the ranking of gemstones, amethyst may be better served instead by those who find their own way to appreciate amethyst for what it is. After all, it may very well just be Earth dust and ions, brought into our tangible grasp, and empowering us to figure out its mysteries.—Geena Mortfield

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Leaving the country for the city—a big move THUNDER BAY— Hubert den Draak and Jacomyn Gerbrandy knew it was time. The Dutch couple had immigrated to Canada to find a home in nature, a home that would “have a positive effect on the environment.” They had found a 310-acre property near Nolalu, a 45-minute drive out of Thunder Bay, a site where they would eventually build an ecologically-sound straw-bale house featuring solar-heated water, solar and wind-generated electricity, and heated by sun and wood.

Hubert and Jacomyn regularly hosted workshops and house tours on environmentally friendly living.

But after 13 years there, both felt a spiritual longing to move on.

“It wasn’t a fearful thing for us: we are both adventurous,” Hubert says, “And we both felt the isolation of country living. You needed a car to go anywhere!”

In 2018, Hubert was accepted as Principal Minister at St. John’s United Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The reality of having to move across the country hit them both.

“I felt grief, a deep loss at having to give up being here, almost like a death in the family,” Hubert recalls. “We had planned to grow old here, so this was going to be hard.” His spouse Jacomyn grieved the loss of her spacious garden as well as the beauty of their surroundings.

Like Hubert and Jacomyn, Barb Kucherka craved the peace and quiet of the country, being close to nature. She liked to do everything herself, “however crudely,” on her 32 acres of land west of Thunder Bay. In addition to maintaining the property and providing her own wood for heat, there was plenty else to keep her busy: “I had four llamas, a sheep, chickens, a big garden and a huge raspberry patch.” Barb lived the country life for 23 years.

Though the country property’s tranquility helped her cope with a stressful job in adult education, the life had limitations.

“My grandchildren were an hour’s drive away in the city,” she says. “To help my daughter get them to school, I had to get up at a ridiculous hour to be on time for them.”

As well, after a lengthy illness, Barb’s husband Gerry died. Alone on the farm, she found the life suited her less and less.

“My kids were afraid for me while I was out there alone,” she remembers. “And I found it harder and harder to maintain a city job, the loneliness, looking after the animals—and all that driving.”

“The move was extremely stressful, like tearing out a part of me,” she adds. “I lost 20 pounds over a month of divesting (stuff).

It was heartbreaking to give up my animals.”

There had been a lot of dump trips, and the loss of half her furniture.

“I had four llamas, a sheep, chickens, a big garden and a huge raspberry patch,” says Barb Kucherka [CENTER]. | SUBMITTED Being now surrounded by houses amid the noise of the city, living cheek by jowl with neighbours, has also meant an adjustment, but Barb is delighted to live where she can walk almost anywhere she wishes.

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Unfortunately, the move was stressful and irritating, from the moving company’s mismanagement and unexpected expenses, to the five-day drive to Halifax. And now?

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“Reg came in with an armful of wood after he had snowblowed out the 1/4-mile of driveway, and he said to me, ‘How would you feel about moving into town?’” Marianne recalls. “I said ‘OK.’”

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As with Barb and Hubert and Jacomyn, the Jones’ had found the long drives to and from the city, as well as the isolation, wore on them. Reg’s health issues had further compromised their country living.

“We found a two-bedroom condo apartment at about half the square footage of our house right by a creek in town,” Reg says.

“And we can see Lake Superior, so it’s not like we completely left that aspect of our lives back there.”

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Marianne was thrilled with the move for her part. “I was sorry only to have to sell the hot tub.” Divestment of stuff to fit the smaller space was not very difficult.

“Ours was one of the most relaxed moves, with a lot of overlap in time to make the transition,” Reg says. “If you can do it that way, I highly recommend it. You would be surprised at how much you can cull, what you see as important and what not.”

“You need to plan to move before you think you need to,” Hubert says. “Get rid of needless stuff now.”

“You really need to know why you’re doing this,” Barb says. “There will be regrets, for sure.”

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Silver Bay police chief wins ATV award SILVER BAY—The Minnesota DNR has named Doug Frericks, an ATV safety coordinator and instructor in Silver Bay, as the 2018 ATV safety instructor of the year.

Frericks leads much of the instruction during ATV safety classes and also provides his personal ATVs for use during the field-exercise portion of safety training. In addition, he leads the snowmobile safety program in the area and has encouraged other law enforcement officers to become instructors.

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“Chief Frericks has filled a valuable role in a community with many ATV enthusiasts, but that lacked an ATV safety program,” said CO David Schottenbauer, who patrols the Silver Bay area and nominated Frericks for the award. “His leadership paired with his knowledge of the community and needs of the area has fostered strong buy-in from the public.”

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Silver Bay Police Chief Doug Frericks [LEFT], pictured with Conservation Officer David Schottenbauer, is the 2018 ATV safety instructor of the year. | SUBMITTED grams and our role in ensuring safe recreational use of our vast natural resources,” Schottenbauer said.

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Walleyes, bass, other fish not native to local inland waters GRAND MARAIS— Anglers often take the fish they catch for granted. If they think at all about the fish they seek, it is usually to muse about whether the DNR is stocking enough of them. Along the North Shore, stocking does play a role in providing angling opportunities, but the vast majority of fish were born in the waters where they swim. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they are native fish. Anglers may be surprised to learn that now common species such as walleye and smallmouth bass are not native to Cook County’s inland waters. They and other fish species were introduced to the North Shore’s inland lakes and streams over the course of more than a century of fish stocking.

Knowing what fish species did exist in Cook County prior to European settlement is difficult to ascertain says Steve Persons, the DNR area fisheries supervisor in Grand Marais, because very few records exist.

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The earliest written records are from the first loggers and settlers, who were already stocking fish into just about any waters. Stocking fish is somewhat like planting a garden: You dump small fish into the water and see if they survive. Early fish culturists provided fish for stocking, usually as tiny fry or fingerlings that could be transported in milk cans via the railroad. Persons said

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Only a few species of fish existed in inland lakes prior to settlement. Most lakes contained northern pike, yellow perch and white sucker. Deeper lakes also supported burbot, lake trout and longnose suckers. The only native panfish was the tiny green sunfish. A wide variety of forage fish such as dace and shiners are native, but fathead minnows and golden shiners likely first arrived in bait buckets. A greater variety of fish species existed in Lake Superior, but they were blocked from migrating up tributary rivers to headwater lakes by waterfalls that were barriers to fish passage. Even brook trout, which thrive in North Shore rivers and creeks, were not native above the barriers.

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Persons said fish species that “pretty clearly” were not native in Cook County’s inland waters include walleyes, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt, as well as rainbow and brown trout. He knows ciscoes and lake whitefish were introduced to some lakes, but is uncertain whether native populations existed elsewhere.

Species such as walleyes, smallmouth bass, cisco, brook trout and lake whitefish are native to other Minnesota watersheds, so why weren’t they found in Cook County? As glaciers melted and receded thousands of years ago, they left behind sprawling glacial lakes that drained north, east and south from Minnesota. The fish living in these lakes survived in the “remnant puddles,” as Persons jokingly refers to today’s lakes. Some of those original fish populations can still be found in remote lakes within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

While an extensive public awareness effort has shown the public the ecological damage that can occur from aquatic in-

vasive species such as the common carp (found in Lake Superior, but not in Cook County’s inland waters), introductions of desirable fish species are usually considered benign. Often, this is not the case.

Consider Poplar, Hungry Jack, Flour and East Bearskin lakes, which once supported native lake trout. Those populations vanished not long after smallmouth bass were introduced to the lakes. Persons said the bass introductions occurred about the same time as the early resorts got started, so overfishing may have played a role in the lake trout’s demise. But voracious smallmouths are known to decimate forage fish, so they may have wiped out the food supply for lake trout.

The introduction of walleyes can harm native lake trout, too. And another introduced species, like the black crappie, can negatively affect walleye populations. Persons said black crappie have appeared in Seagull and Saganaga lakes, although he expects the cold climate will limit their abundance.

While crappie and bluegill have been successfully introduced to some lakes, cool water temperatures greatly limit their spawning success and the survivability of their offspring.

One non-native fish that has hung on in a few lakes since it was introduced in the late 1970s is the muskie.

Originally stocked in Crescent Lake, it successfully colonized interconnected Kinogami and Lichen lakes. On another lake, East Pike, muskies seem to have declined as northern pike numbers increased; a common scenario in lakes elsewhere.

While the DNR is reluctant to introduce fish to new waters these days, nonnative fish populations continue expanding in Cook County, especially smallmouth bass and walleyes. The expansion may be aided through surreptitious introductions by well-meaning, but poorly informed anglers. In addition, smallmouth bass are increasing in abundance in many lakes, perhaps because longer and warmer summers create more favorable conditions for their spawning and survival.—Shawn Perich

Plasticfree July GRAND MARAIS— While visiting my parents in Michigan, we had been enjoying watching a pair of Canada geese and their five goslings. Each day the family of geese followed a simple routine, time for swimming, searching for food along the grass and water’s edge, resting in the cattails, all the while the parents were ever watchful for danger. One morning, though, we noticed something odd. With a pair of binoculars we could see that one of the adult geese had plastic rings from a six-pack of soda encircling its graceful neck.

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Plastic. It’s everywhere in the news these days…Masses of plastic swirl in the ocean; micro plastics ingested by fish; plastic toothbrushes, plastic straws, plastic packaging, plastic bags, plastic bottles. Single-use plastic—a convenience that never disintegrates, just breaks down into tiny pieces. We use it, we toss it, and now we are literally swimming in a disaster of our own making.

Overwhelming? Absolutely. But in reality, every day we have the opportunity to begin to change the tide. It begins with choice. A clear message can be sent simply by the choices we make; the purchases made at the check-out counter; the emails sent to companies requesting non-plastic packaging; the contacts made with political representatives to let them know this issue is important to you.

This July, you can join a global effort that is going local in Grand Marais: Plastic-free July. The initiative began in Australia, and it has grown to include participants from over 140 countries.

Folks from around the world are pledging to stop using single-use plastic for one month. The goal is to heighten awareness about the amount of plastic we each use, and to encourage individuals to start asking for alternative options, and maybe start a habit that will last a lifetime. To take the plastic-free pledge and to learn more, visit: plasticfreejuly.org.

As for the goose, it’s still raising its family, but the ring of plastic remains.

—Jeanne Wright

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TAKE THE PLASTIC-FREE JULY PLEDGE Join a plastic-free activity happening throughout the month of July in Grand Marais. Learn about plastic alternatives, learn to make your own yogurt, sew your own sandwich bag. Look for these activities (some scheduled some just “pop-up” demos) around town. All activities are free and all are welcome.

Scheduled Activities:

July 8: 2-7 p.m. Community Sewing Bee— Sponsored by Northwoods Fiber Guild @ North House Folk School Blue Building.

All welcome; no experience required. Help sew cloth bags for the Grand Marais Library. Dropin to help or learn. On-going activities from creating your own bag from a t-shirt to sewing your own sandwich bag.

July 11: 4:30-6 p.m. Make your own Yogurt: Ditch the plastic container— Demonstration @ Local Food Market, Cook County Community Center.

July 13: 7:30 p.m. The Path from Practical Plastic to Plastic Pandemic—Sea Grant presentation by Cindy Hagley @ North House Folk School, Red Building.

What we know and why we care about plastics in the greatest of the Great Lakes.

July 17: 10 a.m.-Noon Weaving with Plastic—Demonstration @ Harbor Park (Library, if inclement weather) July 30: 10-11 a.m. Furoshiki: Art of wrapping with fabric—Demonstration @ Harbor Park (Library, if inclement weather)

Every Thursday (4, 11, 18, 25): 4:30-6 p.m. Local Food Market @ Cook County Community Center. Purchase local produce without the packaging.

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I threw stones at Canada

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FAIR August 8-11, 2019 MWA Professional Wrestling Christopher David Hanson Band MN History Presentation

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Ethan finds that skipping a rock across the Pigeon River and hitting the Canadian side is as good, if not better, than hitting it on an overhand toss. | JEFF STARCK GRAND PORTAGE—Somewhere along Highway 61, snaking along the Lake Superior shore, I told my 10-year-old son, Ethan, that he would have a chance to throw rocks at Canada. Lost as he was in the middle of some sort of battle in Fortnite, it naturally fell upon deaf ears. So I tried again a few miles later and then a few miles after that.

This was a couple days into our summer vacation along the North Shore, a place that my wife and I hiked many times before we had Ethan. A five-plus hour drive, jobs, and Ethan’s sports and activities, meant we hadn’t been there in nearly eight years. We were excited to be back exploring old haunts, checking out waterfalls, hiking in the woods and just getting lost without technology—much to my son’s chagrin.

He’d been a good sport putting up with each visit to a waterfall and our stories about trips from the past. After a while, the lure of waterfalls to a 10-year-old isn’t quite the same as a battle against another 10-year-old in front of a video screen somewhere halfway across the world. At that point we had visited a handful of falls with

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trails filled with pointless ups and downs, and the prospect of another waterfall resulted, in part, in a stony silence from him.

and son. Ethan feigned amusement at people standing on the other side of the Pigeon River knowing they were in another country.

I, on the other hand, relished this opportunity. A pre-trip check of our family records showed our passports, last used more than 10 years ago on some long forgotten trip to Mexico, had expired, so there could be no border crossing for us. But in this time of talk of tariffs and building a wall to protect our borders, I thought the chance to stare down our neighbors to the north sounded like a great opportunity for some fun.

Downstream from the falls presented the opportunity I had looked forward to for many years. We were able to get down to river level and grab a handful of rocks. Now, we had been doing this all vacation along the Lake Superior shore, looking for smooth, round rocks to see how many times we could skip them across the unusually placid surface. But this time our rocks didn’t require any special requirements.

They just needed to cross the river, not more than 50 feet.

On a cloudy August day we arrived at Grand Portage State Park ready for our face-to-face with Canada. The trail to High Falls was an easy boardwalk and presented little challenge. The falls were picturesque as expected.

We took the obligatory group photos and selfies with the falls and Canada in the background. I found raspberries to nibble on and made bad dad jokes about suddenly getting super energy for another hike somewhere later in the day to audible groans from my wife

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Sadly my first rock didn’t have enough heft to it, or at least that’s the excuse I’m giving for my first toss being short of the other side of the river.

When my second throw also fell short, I blamed my rotator cuff from an old, non-existent baseball injury. But time was running out. I had to get that rock across the river and over the border before Ethan, or lose epic bragging rights to be the first to touch Canada.

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With our next throws we both found our stride, the proper rock and put enough heat into our throws to land that piece of rock, belched from deep inside of Earth millions of years ago, onto Canadian soil.

There’s probably something wrong with us for getting such joy out of throwing rocks at a harmless piece of land on the other side of the river, but it was satisfying because of the smile on Ethan’s face as he tried to best each one of my throws, trying to get further into Canada.

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As my nearly 40-year-old arm tired of chucking rocks at Canada, I moved downstream to explore and see if I could get to the river’s midway point, that way I could say I crossed the border, even if it was done illegally. Would that make me an illegal immigrant, or just an illegal tourist?

I found a spot that was narrow and with enough rocks above the surface of the rushing water to get close. In my younger days I would’ve made that final leap to guarantee that I was halfway across, but seeing the deep water around the rocks promised that I’d be soaked to my waist, if not injured. I chose not to chance it. I’ll still tell my friends that I crossed into Canada illegally. No one back home will know the truth, right? It still makes for a good story.

I ambled back over to the rest of the family and shared with them my tale of nearly crossing the border. Ethan was particularly amused when I said I violated Canadian (and U.S.) air space with my flatulence because, after all, 10-yearolds like good fart jokes.

It was a great vacation filled with many memories that will last a long time. Ethan will remember the many waterfalls and the evening campfire along Lake Superior, but stoning Canada and my not-quite-illegal border crossing will be a story we will talk about for years to come.

Thanks for being a good sport, Canada.—Jeff Starck

COOK COUNTY

TENNIS While visiting Cook County come and play tennis and pickleball at the Cook County Tennis Association courts, 105 5th Ave W in Grand Marais, next to the YMCA. We have five courts with lights.

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Daily tennis and pickleball play Weekly youth and adult instruction Monthly adult social mixers and family events Annual Fisherman’s Picnic Tennis Tournament August 2-4 North Shore Social Doubles August 24.

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Living with Fire Hovland Fire Department recently purchased new rescue equipment: a Traverse Rescue stretcher and a Terra Tamer “mule wheel.” | SUBMITTED

Attend a FREE One-Day Informational Workshop and Understand More About Wildfire and How to Live Safely Within a Fire-Dependent Environment.

Hovland Fire Dept. gets new rescue gear

Saturday, July 13 • 8 am–5 pm

HOVLAND—The Hovland Volunteer Fire Department is proud to announce the delivery of its new rescue equipment.

Purchased for backcountry rescues, the Traverse Rescue stretcher breaks down and fits into its own backpack. Also acquired was the Terra Tamer “mule wheel” from Cascade Rescue. Made

out of titanium, this fat tire and frame makes carrying patients out of rough terrain a breeze.

Special thanks to Hovland resident John Peterson, whose generous donation made the purchase of the ultralight Terra Tamer a reality. His donation won him a ticket to become the first person to get a ride.

Cook County Community Center, 317 5th St., Grand Marais Workshops on Fire Ecology, Fire History, Resiliency and Evacuation Planning given

by USFS wildfire personnel, MN DNR Firewise specialist, and local Firefighting professionals. Field Tours. LUNCH PROVIDED. Register for FREE PRIZES given away at the end of the day!

To register and for more information, go to: https://tinyurl.com/livingwfire19 or contact Todd Armbruster at firewise@co.cook.mn.us or 218-235-0899 Support is provided by Promoting Ecosystem Resilience and Fire Adapted Communities Together, a cooperative agreement between The Nature Conservancy, USDA Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior through a subaward to the Watershed Research and Training Center. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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Keep birds healthy by keeping bird feeders clean; use a solution of one part bleach and nine parts water, and scrub the entire surface. | JEAN BRISLANCE

Clean bird feeders to keep birds healthy ST. PAUL— Moldy birdseed and unclean bird feeders can make birds sick. Homeowners who enjoy feeding birds can takes steps now to help birds stay healthy, according to the Minnesota DNR. In spring and especially in warm, humid weather, it is common for mold to form on wet birdseed. The mold can cause an avian disease called aspergillosis, which affects the birds’ respiratory systems. Salmonella is another disease that affects birds and is associated with unclean feeders. Both diseases can be fatal to birds.

To clean a feeder, use a solution of one part bleach and nine parts water, and scrub the entire surface. Always allow the cleaned feeder to dry out in the sun, as the sunlight will help kill bacteria on the feeder. Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned about every week to 10 days during the summer, to keep the sugar water from producing mold.

Staff from the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program urges bird enthusiasts to also rake or sweep up any fallen seeds and seed hulls under their feeder to prevent moldy conditions from occurring on the ground. Seeds left on the ground can also attract meadow voles, house mice, other rodents, raccoons, deer and even bears.

Keep the feed dry by using a hopper-type feeder or a fly-through feeder, and always scrape out old seed that accumulates in the corners. Tray feeders with a screen bottom will allow seeds to dry out from above and below after a rain shower, but thick layers of seed could still trap moisture, so consider more frequent fillings with less seed.

More information about bird feeding is available at: mndnr.gov/birdfeeding.

FALL WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS WILL ADD A NEW TWIST TO YOUR NORTH SHORE ADVENTURES.

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A local theme for Thunder Bay Airport

previous year 2017. A private, non-shareholder corporation which receives no government funding, Thunder Bay International Airport Authority (TBIAA) is responsible for the Thunder Bay International Airport, with more than 5,000 jobs.

So, what is new? Well, for starters, the multi-million project completed early in 2019 delivers enhanced service to passengers. The secure departure lounge area was expanded by 55 percent, from 6,100 square feet to 9,500 square feet.

Passenger time spent in the security lines was shortened with the installation of a new passenger security screening system.

And the customs area doubled in size with the construction of a sleek new 50-foot Customs Hall to more quickly and better accommodate the approximately 5,000 passengers each year that fly to “winter sun” international destinations.

One of the most welcome additions for passengers is the 800-square-foot Nomad Café, a grab-and-go food service operated by Thunder Bay’s Pinetree Catering. Located inside the departure lounge, the café offers locally-made goods like sandwiches on fresh-baked bread, salads and desserts.

Nomad has partnered with local companies—including Slate River Dairy (milks and yogurt), two coffee roasters, Thunder Oak Cheese Farm, Sleeping Giant Brewing Company and local meat producers—to offer locally-sourced items.

A new addition to the Thunder Bay Airport is the 800-square foot Nomad Café, a grab-and-go food service operated by Thunder Bay’s Pinetree Catering. | SUBMITTED THUNDER BAY— Way up in Canada’s Northwest Territories, passengers arriving at Yellowknife Airport catch right away that “spirit of the north” when passing by the lobby’s sculpture of a polar bear chasing a seal. Vancouver Airport, visitors are greeted with “land, sea and sky” themed art and architecture, and in Calgary, it’s the western Canada theme.

And with recent major renovations and expansion (the first since construction in 1994), Thunder Bay Airport now has

its own “sense of place” with the Canadian Shield theme of natural wood and stonework, and with Indigenous art. (Canadian Shield is the exposed ancient rock covering over half of present-day Canada.)

But that’s not all that is new at the two-level terminal at Thunder Bay Airport, one of the busiest airports in Ontario (16th busiest in Canada) with an all-time high last year of 869,404 passengers, an increase of 2.9 percent over the

In the public dining side on the second floor of the terminal, the airport is showcasing local vendors. For example, in The Market there’s locally-roasted coffee from Rose N Crantz Roasting, plus the world-famous “persians” (available only in Thunder Bay) and more from the Persian Man. Nearby is the Grill Works serving items from Eat Local Pizza, B & B Farms, and Thunder Bay Meat Processing.

Keeping with the local theme, the airport’s Passages gift store carries a wide variety of items, like brand clothing of Lakehead University’s hockey team “Thunderwolves” and Sleeping Giant Brewery Company. Passages also has the city’s largest selection of regional and Indigenous books.

And for the past four years, travellers have been welcomed by “Therapy Dog on Duty.” In partnership with St. John’s Ambulance (Northern Ontario Region), therapy dogs and their handlers make regular visits to the airport, greeting travellers.

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Open House!

“Forty-two inches of brook trout” By Shawn Perich

Celebrating the newly-opened Watercraft Exhibit Building Sunday, July 7, 10 am to 4 pm hosted by the Gunflint Trail Historical Society.

Free admission all day long

with access to all buildings and nature trails. Cake and beverages available.

Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the day!

Chik-Wauk Nature Presentations Leeblain the Ghost Town of Gunflint

Sunday, July 21, 2–3 pm, David Battistel

Briand Morrison

Solo Jazz Guitarist Sunday, July 28, 2–3 pm

Weekly Events Kids’ Day

Tuesdays, June 25 to August 20, 11 am to 4 pm Stories, hikes, journal-making & crafts

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After a three-hour drive to Grand Marais from his home in Superior, Wisc., my friend Damian Wilmot was eager to hit the water. He stopped by my office, where I was putting the finishing touches on Friday afternoon.

“I’ll meet you on the river,” he said. And away he went. A couple of hours later, I pulled in beside his vehicle, donned my waders and hit the water. Fishing quickly, I started downstream, unsure how far Damian would be ahead of me, given his twohour head start. Coming around the second bend, I spotted him walking upstream toward me. Soon I learned he had caught and released a pair of 14-inch brook trout.

Along the North Shore, stream brook trout that size are prized catches—and exactly what we were seeking.

It had been a long time since Damian had fished for brook trout in the maze trout streams twisting through the hills north of Grand Marais. As the owner of Fly-ByNight Guide Service, he has spent more than 30 trout seasons along Wisconsin’s historic Bois Brule River where he guides anglers in a restored 1911 Lucius canoe. While a lifetime of guiding hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for fly fishing, he simply hasn’t had time to get away. That changed this year when he “retired” from guiding.

In March, I ran into him at the Great Waters Fly Expo in the Twin Cities and mentioned that hardly anyone fishes for brook trout these days.

“I’m finding the same thing in northwestern Wisconsin,” he said.

We traded tales about the brookies we’d caught the previous summer and how fisherman trails that once led to the cold waters where they dwell are now overgrown. As avowed brook trout anglers, we immediately made plans to go fishing. Damian wanted to return to some of his old haunts.

We finished off the evening at another spot, where Damian caught a third 14-incher. I managed to land a plump 8-incher before inexplicitly breaking my fly rod, likely from previous, undetected damage. In my experience, no fishing rod lasts forever. We quit fishing before sunset.

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Damian Wilmot enjoys exploring back country brook trout waters. | SHAWN PERICH er near my home, since the late spring prolonged the run. Damian used a two-handed spey rod to swing flies through a long riffle. He’s an excellent caster, so it was fun to watch him employ a method that I know little about. Instead of making a backcast, spey anglers use an elegant roll cast to send their fly surprisingly long distances with minimal effort. They can fish along a brushy bank without worry about tangling their line in the trees behind them.

He used the same technique with an ordinary fly rod to efficiently fish streamers for brook trout.

We headed inland, where brook trout dwell in nearly all tributary creeks. Damian had a particular place in mind and, even though it was Saturday, we were surprised to find someone there ahead of us. It was the son of one of his fishing friends who was camping there with his girlfriend. Since this wasn’t a place with a lot of elbow room, we moved on, seeking unpeopled waters. Actually, the couple had done us a favor, because they reported they hadn’t caught anything, saving us a couple of hours of fruitless casting.

We went a-roving and found a place where we could slide a canoe into the deadwaters of a small stream. Before we did, Damian made a few casts with a muddler minnow into the deep water where the current flowed into the pond. He was rewarded with a hard strike and set the hook into a very stubborn trout. Slowly, he played it to hand. The brookie was truly a handful.

“I’m calling that 16 inches,” Damian said, briefly admiring the fish then letting it go.

When we pushed off in the canoe it was my turn. Damian paddled from the stern while I cast from the bow, using his fourweight rod with the muddler minnow. The water was as clear as a window pane. I

worked the muddler amidst boulders and logs where brookies likely lurked. Old white pines and jack pines towered above an adjacent ridge. Labrador tea grew along the boggy waters edge, where black spruce found footing. The setting was as lovely as the brook trout that came to the fly. None were anywhere near the size of Damian’s trophy, but they were brookies just the same.

Eventually we reached the end of the deadwater, where the current quickened and the creek narrowed as it slipped beneath a canopy of ancient cedars. We pulled up the canoe along the bank and got out to wade. Now it was Damian’s turn to fish.

He waded into the creek and began working the muddler downstream. There was no room to cast in the cedar tunnel, so he threw mends into his line to swing the fly from one side of the creek to the other, probing every pocket that might harbor a hungry brookie. Soon he found one; a 10-incher with a belly the color of a summer sunset. Its beauty matched the idyllic setting beneath the sheltering cedars.

“This is Tolkien woods,” Damian said.

Although the creek beckoned us to continue our downstream exploration, we decided it was time to turn around. When we reached the deep water where the creek entered the deadwaters, Damian held the canoe so I could make a few casts. A big trout grabbed the muddler, but I broke the tippet on the hook set. Away the trout went with Damian’s muddler. Retying with a fly of my own, I subsequently missed three more strikes. For a guy who frequently fishes alone, it was the sort of performance you only make when you have an audience.

It didn’t matter. Damian was my guest and he caught some memorable brook trout. Best of all, we’d had fun fishing together. We’re making plans to do it again.

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A man with many accomplishments and hobbies, such as author, publisher, videographer, naturalist, and nonprofit worker, Sparky Stensaas is also a photographer. | SPARKY STENSAAS

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Sparky Stensaas:

Stensaas captured this photo of a pine marten at Sax-Zim Bog. | SPARKY STENSAAS

Lake Superior producing massive waves at Tettegouche State Park in Silver Bay. | SPARKY STENSAAS

Nature is his Business

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Common loon on Spring Lake in Carlton County. | SPARKY STENSAAS

An aerial drone view of a trumpeter swan group on Stone Lake at Sax-Zim Bog. | SPARKY STENSAAS

If

one Googles “Sparky Stensaas,” the first thought that comes to mind is “this cannot possibly all be about him.” A photography/videography blog, multiple YouTube videos, a publishing site, a nonprofit site, a Facebook page, multiple magazine and website photo archives, a few books for sale, and even an IMDb page pop up. And yet, it is all him. Mark Stensaas (Sparky) is a photo/video naturalist who lives in the Nemadji Valley of Carlton County in Minnesota and is up to his elbows in all things outdoors (especially in the Northland).

Stensaas was born in Iowa and later grew up in New Hope, MN. He got into birding when he was 14 years old.

“I was a big collector as a kid,” said Stensaas. “I got into birding because of it. I collected everything. Barbed wire, bottle caps, baseball cards…and those are just the B’s. One day I saw this really weird bird on a telephone pole outside the house. It was red and black and tan and I just thought ‘what the heck is that?’”

Stensaas didn’t get into birding via nature, but did get into nature via birding. Collecting these different bird sights set him on a path that would bring him in the direction of working as a naturalist.

Stensaas’ love of birds led him in the direction of working as a naturalist. Shown here is a great gray owl. | SPARKY STENSAAS 22

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A friend of Stensaas convinced him to go to the University of Minnesota Duluth by telling him it was the best place for birding in Minnesota. Once getting to college, a friend of his from the outdoor club at UMD tagged him with the name Sparky and he’s had it ever since.

“I had no say in the nickname; it just stuck,” said Stensaas.

Stensaas came to Duluth in 1981 for school. Ever since that day, he’s considered himself a northern Minnesotan.

Following school, Stensaas did a lot of part-time naturalist work.

“I worked as a state park naturalist for Gooseberry and Jay Cooke,” he said. “I did a stint at Hawk Ridge as a counter. Had lots of seasonal biologist jobs. Then I got a steady job at Duluth Pack in marketing. I wrote the text for the Duluth Pack catalog and worked with the guy who did the illustrations.”

Because of this opportunity and the connections made, Stensaas met with the Pfeifer Hamilton publishers, the same publishers who put out all of Sam Cook’s books (AKA Duluth outdoor writer extraordinaire). At the time, they were looking for more titles.

Stensaas had the idea for a natural history of the Boundary Waters. Pfeifer Hamilton publishing gave him a shot and Stensaas wrote them all in pencil on paper in a notebook in cursive. He hired someone to type it in Microsoft Word. The rest is book history.

“When I worked at Gooseberry, I worked a lot with kids. The kids would come up to me with rocks and say ‘Is this an agate, and is this an agate?’”

Stensaas said.

After having written other books about the BWCAW, Stensaas had an idea for another book—a rock picker’s guide. He and his friend Rick Kollath started Kollath + Stensaas Publishing.

They put together field guides and became popular.

“They have a long shelf life,” said Stensaas.

What about photography? Isn’t that one of Stensaas’s biggest claims to fame?

White-tailed deer bucks taken in the Meadowlands at Sax-Zim Bog. | SPARKY STENSAAS “Everyone’s a photographer now, but I started in the 70s and 80s with film,” said Stensaas. “It all started with nature photography for the programs for the public at my various jobs. I’ve been doing that for about 35 years. Didn’t start out very artsy because they were for programs.”

serving the bog for generations of birds and birders and creating a gateway experience for birders (in the form of a welcome center). The biggest thing is to preserve bog habitat. It’s a major wintering area for boreal birds and winter finches that come down from Canadian tundra.

work for my Shooting with Sparky series, and the Friends of the Sax-Zim Bog site, and maybe one of our books, and could even be used for a speaking gig presentation. It usually comes down to one 80-hour week. I work from home a lot. Time with my family is number one priority,” said Stensaas.

Although he started with film, Stensaas is a big digital guy now. He’s especially gotten into videography.

“We call it the Arctic riveria,” said Stensaas. “I think Friends of the SaxZim Bog is one of the most incredible collaborations I’ve ever heard of. We have dedicated members that are so generous with their money and time and energy. In the first seven years we’ve been able to do so much and have no debt and still have seven employees.

That’s amazing. I couldn’t have done anything without our bog buddies. It was all a passion project at first, and sometime things just go viral. What we’re buying and protecting is still going to be habitat 100 years from now, even in this era of climate change and this political climate.”

Stensaas’ whole family is on board.

Stensaas is still a collector at heart.

He loves capturing owl photos and video showing animal behavior. He once captured a badger and coyote hunting cooperatively in Teddy Roosevelt National Park in super slow motion.

“It’s cool, because that’s stuff we never would’ve seen,” he said. He counts nature photographer Jim Brandenburg and painter Robert Bateman as two of his favorite influential artists.

The area that’s captured Stensaas’s heart the most is the Sax-Zim Bog. Stensaas started birding at the Sax-Zim Bog in 1981.

“It’s an important place for birders all over and there’s never been any protection there. Black spruce logging started increasing and the population was increasing. Most of it was county land and there was no protection in place. Black spruce trees take so long to fully mature and they take a long time to regrow. There was no nature center and people were coming from all over the country to see these birds,” said Stensaas.

He got together with a group of other like-minded individuals and started a 501C3 to benefit the Sax-Zim Bog in 2011. The two top priorities are pre-

Beyond the Sax-Zim Bog, Stensaas is a total “Up North” kind of guy.

“I’m Minnesota’s biggest fan. We are lucky to have a sparsely populated state with three major biomes. Each one has really unique stuff. It has so much to offer. The state has done an incredible job of designating these wild places,” said Stensaas.

Does he have the time to enjoy it beyond his work?

“The kids have been finding spiders for me for years. I’ll release them right away or take a photo first and then release them,” he said.

Stensaas seems to love what he does, but what does he do in his free time?

“What free time?” he joked. “I like spending time with my family. Watching Netflix Canadian comedies. I like cross-country skiing and snow shoeing.

Traveling. I’ve gone to the Olympics before. I take photos of weird things like vernacular architecture, hobo signatures in chalk on trains, round barns, and old abandoned stuff.”

As my time talking with Sparky wraps up on the phone, he sounds antsy. The phone has been a bit crackly for the last few minutes of the conversation, almost like wind.

“Just a second there’s a bird out here…” he said.

If you’d like to donate to the Sax-Zim Bog, or to learn more, visit: saxzim.org.

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This photo, taken from one of the first races, shows founder Jan Horak [ON THE LEFT] as well as the Traveling Toilet Seat Trophy. | TOFTE TREK

40 Years of Muddy Fun

By Rhonda Silence

Peaceful stretches like this one give the Tofte Trek its wilderness feel. | RHONDA SILENCE 24

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It’s hard to imagine a time when the Tofte Trek 10K Run/Walk wasn’t part of the West End Fourth of July festivities.

The muddy run/walk is something that has been enjoyed by several generations.

But there was a time when there was no Tofte Trek—in fact, there was a year when there was no West End Fourth of July celebration.

Jan Horak, co-owner of Cobblestone Cabins in Tofte and founder of the Tofte Trek, explains the origins of the run/walk.

He remembers that there has almost always been a West End Independence Day event. For many years it was hosted by the workers at the taconite plant in Schroeder.

However, as the mining company scaled back and the little town of Taconite Harbor emptied, there weren’t the volunteers to mount a celebration.

Horak recalls that in 1979 community members turned out for an event that wasn’t. And Tofte’s Shirley Bierbaum decided she was not going to let that happen again. She called her friends and neighbors together to ensure that the 1980 Fourth of July was one to remember. Bierbaum and Dion Cicak took on the task of organizing a parade.

These walkers are following race founder Jan Horak’s advice: stay to the side of the mudholes. | RHONDA SILENCE

“And I said I’d put together a little race,” says Horak.

Tofte Trek 10K Run/Walk*

That little race has grown exponentially and this year marks its 40th running, with 200 participants. On top of that there are 30-40 youths that take part in the kids’ races, which is always a delight. Kids line up for sprints in the Birch Grove Community Center and dash across the parking lot to cheering parents and grandparents.

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The 10K Tofte Trek starts at Birch Grove Community Center in Tofte and winds its way up the hill towards the Superior Hiking Trail, then comes back down through lots of mud on the snowmobile trail. Runners are proud to wear their muddy badge of courage as they finish. Must be at least 11 years old to run the Tofte Trek. Overall and age-group awards. Online registration is open at: toftetrek.com.

There is now a one-mile run as well, perfect for novice runners who are not ready for the 10K run. Not to worry, though, the mile course can be muddy as well. One young runner said she ended the race with a frog on her shoe.

But the Tofte Trek started out simply.

That first race in 1980 had just 32 runners. John Mellang of Lutsen was the top finisher.

$30 pre-registration • $35 same day

During the first few years it was actually a team race. Each team consisted of four men and one woman. Horak chuckles when he remembers those teams—Dick Swanson’s team called the Hovland Boys, the Caribou Mudders of Lutsen and the Tofte Trekkers. It was definitely all in fun— the prize for the fastest team was a traveling toilet seat trophy.

The race eventually changed into a competition for individuals and continued to grow under Horak’s encouraging oversight.

But after 25 years of running the race, Horak let it be known he was ready to move on. Mike Larson’s Lutsen realty company took over the race for a few years.

And then, in 2008, the Sugarbush Trail Association took over the race. Proceeds now go to the trail association, which maintains 65 kilometers of cross-country ski trails in the Tofte area.

Throughout all the years of the race, a highlight has been the Tofte Trek T-shirt.

Scattered throughout the crowd at the West End July 4th celebration—enjoying the parade, the Lutsen Fire Department fish fry, the Bouncy House or shopping the craft booths—are folks in the T-shirt of the year.

7:45 a.m. same-day registration opens 9:00 a.m. 10k Wilderness Walk 9:05 a.m. kids (4-12) sprint race (Free) 9:20 a.m. one-mile race (Free) 9:30 a.m. 10k Wilderness Run

If shoe laces are not tied tightly, they can be lost in mud like this. | RHONDA SILENCE For many years the T-shirt designs were

by Horak’s daughter, Mila Horak, now an art teacher at Cook County School District 166. This year, the Sugarloaf Trail Association sought entries in a T-shirt design contest. Jayne Richards of Grand Marais created the winning design that will be sported on the trail this year.

Since taking over, members of the Sugarloaf Trail Association have taken turns at organizing the race. Larson, April Wahlstrom and Greg Fangel have all been past race directors. Liz Wagner is serving her second stint as race director this year.

Wagner isn’t just race director though, she has done the race herself several times.

“It’s a fun local race and very unique due to its terrain,” says Wagner. “And it’s a love-hate thing for me, because I hate when the uphill portion wears me down and love coming back because it’s downhill.”

Everyone seems to love the mud. Past director Fangel, who has hiked the course, says, “The race is a good challenge, especially the mud at the end!”

And although the Sugarbush Trail Association is now in charge, Horak is still involved. Tofte Trek fans still see him with his bullhorn, managing the kids’ races.

And he’s the “sweep” for the race, giving the course a final pass, making sure there is no one left behind, stuck in the mud.

Which does happen, cautions Horak. He recalls one year rescuing a female walker who was thoroughly stuck in a huge mud hole on the trail.

To avoid that happening, Jan advises runners and walkers to not go right through the middle of mud holes. “Stay to the side,” he says.

Asked if he had any other advice for race participants, Horak says, “Tie your shoelaces really tight!”

That truly is excellent advice. In fact, many participants, runners especially, actually duct tape their shoes to their feet to make sure a shoe doesn’t get sucked off in a mud hole.

This reporter has completed the Tofte Trek six times as a walker. My advice?

Make it a family affair. It’s fun to have someone to commiserate with on the hills.

And it’s fun to wander the Independence Day festivities in your matching Trek T-shirts.

If you are going it alone and you want to listen to music, have a fully charged battery and download your playlist, so you don’t lose the signal for your tunes when you need them most.

Wear comfortable, but old sneakers. Apply insect repellent liberally at the start.

And bring a change of clothes in case you make a splashdown in one of the many giant mud puddles.

I would also recommend having reasonable expectations. Every time I’ve done the Trek, my goal has been simple—to not be the last finisher. But even if you do end up last, it’s okay—it’s an accomplishment to complete the rocky, muddy, slippery, hilly event, no matter how long it takes.

As founder Horak says, “Just enjoy it.”

In fact, that’s Jan’s advice for anyone— running, walking, or just watching.

“Come for the race, to watch the kids’ races, and to see the muddy people coming in to the finish,” he says.

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By Breana Roy

Celebrate Art

There’s no shortage of art festivals and exhibits along the shore, especially over the summer. This month, we start with the Hovland Arts Festival, held July 5-6 at the Hovland Town Hall. Next up is the Grand Marais Arts Festival, July 13-14. And don’t miss the Blueberry/Art Festival at Whiteside Park in Ely, July 26-28.

Sue Rowe is known for her bear drawings, such as “Afton.” She will be at the Grand Marais Arts Festival. To see her work, visit: suerowe.com. | SUE ROWE

A solo exhibit for Kat Corrigan will take place at Tettegouche State Park Visitor’s Center on June 5, featuring “Evening Rush Hour.” To see more, visit: katcorrigan.com. | KAT CORRIGAN Pottery artist Abby Lingle will be at the Blueberry/ Art Festival in Ely this month. Each finished piece is food, microwave, dishwater and oven safe. To view more of her artwork, visit: abbylingle.com. | ABBY LINGLE

Local artist Katy Attleson will sell her jewelry, Ebenezer Stone, at the Hovland Arts Festival. Follow her on Instagram for more artwork: @ benezersstonebykaty. | KATY ATTLESON 26

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Photographer and illustrator Jamey Penny-Ritter will be at the Grand Marais Arts Festival, as well as the Ely Blueberry/ Art Festival. She hails from Washburn, Wisc. Shown here is, “Camp Up North.”

To see more, visit: bemusedposters.com. | JAMEY PENNEY-RITTER

JOHN "BUZZ" BUCZYNSKI:

Art That Sizzles CREATIVE SPACE: By Joe Friedrichs As a young man growing up on a farm near Cloquet, Minn., John “Buzz” Buczynski was known around town as “Mr. Woods.”

“There was a partridge behind every bush, brook trout in every ditch, and agates in every pit,” Buczynski said. “My neighbor and I spent near 50 percent of our waking time hunting, fishing, exploring and picking. All of those memories in my head and on film will eventually find their way onto a Lake Superior slab of some sort.”

The “slab” to which the 78-year-old Buczynski refers to is the guiding template for his artwork. Using gunpowder and pieces of wood that have been aged to perfection on the bottom of Lake Superior, Buczynski has engineered an artistic style that’s as unique and complex as his personality. First, the gunpowder. It’s a medium that calls for an explanation, as “art” is not often the first thing most people think of when they hear the word “gunpowder.” Yet, that’s exactly what it does for Buczynski.

“Working with tiny amounts of smokeless powders is no more perilous than reloading shotgun or rifle shells at home or say, working with acetylene torches creating works in metal,” he said. “There are rules and safety measures along with common sense to rely on while fulfilling any passion. I’ve been burning since 1972 and haven’t lost my eyebrows or moustache yet.”

And while gunpowder makes for good storytelling in describing his art, the process really starts with the wood from the bottom of Lake Superior. Buczynski uses two types of wood that’s been collected from the bottom of the Big Lake. The first are massive logs found lying on the bottom of Lake Superior that lumberjacks cut last century.

“Each log had been company stamped and information kept in ‘log’ books, so to speak, so it could be determined who owned the log and where it came from,” Buczynski said.

The second type of wood he uses from Lake Superior are wasted cuts of lumber, boards and tree trunks that somehow ended up in the lake as flotsam.

"September in the Susie Islands" used smokeless powders for darkening backgrounds behind the brush over the rocks and also to darken shadows of the rocks themselves. | SUBMITTED

This piece is called “Alpha.”

Buczynski’s pyrography piece was created using a smokeless powder burn. | SUBMITTED “I take great pleasure in recycling these woods and keeping their underwater histories alive for a while,” Buczynski said.

After selecting a cut of wood for a project, the next step is sanding the piece to a desired surface texture. Some of the wood might be a piece of curly maple that is 4-foot. wide, meaning there’s an amount of labor involved with every step of the creative process. Often times the wood Buczynski works with are pinkish in color, depending on how deep Lake Superior has leached the sugars away from the outer cambium layers, he explained. Following the sanding, whatever animal, landscape setting or image Buczynski wants to appear on the wood is penciled in. This process is done with the artist paying close attention to the shape of the slab and respecting the grain swirls of the wood. Once the wood is sanded and the image is penciled in, it’s time to pull out the gunpowder.

In most instances, Buczynski will scatter tiny granules of DuPont IMR 4320 smokeless rifle powder in a ¼ teaspoon amount to

Using gunpowder and a piece of wood from the bottom of Lake Superior, the artist created this stunning bench. | SUBMITTED fill the tiny area desired, moving slowly and carefully in small amounts. Buczynski uses this particular type of powder because the character is short granulation, easy metering and has a medium burn rate. The easiest way to visualize the distribution of the gunpowder is to think of it as a frame or line put down by a Sharpie. Only in this case, you set that line on fire. To add color to his work, Buczynski uses opaque watercolors or acrylics. Some pieces, however, are simply shaped and colored by the gun powder.

As the wood Buczynski uses for his artwork is beautiful in its natural form, he purposefully does not use borders or trim to seal in his creations.

“Boards without borders,” he explained.

“The deckled, erratic edges cuddle my pyrography magically and sometimes even whisper subject matter to me.”

For those looking to obtain some of Buczynski’s artwork, there are a few options. He frequently has work for sale at the Art on the Planet gallery in his adopted town of Superior. He also travels to regional art shows in the Upper Midwest throughout the year.

After decades of exploring different mediums to channel his creative energy, Buczynski said he is grateful for ending up where he did and working with a completely original method of marking art.

“In retrospect, art has been good to me my whole life, and I respected all those mentors that helped along the way,” he said. “Now I just follow their ingrained guidelines. I can’t imagine a better place of growth to be in.”

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Stars of the North Festival RETURNS TO GRAND MARAIS JAMS: By Will Moore For the past two summers, Grand Marais’ Harbor Park has been busier and louder than usual with a new weekend-long music festival. That tradition will continue this year, as the third annual Stars of the North festival is scheduled for July 26-28 in Grand Marais.

The festival is put on by the Grand Marais Music Collaborative, a non-profit group of Cook County musicians looking to provide the best possible performance

while performing, many times he felt a sense of competition with other local artists vying for gigs. He says those feelings were dispelled after socializing with them at WTIP’s Radio Waves festival, and he sought to find a way to join forces with his musical peers and create more large performance opportunities.

All proceeds from Stars of the North go towards funding the Collaborative’s music lesson programs. Admission is free, though

Stars of the North will feature artists familiar to North Shore concert-goers. experience for both local artists and audiences alike. The Collaborative’s founder, Todd Miller, said that since its inception, the group has morphed into something much more focused on the youth of the community.

“What we’ve become is still an organization that is designed to primarily benefit area musicians, but we’re doing it by raising funds for music lessons for area youth, who maybe otherwise couldn’t afford them. And then we’re turning area musicians into instructors,” says Miller. “And so in that regard, we’re providing employment for them. And then they are hopefully turning area youth into musicians.”

Miller has been playing music in Cook County for over 16 years, fronting and playing guitar in several bands. He says

there will be donations possible through merchandise and prize drawings. Miller calls the festival their “rallying point of the year.”

“If we can bring area kids to a point where they’re ready to perform, they can perform on that stage right alongside professional musicians, and hopefully create connections,” says Miller.

That’s exactly the plan for Sunday’s entertainment. Following a blues and gospel show by an array of Cook County-based players, the students will perform in a Collaborative youth jam.

Much of Stars of the North will feature artists familiar to North Shore concert-goers. A myriad of genres will be represented, between the folk duo Gene LaFond and

The April Fools playing last year's Stars of the North festival. They will perform at this year’s festival, too. | TODD MILLER Amy Grillo, reggae songwriter Michael Monroe, the Sky Blue jazz ensemble and hard rockers Mysterious Ways. Twin Cities rock band The April Fools will also return to the fest, playing two sets.

There will also be several new artists making their debut at Stars of the North.

Jourdan Victoria, the Collaborative’s ukulele instructor, will kick off the festival on Friday. A new local duo named Vessel will make their first major appearance as well.

Miller says one of the big surprises of the weekend will be the reveal of his latest band, a funk trio named Blinded by Seagulls. He says their Friday night performance at the Wunderbar in Grand Marais will showcase new music.

“It’s been a long time since I played in an original music band,” says Miller. “So there’s more on the line now, whereas before, you can pick these ringer songs that if you’re just performing well enough, they’re going to work. But I think it’s really im-

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portant. For our music to be everything it can be there needs to be as much original music as possible.”

Miller compares Grand Marais’ musical talent to that of Warroad, Minnesota’s legendary history of producing champion hockey players.

“That’s because that town believes in hockey. They support it and they nurture it, and it’s part of their culture,” Miller says.

“If a community really believes in music, such as this one does, we can be a great exporter of musicians. But we’re not going to do it if we’re not working together.”

Miller also says there are still opportunities for area artists to be part of the festival. Inquiries about performing or donating sound equipment for Stars of the North can be sent to: snowday@boreal.org. More about the festival and organization can be found by searching Grand Marais Music Collaborative on Facebook.

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Pick of the month

Now and through August, Betsy Bowen Studio in Grand Marais will be featuring Woodcuts from Uganda, prints that she received from artists and students while traveling to Uganda in 2007-2009. “Talent in Drought,” by Fred Mutebi, is a tribute to rural African women who use their many talents to get by. Mutebi is a master printmaker who has been teaching and creating all his life in Uganda. This special showing has prints by many of Mutebi’s students.

July 26, 27 & 28

Friday & Saturday 10-6 & Sunday 10-4

Whiteside Park • Ely, MN

Ely’s Premier Summer Festival Over 300 Juried Artists & Crafters Beer Garden Fresh Bluberry Pies Blueberry Pancake Breakfast Food Court Live Music Daily Children’s Activities

EXHIBITS Permanent Exhibits

Friday I’m in Love: Solo Exhibition by Matthew Kluber Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth

New Acquisitions Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth Selections of Traditional & Contemporary Native Art Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth

Thru Sept. 8 The Writing on the Wall: The Work of Dr. Joane CardinalSchubert, RCA Thunder Bay Art Gallery, theag.ca

Thru April 2020 Moose of the Bold North: Root River Photography International Wolf Center, Ely, rootriverphotography.com

Thru Sept. 15 Norval Morrisseau: Works from the Permanent Collection Thunder Bay Art Gallery, theag.ca

Thru July 31 Popular Opinions: A Cultural Discussion Duluth Art Institute

Thru Aug. 11 Allen Killian-Moore: I Am What’s Wrong With The World Duluth Art Institute Strata: Susanna Gaunt, Russell Prather, Natalie Salminen Rude, & Juliane Shibata Duluth Art Institute

Thru Aug. 18 Intersections Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth

Thru Aug. 31 Special Featured Artwork: Woodcuts from Uganda Betsy Bowen Studio, Grand Marais, woodcut.com Lisa Kosmo & Joel Lewis North Shore Health, Grand Marais

Thru Sept. 22 Space: Time and Place Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth Northwest Coast Masks Thunder Bay Art Gallery, theag.ca Shattered Basin, Fired Thing: Andrea Pinheiro Thunder Bay Art Gallery, theag.ca

Thru Oct. 19 Electrifying Cook County Cross River Heritage Center, Schroeder, crossriverheritage.org

Thru Oct. 20 Billy Needham & Gangster Tommy Banks Exhibit ChikWauk Museum & Nature Center, Gunflint Trail, chikwauk.com

Thru Jan. 10, 2021 Asymmetry: ThreeDimensional Works from the Tweed Museum Collection Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth

July 1-31 Nancy Ensley Solo Show (Reception July 1 at 5 p.m.) Art and Soul Gallery, Ely

July 5-28 Boreal Ornament II by Tara Lynn Austin (Reception July 5 at 5 p.m.) Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, cookcountyhistory.org Kat Corrigan Exhibit (Reception July 5 at 7 p.m.) Tettegouche State Park Visitor’s Center, Silver Bay

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Larsmont Cottages - July 6 6-9pm Two Harbors Heritage Days July 12 12:30-2:30pm Thirsty Pagan - July 13 6-9pm Vista Fleet Sunset Cruise - July 18 7-9pm Amazing Grace - July 20 10am-Noon Sir Benedict’s Tavern - July 20 6-8pm Superior Shores Resort - July 26 8-11pm

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FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVITIES

CANADA DAY AT FORT WILLIAM

July 1, Monday Celebrate Canada’s birthday at Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay, with family-friendly festivities, exciting activities and fun contests.

Face the challenge of the Zorb Ball Inflatable Obstacle Course. Enjoy canoe rides on the Kaministiquia River, wagon rides, and the bouncy castles. Test your aim with axe throwing and the paintball accuracy challenge. Make Canada Day crafts and get your face painted. Visit the farm animals. Try your hand at carnival games and contests for prizes. And savor delicious Canada Day cake and a free corn roast.

There will also be live music and entertainment, a scavenger hunt, a science station, outdoor games, and more. Held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door. fwhp.ca

July 4, Thursday Head to Tofte for a full line-up of family-friendly events, beginning at 11 a.m., including food and a beer garden, live music by Josh Schmidt and Cook County’s Most Wanted, minnow races, an arts and crafts show, bingo, bouncy houses, and a parade at 2 p.m. There will also be a spaghetti dinner at Zoar Lutheran Church at 5 p.m. At roughly 10 p.m., find a spot in either Grand Marais, Tofte, Grand Portage, Two Harbors or Silver Bay for the fireworks show. Or, head to Duluth’s Bayfront Festival Park for Fourth Fest, held from 4-11 p.m. There will be live music all evening by Born Too Late, The Slamming Doors, Superior Siren, and Junk FM. There will also be dozens of food, beverage and craft vendors. Fireworks start at 10:10 p.m. Admission is free.

The new Watercraft Exhibit at Chik-Wauk houses various watercraft, motors and artifacts on display. | STAFF Attleson, Jo Wood, Lou Pignolet, Joan Farnam, Dwayne Wabegijig, Lori Maly, Lenore Lampi, and more. There will also be live music and food provided by Trinity Lutheran Church. The festival will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days. hovlandartsfestival.com

HOVLAND ARTS FESTIVAL

July 5-6 The 14th Annual Hovland Arts Festival, held at the Hovland Town Hall, will showcase 30 artists, featuring everything from jewelry, paintings and pottery, to carvings, photography and fiber arts.

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THUNDER BAY BLUES FESTIVAL

July 5-7 The 18th Annual Thunder Bay Blues Festival is sure to entertain this year, with 20 blues artists performing, including this year’s headliners Johnny Reid, Bryan Adams, and Burton Cummings and Band.

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July 12-14 This year’s Bay Days Festival, held in Silver Bay, features live music, vendors, kids’ activities, pancake breakfasts, a street dance, raffle drawings, a silent auction, a bean bags tournament, a golf scramble, the Friends of the Library book sale, and more. A parade will be held on Friday at 6 p.m., followed by family yard games at City Hall and fireworks at dusk.

The Bay to Bay Run/Walk will be held Saturday morning, followed by the Soap Box Derby. The Classic Car and Motorcycle Show will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sunday. bay-days.org

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Two Harbors Heritage Days features two parades, live entertainment, a 5k run/walk, vendors, games and more. | SUBMITTED at Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, located on the Gunflint Trail. The new timber-framed building houses various watercraft, motors and artifacts on display for visitors to get a glimpse of how the earlier residents of the Gunflint Trail traveled the waterways. There will be cake and beverages, and admission is free, with access to the entire campus: the museum, nature center, the watercraft exhibit and the nature trails. chikwauk.com

HERITAGE DAYS

July 11-14 The annual Two Harbors Heritage Days features four days of family fun.

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ment, a medallion hunt, helicopter rides, a bungee jump and slide, arts and craft vendors, a golf scramble, a lutefisk toss, a street dance, pancake breakfasts, the Lake Superior Zoomobile, a 5k run/walk, class reunions, and more. A Kiddie Parade will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, followed by a free ice cream social and kids’ activities at Thomas Owens Park. On Saturday is a car show at Danny’s Auto from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Also on Saturday is the Heritage Days Parade at 1 p.m. A full list of events can be found online. twoharborsmn.gov

July 13, Saturday A forward - thinking songwriter and pioneer in the blues, roots and gospel traditions, Kelley Hunt has earned the respect of thousands of devoted fans across North America and Europe, with her unflappable will, blazing talent as a live performer, powerhouse voice and spellbinding mastery of the keys. With over 1,500 performances to her name, six guest appearances on A Prairie Home Companion, and consistent high praise from critics, Hunt is one of those rare independent artists who have forged their own path to great success.

Hunt and her band will perform at the

Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults and $10 youth; on sale in advance online (tix.com) or at the door. There will be room to dance during the show. northshoremusicassociation.com

LIVING WITH FIRE

July 13, Saturday Attend a free, one-day informational workshop in Grand Marais to understand more about wildfires and how to live safely within a fire-dependent environment. Held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center, there will be discussions, vendor exhibits, demonstrations, snacks, Smokey the Bear, afternoon tours of fuel reduction sites and lunch provided. There will also be free prizes given away at the end of the day.

Discussions include “Wildlife Impacts on Our Local Tourism Economy,” “Firewise Principles and Strategies,” “Cultural Significance of Fire and Current Use in Grand Portage,” and more. This event is made possible by grants from MNDNR Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network Program. Registration required. tinyurl.com/livingwfire19

TASTE OF DULUTH

July 13, Saturday The 3rd Annual Taste of Duluth, held in Bayfront Park, is taking on a new look and sound this year, with culture and cuisine at the forefront. New this year will be strolling musicians, as well as a kid’s area. Performers featured on the mainstage will reflect many of the ethnic origins that are a rich part of Duluth’s history. There will also be plenty of ethnic and American food offerings,

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Harbor, a benefit for the Art Colony, featuring an art auction, live music and food and beverages. The benefit will take place from 5-7 p.m. on July 13; tickets required to attend. grandmaraisartcolony.org

SCHREIBER HERITAGE DAYS

July 15-21 Celebrate the culture and heritage of Schreiber with the annual Schreiber Heritage Days, featuring a wide variety of exciting events for the whole family. This year’s theme is “A Blast from the Past” and will feature bocce ball tournaments, a BMX bike performance, bubble soccer games, a drive-in movie, artisan displays, luncheons, a scavenger hunt, bingo, a rock concert, a midway and merchant market, and a nature hike. And don’t miss the entertaining Bed Races on Wednesday, featuring five-person teams—four pushers and one person remaining on the bed. Cost to participate is $5 per team with the winner taking home the registration ante. A prize will also be given to the best decorated bed, so be creative. schreiber.ca

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July 13-14 The 29th Annual Grand Marais Art Festival, held in downtown Grand Marais, will feature over 70 local and regional artists, showcasing their unique, handcrafted work. Enjoy a selection of artwork, such as jewelry, photography, woodcarvings, pottery, watercolor paintings, fiber art and more. There will also be hands-on art-making activities, demonstrations, mini-classes, and more. Also occurring is the Clothesline Art Sale Fundraiser; 5x7inch original works of art hung in the Art Colony festival booth. Each piece will sell for $35. And returning again this year is An Artful Evening on the

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July 17, Wednesday The annual Gunflint Trail Canoe Races, which began in 1976, is a fundraiser for the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department. Held at Gunflint Lodge on Gunflint Lake, this year’s event includes 17 canoe races for multiple ages and abilities, including the funto-watch gunnel canoe race. There will also be a live and silent auction, a food tent with delicious supper options, and $5 raffle tickets. One lucky raffle ticket holder will win a Current Designs Solara 120 Kayak.

Raffle tickets are available at various Gunflint Trail resorts, as well as at the races. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. gunflint.com

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July 13, Saturday The 15th Annual Lundie Vacation Home Tour will visit five sites on the North Shore of Lake Superior. See historic and architecturally significant sites of timber frame construction, including the historic Slade House. End the tour with a picnic on Ledge Rock, complete with a beverage bar. Tour transportation is provided; tour registration required.

There will also be a panel discussion of Edwin Lundie and his works, hosted by authors Dale Mulfinger and Peter O’Toole from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Schroeder Town Hall; free and open to the public. crossriverheritage.org

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including sample sizes. Enjoy lots of good food, live music, and a huge collection of local businesses and craft vendors, such as Joe Polecheck Photography, Bailey Builds, Stokke Meats, and more. The festival will take place from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and admission is free. tasteofduluth.com

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The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On

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Experience the zoo at night and interact with some of your favorite animals. Tickets are $20 adults and free for ages 17 and under. Your ticket is good for admission, and is also a raffle ticket, entering you for a chance to win $1,000 cash or a party at Bent Paddle for 40 people, with free beer and catering. All proceeds go to caring for the animals that call the Lake Superior Zoo home. lszooduluth.org

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July 18-Aug. 11 The Grand Marais Playhouse will be performing A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, and The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On. Shows will alternate each night, beginning at 7 p.m.

Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Created by Dean Regan, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline follows her climb to stardom from her hometown in Virginia to the Grand Ole Opry, Las Vegas, and Carnegie Hall. The Marvelous Wonderettes takes place at Springfield High in 1969, with Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy. The girls sing their way through the greatest girl-group hits of the ‘60s, while saying goodbye to one of the Wonderettes as she searches for success and happiness on her own. Act two finds the girls back together at their 20-year reunion. The classic pop and rock hits of the ‘70s provides the perfect soundtrack for these old friends to catch up on the places life as led them, all performed with their own marvelous spin. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students; can be purchased online or at the door. Performances are held at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais. grandmaraisplayhouse.com

NORTH SHORE WATER FESTIVAL

July 19-21 Head to the Grand Marais harbor for a weekend on the water, hosted

by Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply. Test the newest kayaks, canoes and paddle boards, as well as outdoor gear and clothing. There will be free paddling demonstrations, as well as free standup paddle board (SUP) yoga classes; class registration required. Take part in the World Tour Paddling Film Festival on Friday (tickets are $10), starting with a casual dinner and drinks at 5:30 p.m. and the film at 6 p.m. Afterwards, enjoy a beach bonfire and SUP in the harbor. And meet Gunflint Burning author Cary J. Griffith at Stone

The Superior Theatre Festival in Thunder Bay will offer free masterclasses and a youth workshop. See page 37 for more info. | SUBMITTED Harbor from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday for a book signing. stoneharborws.com

shine. Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate. bayfrontworldmusic.com

ASHLAND BAY DAYS

July 19-21 Head to Bayview Park in Ashland, Wisc., for the annual Bay Days festival, located on beautiful Chequamegon Bay along the South Shore of Lake Superior. Bay Days offers great, old-fashioned family fun with activities for all ages. Kids will love the baby crawl, toddler run, and big wheel races. Bay Days also features delicious food, arts and crafts, a strongman competition, 1-mile/5K/10K races, live music and entertainment, a pie-eating contest, cardboard boat races, Battle of the Bands, karaoke finals, a dog-jumping contest, and more. ashlandbaydays.com

BAYFRONT REGGAE & WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL

July 20, Saturday Held at Bayfront Park in Duluth, the annual Reggae and World Music Festival is a celebration of world music with artists who spread the message of love, hope, and equality for everyone. This year’s lineup includes Kymani Marley, Demarco, Kabaka Pyramid, Samantha Moon, Olatunji, Woodblind, and DJ Sound of Fujun. Gates will open at 11 a.m., rain or

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WEST END FLOWER SHOW

July 20, Saturday The West End Garden Club, (representing the communities of Schroeder, Tofte and Lutsen), will hold their annual flower show on Saturday, July 20. This year’s theme is Painted Garden, and it will feature beautiful, unique arrangements and refreshments. Master gardenersscreen from the local Cook County Extension printing Office will be on hand to share

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July 20 & 21 See hundreds of collector cars, street rods, antiques, custom, and special interest cars and bikes at the Fat Guys Car Show in Thunder Bay. | SUBMITTED information and answer questions, as well as provide valuable resources. The show will take place from 1-5 p.m. at the Birch Grove Community Center in Tofte.

more. Gates will open at 9 a.m. both days.

Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate. duluthairshow.com

LAKE SUPERIOR SALMON CLASSIC

July 20-21 The annual Lake Superior Salmon Classic Fishing Tournament, hosted by the Silver Bay PTSO, will take place in the Silver Bay Marina. There are three contest divisions, with five place winners per division: coho salmon, king salmon, and lake trout. The entry fee is $20 per person.

There will also be a raffle drawing with cash prizes, totaling $1,500, as well as other prizes; tickets are $5. Raffle tickets and tournament registration can be purchased at various Lake County businesses.

Other activities include Bean Bag on the Breakwall from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, featuring music, food and fun. Cost to enter is $20 a team and there will be a prize for the first place winners. silverbay-marina. com/salmon-classic

CHALK.A.LOT FESTIVAL

July 20-21 Decorate Two Harbors’ Waterfront Avenue with chalk, both on the sidewalks and on the road, during the Chalk.a.Lot Festival. Held at Thomas Owens Park, enjoy live music, food vendors, art booths, and more. Starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, see artists working on their masterpieces, while you enjoy music in the park and free activity booths. On Sunday, artists will be finishing up their work, and Louise’s Place will be on hand for coffee and pastries. twoharborschalkalot.com

DULUTH AIRSHOW

July 20-21 Minnesota’s largest airshow will return to Duluth International Airport this year. The Duluth Air and Aviation Expo, presented by St. Luke’s, will feature the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Other performers and attractions include Gerry Conley, Michael Goulian, William Ward, LD Jeffries, the U.S. Air Force C-17 demonstration team, B-17 “Yankee Lady,” Shockwave Jet Truck, U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight, U.S. Coast Guard SAR demo, and more. There will be aircraft displays and vendors, a Runway 4k run/walk (held Saturday morning), a kids’ zone, concession booths, and

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BOARD ACROSS THE BAY

July 26-27 The Washburn Board Across the Bay Race is a unique standup paddleboard (SUP) event for all paddling enthusiasts. Held on Lake Superior’s Chequamegon Bay in Washburn, Wisc., categories include a 3-mile, 7-mile or 14-mile race. Activities will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday with a free historic paddle, starting at Memorial Park. Races will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday; registration required. There will also be SUP demos from leading manufacturers at Thompson’s West End Park from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Also occurring on Saturday in Washburn is free live music, a car show and food from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Or venture to Wikdal Park for art and craft vendors, food, a pet pageant, and a scavenger hunt for ages 7-12. End the day with fireworks over the lake at 10 p.m. boardacrossthebay.com

BLUEBERRY/ART FESTIVAL

July 26-28 Ely’s signature summer event, the Blueberry/Art Festival features more than 300 juried artists and crafters selling their hand-crafted items, 30 food vendors and local musicians. Held at Whiteside Park, the festival includes a blueberry pancake breakfast, a beer garden, live music each day, and activities for the kids, such as the bungie jump. Local stores and restaurants will offer specials and tasty concoctions with a blueberry theme, such as blueberry smoothies, tea, muffins, lemonade and scones. The food court will also have all kinds of tempting food, with everything from seafood to authentic Polish pierogis. The festival will take place from

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ELY FINE ART & ARTISAN FAIR

July 27, Saturday Get up close and personal with local and regional artists in an intimate setting at the 6th Annual Ely Fine Art and Artisan Fair. See all aspects of art, from watercolor, acrylic and oil paintings, to silversmiths, sculptors and fiber artists. Artists include Dafne Caruso, Doug Kalina, Kim Gross, Brittany Foster, Sharee Johnson, Anne Rasberry and Linda Trapkus. The event will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Amici’s Ceremony Hall, adjacent to The Art Corner, on Sheridan Street in Ely. amiciseventcenter.com

FAT GUYS AUTO PARTS CAR SHOW

July 27, Saturday The Fat Guys Annual Car Show in Thunder Bay has earned a reputation for being one of the biggest and best car shows in northwestern Ontario, and this year will be no different. The parking lot at Fat Guys Auto Parts and the neighboring streets will be lined with hundreds of collector cars, street rods, antiques, custom, and special interest cars and

bikes. This year’s special guest is Dave Kindig, from the hit Velocity Channel show “Bitchin’ Rides.” There will be local food vendors, prizes and giveaways all day, lots of factory representatives on hand, entertainment by the Roller Derby Girls, and free face painting and glitter tattoos for kids. Admission and registration for the car show is free. fatguyscarshow.com

BUSKERS FESTIVAL

July 27-28 The 7th Annual Bay and Algoma Buskers Festival in Thunder Bay is a two-day, family-friendly street festival that features live music and entertainment, a food village, artists and vendors, sidewalk sales, kids’ activities, games and more.

Located in the Bay and Algoma neighborhood, this year’s buskers will feature eight stages and showcase major talent, including Arty the Circus Drummer, Mental Floss Sideshow, Creed Statuary, and Kyle Hicks.

The festival will be held from 10 a.m.5 p.m. both days, rain or shine. Admission is free. bayalgoma.com

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Four unique exhibits remain on display through summer at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. The Writing on the Wall: The Work of Dr. Joane Cardinal-Schubert, RCA, will be on display until Sept. 8. An artist, activist, curator, poet, writer and mentor from western Canada, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, RCA addresses and reassesses the history that Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples share. The exhibit features 40 pivotal pieces in painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, and installation gathered from collections across Canada. Norval Morrisseau: Works from the Permanent Collection, will continue until Sept. 15. Morrisseau was one of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century. His successes and challenges are evocatively recounted in his art. Northwest Coast Masks will continue until Sept. 22, featuring a range of masks from the permanent collection. Last but not least, Shattered Basin, Fired Thing is on display until Sept. 22. In this exhibit, multimedia artist Andrea Pinheiro projects a 16mm film of various nuclear and geographically significant sites across the Southwestern U.S. and Northern Ontario onto a large screen made of clay and roots. theag.ca Celebrate Canada Day on the waterfront on Monday, July 1. Activities will be held from 5-11 p.m. at Marina Park, culminating in the area’s biggest fireworks display. thunderbay.ca On July 7, be a part of the Grand Opening for LaLuna Wellness Studio, Big Lake Pasta, Ungalli and local collective, and Red Lion Smokehouse, held on 16 Cumberland Street. Other Red Lion events include Beer and Books Reading Club at 8 p.m. on July 8; music bingo at 9:30 p.m. on July 20; game night with Toy Sense at 7:30 p.m. on July 24; and a cider and yoga session at 11 a.m. on July 27. facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse Children, parents and teddy bears are invited to an afternoon of crafts, activities and entertainment at the annual Teddy Bears Picnic on Tuesday, July 9. Highlights of the day include the Teddy Bear Parade and Boo Boo Bear Station to bandage much loved teddy bears. The event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at Vickers Park. thunderbay.ca The Live on the Waterfront Concert Series begins July 10 and takes place every Wednesday until August 28.

Performances will be held from 6-9 p.m. at Marina Park and admission is free. thunderbay.ca/live

ter winning the Lotto, Ivanka has bought herself a lovely little house in beautiful Thunder Bay and settles in to enjoy her retirement. In true Slobjevian style, Ivanka gets to know her neighbors and finds a new best friend: a retired Italian knife thrower named Pasquale. It’s pierogi versus tortellini in a hilarious clash of cultures you won’t forget.

Tickets are $40 and available online or at the box office. magnustheatre.com Festival of India will be held Saturday, July 20 at Marina Park. This annual festival is a celebration of culture, arts, music and food. Festivities include a free vegetarian feast, chariot parade, yoga, art and cultural exhibits, reference booths, henna tattoos, live music and dancing, children’s activities, and door prizes. The festival is free and takes place from 3-8 p.m. indiafesttbay.com Following the Festival of India is the Festival of Colours on Sunday, July 21 at Marina Park. With roots in ancient India, the Colour Festival is a joyful reminder to cast away bad feelings and throw worries to the wind.

Join the crowd of people laughing, dancing, playing, eating, and filling the sky with clouds of bright colours. Held at 3 p.m., there will be live musicians, dancers, yoga instructors, colour throwing, and more. The colours used are plant-based, non-toxic, and environmentally-friendly; made from food-grade cornstarch. Open to all ages. festivalofcolours.ca

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See the workshop production of Alex the Artist, by Alycia Novak, on Saturday, July 27. This is a theatre for young audience piece that will be developed July 22-26 with the Superior Theatre Festival. The Saturday postshow discussion will take place from 2-3 p.m. and again from 7-8 p.m. at Urban Abbey. Students interested in joining the workshop can attend auditions on Tuesday, July 2 at Fay Gleeson Dance Centre; registration required. Also held throughout the month of July are free masterclasses for ages 12-21; learn from professional Thunder Bay and national artists in an inclusive environment. Classes include acting, theatre design set and costumes, music composition, puppetry, musical theatre choreography, and musical theatre acting and choreography. To register, email: info@superiortheatrefestival.com.

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Northern Wilds Calendar of Events July 1, Monday Canada Day

July 5, Friday The Texasota Independence Jam

Canada Day 5k Trail Run 9:30 a.m. Centennial Park, Thunder Bay, metreeaters.ca Canada Day Celebration 10 a.m. Fort William Historical Park, Thunder Bay, fwhp.ca Geraldton Canada Day Parade 11 a.m. (fireworks at dusk) Geraldton, Ontario, greenstone.ca Canada Day on the Waterfront 5 p.m. Marina Park, Thunder Bay, thunderbay.ca

July 1-2

Mark Joseph 8 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 1-6 July 1-31 Plastic-free July plasticfreejuly.org

July 2, Tuesday Film Fiesta 2 p.m.

Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org

July 3, Wednesday Hairball 5:30 p.m.

Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth Artist Talk with Kat Corrigan: Painters Who Use Color and Light 7 p.m.

Cook County Higher Education, Grand Marais, grandmaraisartcolony.org Briand Morrison 9 p.m.

Bluefin Bay, Tofte, briandmorrison.com

July 4, Thursday Independence Day Tofte Trek Wilderness Run & Walk 8 a.m. Birch Grove Community Center, Tofte, toftetrek.com Tofte 4th of July Celebration & Fireworks 11 a.m. (Parade at 2 p.m.)

Tofte, toftemn.com Kutdown 9 p.m.

Grandma Ray’s, Grand Marais, facebook.com/grandmarays

July 4-6 8 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

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July 5-6 Hovland Arts Festival 10 a.m. Hovland Town Hall, hovlandartsfestival.com

July 5-7 Thunder Bay Blues Festival

PFCT: Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs Ely, northernlakesarts.org

Space Monkey Mafia

3:30 p.m. Island Lake Park Pavilion, Duluth Black River Revue: 2 Shows!

5 p.m. & 8 p.m. Northern Grounds, Ely, blackriverrevue.com Bayfront Country Jam 5 p.m. Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, bayfrontcountryjam.com Don Juan Trio 8 p.m. Grandma Ray’s, Grand Marais, facebook.com/grandmarays

Thunder Bay, tbayblues.ca Lake Nipigon Trout Hunt Beardmore, Ontario, greenstone.ca

July 5-28 Tara Lynn Austin Art Exhibit (Reception July 5 at 5 p.m.) Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, cookcountyhistory.org Kat Corrigan Exhibit (Reception July 5 at 7 p.m.) Tettegouche State Park Visitor’s Center, Silver Bay

July 6, Saturday Solving Lake Superior’s Mysteries 10 a.m. Sugarloaf Cove, Schroeder, sugarloafnorthshore.org Briand Morrison Noon, Hovland Town Hall, briandmorrison.com Trampled by Turtles 3:30 p.m. Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth Briand Morrison 6 p.m. Larsmont Cottages, Two Harbors, briandmorrison.com Shannon Gibney: Dream County 7 p.m. Drury Lane Books, Grand Marais, facebook.com/drurylanebooks Michael Monroe Log Cabin Concert 7 p.m. Grand Marais

July 7, Sunday Grand Opening Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse Chik-Wauk Open House 10 a.m.

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center, Gunflint Trail, chikwauk.com

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311 & Dirty Heads 4:20 p.m.

Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth

July 7-8

July 11-14 Heritage Days Two Harbors, twoharborsmn.gov

Drew Peterson 8 p.m.

July 11-27

July 8, Monday

IVANKA–Pasta, Salami and a Guy Named Pasquale Magnus Theatre, Thunder Bay, magnustheatre.com

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

Northern Lights Music Festival:

Kids for Kids Concert 10:30 a.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Community Sewing Bee 2 p.m. North House Folk School, Grand Marais To Laugh is to Live! with Kenny Ahern 3 p.m. Grand Marais Public Library, alslib.info To Laugh is to Live! with Kenny Ahern 6 p.m. Silver Bay Public Library, alslib.info Beer & Books 8 p.m. Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse

July 9, Tuesday Teddy Bears Picnic Noon, Vickers Park, Thunder Bay, thunderbay.ca Ruby’s Pantry 5 p.m. Cook County Community Center, Grand Marais, facebook.com/rubyspantrycc To Laugh is to Live! with Kenny Ahern 6 p.m. Two Harbors Public Library, alslib.info Teague Alexy 8 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 10, Wednesday Duluth YMCA Sidewalk Shuffle 5k Noon, Lakewalk, Duluth

July 10-12 Sidewalk Days Festival 9 a.m.

Downtown Duluth, downtownduluth.com

July 11, Thursday NASA@My Library: Star Clocks 1:30 p.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Make Your Own Yogurt: Ditch the Plastic Container 4:30 p.m. Cook County Community Center, Grand Marais Plucked Up String Band 6 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com Music in the Park 7 p.m.

Whiteside Park, Ely, ely.org

July 11-28 Grease 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) Duluth Playhouse

July 12, Friday Old MacDonald Had a Banjo 9:30 a.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Briand Morrison 12:30 p.m.

Two Harbors Heritage Days, briandmorrison.com Briand Morrison 8 p.m.

Wunderbar Eatery, Grand Marais, briandmorrison.com

An Artful Evening on the Harbor 5 p.m. Harbor Park, Grand Marais, grandmaraisartcolony.org Briand Morrison 6 p.m. Thirsty Pagan, Superior, briandmorrison.com Cary Waterman: Threshold: New & Selected Poems 7 p.m.

Drury Lane Books, Grand Marais, facebook.com/drurylanebooks Michael Monroe Log Cabin Concert 7 p.m. Grand Marais Kelley Hunt 7:30 p.m. Arrowhead Center for the Arts, Grand Marais, northshoremusicassociation.com The Path from Practical Plastic to Plastic Pandemic 7:30 p.m. North House Folk School, Grand Marais Brothers in Arms 8 p.m.

Grandma Ray’s, Grand Marais, facebook.com/grandmarays

July 13-14

July 12-13

Grand Marais Arts Festival Downtown Grand Marais, grandmaraisartcolony.org

Rich Lewis Band 8:30 p.m.

July 14, Sunday

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 12-14 Bay Days Silver Bay, bay-days.org Hopped Up Caribou Festival Caribou Highlands, Lutsen, hoppedupcaribou.com Caramat Fish Derby Caramat, Ontario, greenstone.ca

July 12-15 Ely Arts and Heritage Center’s Gala Art Show & Sale 1 p.m. (Gala 7 p.m. July 12) Miners Dry House, Ely, elygreenstone.org

July 13, Saturday Lundie Vacation Home Tour Cross River Heritage Center, Schroeder, crossriverheritage.org Firewise: Living with Fire 8 a.m. Cook County Community Center, Grand Marais, tinyurl.com/livingwfire19 12th Annual Lutsen Church Rummage & Bake Sale 9 a.m. Lutsen Church Modern, Improv & Hip Hop Dance Workshops 9 a.m. Reflections Dance Company, Ely, Vermilion Community College Theatre, Ely, ely.org Taste of Duluth 11 a.m. Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, tasteofduluth.com Two Harbors City Band Concert 11 a.m. Thomas Owens Park, Two Harbors

Donuts at Dorothy’s 11 a.m. Dorothy Molter Museum, Ely, rootbeerlady.com Rich Lewis Band Noon, Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com Steve Miller Band & Marty Stuart 6 p.m. Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth Jim McGowan 7 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 15, Monday NASA Live Broadcast of the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Briand Morrison 1 p.m. WTIP Radio, Grand Marais, briandmorrison.com

July 15-16 Colleen Myhre 8 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 15-21 Heritage Days Schreiber, schreiber.ca

July 16, Tuesday Post Crossing 101 Noon, Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Full Moon Music: Yvonne Mills 8 p.m. Drury Lane Books, Grand Marais, facebook.com/drurylanebooks

July 17, Wednesday Duluth Women’s Club Annual Homes & Garden Tour 10 a.m. Duluth Weaving with Plastic 10 a.m.

Harbor Park, Grand Marais Movie Matinee 2 p.m. Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Gunflint Trail Canoe Races 4:30 p.m. Gunflint Lodge Waterfront, Gunflint Trail, gunflint.com Ice Cream Social 5:30 p.m.

Fairlawn Mansion, Superior, superiorpublicmuseums.org Briand Morrison 9 p.m. Bluefin Bay, Tofte, briandmorrison.com

July 18, Thursday To Laugh is to Live! with Kenny Ahern 9 a.m. Ely Public Library, alslib.info Park Point Sand Modeling Contest & Water Safety Expo 10 a.m.

Park Point Beach, Duluth Zoo La Palooza 4:30 p.m. Lake Superior Zoo, Duluth, lszooduluth.org Park Point 5-Miler/2-Mile Walk 5:30 p.m. Park Point, Duluth, grandmasmarathon.com Guest Lecture: Wolves at our Door 7 p.m. Cook County Higher Education, Grand Marais, northshorecampus.org Briand Morrison 7 p.m.

Vista Fleet Sunset Cruise, Duluth, briandmorrison.com

July 18-21 Lilypad Picnic North American Bear Center, Ely, lilypadpicnic.com

July 18-Aug. 11 Summer Theater Festival: A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline & The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On 7 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.), Arrowhead Center for the Arts, Grand Marais, grandmaraisplayhouse.com

July 19, Friday An Ol’ Fashioned Summertime Ceili Dance 7 p.m. Port Arthur Polish Hall, Thunder Bay, tbaytrad.ca

July 19-21 North Shore Water Festival Grand Marais Harbor, stoneharborws.com Longlac Summerfest Longlac, greenstone.ca Red Rock First Nations Pow-wow Lake Helen Reserve, Nipigon Ashland Bay Days Bayview Park, Ashland, WI, ashlandbaydays.com

July 19-Aug. 11 Biggest Blueberry Contest Gunflint Trail, visitcookcounty.com

July 20, Saturday NE MN Fish & Climate Change 10 a.m. Sugarloaf Cove, Schroeder, sugarloafnorthshore.org Briand Morrison 10 a.m. Amazing Grace, Duluth, briandmorrison.com Bayfront Reggae & World Music Festival 11 a.m. Bayfront Park, Duluth, bayfrontworldmusic.com West End Garden Club: Painted Garden 1 p.m. Birch Grove Community Center, Tofte 80th Birthday Celebration for Bear Center’s Founder Dr. Lynn Rogers 1 p.m. North American Bear Center, Ely, bear.org

Festival of India 3 p.m. Marina Park, Thunder Bay, indiafesttbay.com Briand Morrison 6 p.m. Sir Benedict’s Tavern, Duluth, briandmorrison.com Michael Monroe Log Cabin Concert 7 p.m. Grand Marais Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres: Album Release Concert 8 p.m.

Port Arthur Polish Hall, Thunder Bay, tbaytrad.ca Music Bingo 9:30 p.m.

Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse

July 20-21 Lake Superior Salmon Classic Fishing Tournament Silver Bay Marina, silverbay-marina.com Chalk.a.Lot Festival Two Harbors, twoharborschalkalot.com Duluth Air & Aviation Expo 9 a.m. Duluth International Airport, duluthairshow.com Pat Ferguson 7:30 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 21, Sunday Honor the Earth: Water Is Life Festival 10 a.m. Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, honorearth.org Beach Festival 11 a.m. Terrace Bay, terracebay.ca/beachfestival David Battistel Presents: Leeblain the Ghost Town of Gunflint 2 p.m.

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center, Gunflint Trail, chikwauk.com Briand Morrison 2 p.m.

Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, briandmorrison.com Festival of Colours 3 p.m. Marina Park, Thunder Bay, festivalofcolours.ca

July 22, Monday Old MacDonald Had a Banjo

3:30 p.m. Two Harbors Public Library, alslib.info

July 23, Tuesday Old MacDonald Had a Banjo

10 a.m. Silver Bay Public Library, alslib.info Old MacDonald Had a Banjo 3:30 p.m. Grand Marais Public Library, alslib.info

July 24, Wednesday ABC’s for Preschool 9 a.m.

Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Wednesday Night at the Races: Youth 5 p.m. Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth

July 25, Thursday Pinterest Projects 11 a.m.

Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Book Signing: Courtney Ysmineh: A Girl Called Sidney 2 p.m. Piragis Northwoods, Ely, ely.org Jerry Seinfeld 7 p.m. Duluth DECC, decc.org Game Night with Toy Sense 7:30 p.m.

Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse Bug Dope 8 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 25-28 Bow Fest 2019 Mont du Lac Resort, Superior

July 26, Friday Downtown Duluth Arts Walk 5 p.m. Downtown Duluth, facebook. com/downtownduluthartswalk

Artist Talk & Author Reading: Art & Cultural Exchange 7 p.m.

Cook County Higher Education, Grand Marais, grandmaraisartcolony.org Southpaws 8 p.m.

Grandma Ray’s, Grand Marais, facebook.com/grandmarays Briand Morrison 8 p.m.

Superior Shores Resort, Two Harbors, briandmorrison.com

July 28-Aug. 3

July 30-Aug. 3

Rule Britannia Week Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse

Spirit Valley Days West Duluth, spiritvalleydays.com

July 26-27

Furoshiki Demo: Art of Wrapping with Fabric 10 a.m. Harbor Park, Grand Marais Tasting Tuesday: Blacklist 3 p.m.

Duluth Pack, Duluth, duluthpack.com

Board Across the Bay Washburn, WI, boardacrossthebay.com Splimit the Band 8 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 29-30 Mark Joseph 7 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

July 30, Tuesday

July 31, Wednesday Dance with Anne 11 a.m.

Ely Public Library, elylibrary.org Wednesday Night at the Races: Youth 5 p.m. Griggs Field UMD, Duluth

Aug. 1-4 Fisherman’s Picnic Grand Marais

Aug. 2-3 Beaver Bay Daze Beaver Bay, facebook.com/mainstreet61

July 26-28 Longlac Walleye Masters Fishing Tournament Long Lake, Longlac, longlacwalleyemasters.ca Pays Plat First Nations Powwow Pays Plat, Ontario Thomas & Friends Steam Team Tour: Day Out with Thomas North Shore Scenic Railroad, Duluth, northshorescenicrailroad.org Stars of the North Music Festival Grand Marais, facebook.com/ grandmaraismusic Blueberry/Art Festival 10 a.m.

Whiteside Park, Ely, ely.org

July 27, Saturday Household Hazardous Waste Collection 9 a.m. Cook County Recycling Center, Grand Marais (218) 387-3630 Ely Fine Art & Artisan Fair 10 a.m. Amici’s Ceremony Hall, Ely, amiciseventcenter.com Women-Made Marvelous Things Fair 10 a.m. Peace Church, Duluth Paint Your Own Tote Bag 10 a.m. Sugarloaf Cove, Schroeder, sugarloafnorthshore.org Fat Guys Auto Parts Annual Car Show 11 a.m. Memorial Ave., Thunder Bay, fatguyscarshow.com Cider & Yoga 11 a.m.

Red Lion Smokehouse, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/redlionsmokehouse “Alex the Artist” Workshop Showing Post-show Discussion 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Urban Abbey, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/superiortheatrefestival All Pints North Summer Brewfest 3 p.m. Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, mncraftbrew.org Briand Morrison 6 p.m. Cascade Lodge, Lutsen, briandmorrison.com Michael Monroe Log Cabin Concert 7 p.m. Grand Marais

July 27-28 Buskers Festival Bay & Algoma Neighborhood, Thunder Bay, bayalgoma.com

July 27-Aug. 3 Big Fish Contest Cook County, buckshardware.net

July 28, Sunday Briand Morrison: Solo Jazz

Guitarist 2 p.m. Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center, Gunflint Trail, chikwauk.com Jim McGowan 7 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com

Monday

Two Harbors City Band Concert 7:30

Live Music 9 p.m.

p.m. Thomas Owens Park, Two Harbors

Tuesday

Bird Banding Demos 7 a.m.

Sugarloaf Cove, Schroeder, sugarloafnorthshore.org Sawmill Tours: Free 10 a.m.

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Grand Marais (218) 877-7033 Live Music 4 p.m. Voyageur Brewing, Grand Marais, voyageurbrewing.com Music by the Campfire 7:30 p.m. Eagle Ridge Resort, Lutsen Live Music 9 p.m. Bluefin Grille, Tofte, bluefinbay.com Movies in the Park (Begins July 12) Leif Erikson Park, Duluth, downtownduluth.com

Bluefin Grille, Tofte, bluefinbay.com

Family Story Time 10:30 a.m.

Grand Marais Public Library, grandmaraislibrary.org Kids’ Day 11 a.m.

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center, Gunflint Trail, chikwauk.com Farmers’ Market (Begins July 16) 11 a.m. Lake Superior Plaza, Duluth, downtownduluth.com Sawmill Tours: Free 12:30 p.m.

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Grand Marais (218) 877-7033 Tuesday Nite Live 1 p.m. Ely, facebook.com/elytuesdaynitelive USFS Presentation: Free 2 p.m. Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center, Gunflint Trail, chikwauk.com Ely Artist Market & City Band 5 p.m. Ely, northernlakesarts.org Chester Creek Concert Series 7 p.m.

Chester Bowl, Duluth, chesterbowl.org

Wednesday Bird Banding (Excluding July 17) 7 a.m. Wolf Ridge Forest Ecology Building, Finland, wolf-ridge.org Country Market 3:30 p.m. CLE Dove Building, Thunder Bay, tbcm.ca West End Market 4 p.m. Mountain Inn, Lutsen, mountaininnmn.com/events Concerts on the Pier 5 p.m.

Glensheen Mansion, Duluth Live on the Waterfront (Begins July 10) 6 p.m. Marina Park, Thunder Bay, thunderbay.ca Music on the Deck 6 p.m.

Papa Charlie’s, Lutsen Open Mic 6:30 p.m. Gun Flint Tavern, Grand Marais, gunflinttavern.com Live Music 9 p.m. Bluefin Grille, Tofte, bluefinbay.com

Thursday Local Food Market 4:30 p.m.

Cook County Community Center, Grand Marais Finland Farmer’s Market 5 p.m. Clair Nelson Center, Finland, friendsoffinland.org Live Music 6:30 p.m.

Lutsen Resort, lutsenresort.com Date Night with Live Music 7 p.m. North Shore Winery, Lutsen, northshorewinery.us

Friday

Saturday Country Market 8 a.m. CLE Dove Building, Thunder Bay, tbcm.ca Ashland Area Farmer’s Market 8 a.m. Pearson Plaza, Ashland, WI, ashlandareafarmersmarket.com Cook County Market 9 a.m. Senior Center Parking Lot, Grand Marais, facebook.com/ccfarmandcraft Two Harbors Farmer’s Market 9 a.m.

Cedar Coffee Company & Spokengear, Two Harbors, facebook.com/ twoharborsfarmersmarket Finlandia Market (Excluding July 27) 10 a.m. Bay & Algoma Street, Thunder Bay, facebook.com/finlandiatbay North Shore Geology Walks 10 a.m. Sugarloaf Cove, Schroeder, sugarloafnorthshore.org Story Hour with the Muffin Man 11 a.m. Drury Lane Books, Grand Marais, facebook.com/drurylanebooks Voyageur Brewing Tours 11 a.m. Voyageur Brewing, Grand Marais, voyageurbrewing.com Free: Tour the North House Campus 2 p.m. North House Folk School, Grand Marais, northhouse.org S’more Saturdays 4 p.m. Mountain Inn, Lutsen, mountaininnmn.com/events Live Music 7 p.m. Lutsen Resort, Lutsen, lutsenresort.com

Sunday Briand Morrison 10 a.m. Caribou

Highlands, Lutsen, briandmorrison.com Bluegrass Sundays 3 p.m. North Shore Winery, Lutsen, northshorewinery.us Music by the Lake 4 p.m. Skyport Lodge, Grand Marais, skyportlodge.com

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The North Shore Dish Landmark Restaurants of the North Shore By Chuck Viren

The North Shore of Lake Superior is a place people return to time and again. Families develop rituals around the journey regarding where they stay and where they stop along the way. Many people include their favorite restaurants as part of their must-stop destinations. Building upon the loyalty of their customers, some restaurants have stood the test of time; have remained where others come and go. Eventually they become landmarks, familiar and trusted points along the road. Three such landmark restaurants are: The Pickwick in Duluth, Betty’s Pies in Two Harbors, and Trail Center Lodge on the Gunflint Trail near Grand Marais.

Few Minnesota restaurants have a more extensive history than The Pickwick in Duluth. It has existed in its current location on Superior Street since 1914, and its roots go back to the Old Saloon at the Fitger’s Brewery in 1888. It has survived prohibition, economic downturns, and a changing downtown landscape by maintaining its Old-World European charm while adapting to changing circumstances. During prohibition they served “near beer.” A photo of their past on display in the restaurant depicts throngs of customers packed in like sardines waiting for midnight and the end of prohibition so they can grab a pint of the real thing.

In 2010, after 90 years of ownership, the Wisocki family sold the restaurant. Tim and Amy Wright, as majority owners, have been running it ever since. Tim’s family owns a chain of restaurants in the Chicago area. Tim and Amy have built upon the reputation of quality that The Pickwick is known for while expanding the menu.

It is primarily a steak house, serving the highest quality of meats in town, cooked to perfection on their indoor charcoal grill.

For those not up to a steak, there is an extensive menu to choose from, with a wide variety of salads, pastas, burgers, fish, and seafood dishes. Their best-selling menu items are their pepper cheeseburger and their onion rings. Both are hand-breaded and deep fried. One can wash them down with any of the 21 tap beers. Many of the local breweries are represented.

A bit north of Two Harbors stands Betty’s Pies, a landmark known to all who wind their way up the North Shore.

Whereas the Pickwick’s origins were affiliated with a brewery, Betty’s began in 1956 when her father opened a fish shack.

Betty Lessard started selling coffee and do-

Located north of Two Harbors is Betty’s Pies, a landmark known to all who make their way up the North Shore. | CHUCK VIREN

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The Pickwick in Duluth has existed in its current location on Superior Street since 1914. | SUBMITTED nuts to the fishermen who stopped by. The menu expanded to include hot dogs and hamburgers, and in 1958, Betty’s Café was born. She added pies to the menu and the rest is, as they say, history. Ever the perfectionist, Betty would bake all the pies herself, making as many as 150 in a single day.

Betty sold the restaurant in 1984, and by 1998, when Carl Ehlenz and Martha Sieber purchased it, the pies had changed, and customers were complaining. The new owners called on Betty for help, and help she did. She passed on her original recipes and methods, and the business has thrived.

In 2000, a larger building was constructed.

Carl now employs five to six bakers who make up to 550 pies a day. They now do it Betty’s way, using quality ingredients and lard for the crust.

The building isn’t the only thing that has expanded. The menu has grown to include a variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads and pasties. They still used Betty’s rye bread recipe, and it is included in many of their dishes. Their pasties, which also feature a larded crust, are their best-selling menu items. Well, except for their pies. They now

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have 45 varieties on their menu, and while they have added new recipes, they still adhere to Betty’s techniques. Their best-selling pies are a couple of Betty’s favorites: her Lemon Angel and the five layer chocolate. It only takes a glance at their parking lot to see that business is thriving. During the summer they have 95 employees and serve 1,100 people a day.

The Gunflint Trail, which originates in Grand Marais and winds for 60 miles through canoe country, is a destination in itself. Located near its midpoint, on Poplar Lake, is Trail Center Lodge. While Betty’s Pies began with a fish shack, Trail Center Lodge originated as a logging camp in 1938. The first owner, Sam Seppala, ran a sawmill on the lake. However, he drowned in 1940. After his death, the land reverted to its original owners, and it became Trail Service Center, where they had a tire repair shop. They began selling food to fishermen and the business evolved into a fisherman’s bar and grill.

Fast forward to 1995, and the business was purchased by Sarah and Anna Hamilton. They had roots in the restaurant busi-

ness, as their mother owned restaurants in Des Moines, Iowa. She came up to help out.

It wasn’t long before Sarah began filling the empty walls with knick-knacks. The changes didn’t end there. They remained open year-round and set regular hours. They broadened the menu, adding pastas and salads and a variety of steaks and burgers.

And they made their sauces from scratch.

Still, they kept what worked, namely the homemade pies and the malts. Today their best-selling menu items are their BBQ ribs, with Sunday specials, and their Swedish meatballs. With their emphasis on both quality and variety, they have attracted a loyal following. According to Sarah, “We wanted to create a place where everyone was welcome.” I think they succeeded.

These landmark businesses had relatively humble beginnings. They succeeded by focusing on the qualities that gave them a great word of mouth reputation and kept people coming back, while still adapting to change. Whatever the reasons, they have become a part of the landscape of the North Shore.

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Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil. Boil and stir for 1 minute.

Remove from heat; skim off foam. Ladle hot mixture into nine hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Wipe rims.

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By Javier Serna I grabbed a couple of Duluth beers during a recent stroll through the cooler at the bottle shop, on an unseasonably cool day in June.

The first beer that got my attention was Lake Superior’s Split Rock Bock, a German-style bock that the brewer has been making for more than a decade.

Previous listings of the beer put the beer at 6.2 percent alcohol by volume, but the beer’s current label places that at 6.0.

Despite the substance here, it’s a fairly light drinking beer that would be welcome on a cool summer day.

It poured a deep red and brown with a bubbly head that quickly dissipated.

There were malty caramel and chocolate notes with a bready, roasty and toasty presence.

Though it’s not a style that I love, I enjoyed this entire beer. It’s a solid offering of a style that was first brewed in the 14th century.

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Blacklist Artisan Ale’s Hazy is indeed hazy with a deep copper tone. | JAVIER SERNA Few brewers dare not take a stab at this style, and I am not sure that is a good thing, despite being a big fan.

Well, Blacklist Artisan Ale’s Hazy New England-style IPA (“Brewer’s Series IPA I) is not the only such take among North Shore breweries, but the style hasn’t caught on here like other parts of the country.

It appears to have just been canned for the first time recently, as it was not even listed on the brewery’s website as of press time.

Hazy, which is indeed hazy with a deep copper tone, is more bitter than most in the style. The can did not list the International Bitterness Units, but there are far more bitter IPAs out there.

CASTLE DANGER GETS ENVIRONMENTAL: Two Harbors’ Castle Danger Brewery focused its Pints for a Cause program on Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minn.

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There is a malted caramel element that reminds me of some of the old school Midwest IPAs that were produced 20 years ago now.

It does still have a pleasant, creamy mouthfeel to it, and I do love the citric hop selection here, though I would not call it juicy as are many in the style. Not sure what hops they used, but I do like the selection.

I’ll have no trouble taking down the rest of this four-pack. Blacklist makes no promises on how long this one will be available.

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By Amy Schmidt The fourth of July is fun for all ages, a true family-friendly holiday if there ever was one. The weather is (almost) always spectacular, neighbors host gatherings full of friends and food and after the sun has finally set, fireworks explode, filling the sky with brilliant color.

And yet, it is one of the deadliest holidays due to drunk driving. Think about it.

People have been out all day, barbequing and playing yard games. Maybe there’s lemonade or iced tea to quench your summer-time thirst. Or maybe there’s seasonal cocktails that taste as sweet as lemonade and go down just as easily. And there’s likely beer, mixed in with the sodas that float like rubber ducks in the cooler of melting ice. Nothing tastes better than a cold beer on a hot day.

After a long, enjoyable day of lingering and laughing, everyone congregates for fireworks; they’re worth staying up late for. And then, we flood back into the dark streets, walking or running back to our cars so we can drive home. Do you see where this is going?

According to a recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, 40 percent of all traffic-related deaths during the four-year study period were caused by drunk driving over the fourth of July weekend. Read it again: in four years of Americans driving the highways and backroads of this great country, approximately 132,000 people died in car-related accidents. 52,800 of those deaths were caused by drinking over a fourth of July weekend. That’s an astonishing, tragic statistic.

So what’s the solution? Don’t drink and drive—a simple, easy-to-say adage that’s shockingly difficult to adhere to. Most of us think that we can have a drink and still safely drive. But this may not be true. It’s complicated to determine how much is too much because alcohol affects people differently based on weight, amount of food in the stomach, rates of metabolism and type of alcohol consumed. The Nation Highway Traffic Safety Association has published charts that can help, indicating that in some situations, even a single drink within an hour of driving is too much. That’s sobering for anyone who’s ever had a beer at a barbeque before jumping in their car to go grab more hotdog buns.

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If you are drinking, reach for a non-alcoholic drink often. A good rule of thumb is to alternate, a beer then a soda or a glass of wine then a glass of iced tea. And before you even think about driving, think. Is there a chance, even a small one, that you might be impaired, even a little bit? If so,

make the right choice and let someone else drive. Decide to be over-the-top about your thinking, not your drinking.

And remember that drunk boating is just as dangerous as drunk driving. If you’re partying on a lake, be extra vigilant.

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Northern Trails The Ones that Got Away By Gord Ellis

There is something very satisfying about sharing a successful fishing adventure that ends with a huge fish. However, when I think back over 50 years of fishing, some of my most vivid memories are about those big fish that got away. The agony of defeat has left some very easily accessed memories on the mental hard drive.

One story that I often think of involves a huge muskie on Rainy Lake. It was late October and a friend and I were trolling through a tight narrows that was known to hold big fish. I was trolling a lure called a Jake that was 10 inches long. The lure ran about 7-8 feet down, so it only would tap bottom when we got shallow. Going through the narrows, there were some boulders that jutted up to about 6 feet below the surface. Once you were passed those, you broke into deeper water. This was where the big muskie lurked. At the time, I was desperate to catch a 50-inch muskie. It was a box on my fishing list I had not yet checked off. As we trolled through the gap, I felt my Jake tag the boulders hard, then break free into the open water. Then, just as suddenly, the lure came to a dead stop. Fish!

The fight was short but very exciting. I could tell it was a giant muskie, as it stayed deep and was pulling 80-pound-test line off my large baitcaster quite freely. When the fish finally showed itself, both my buddy and I knew. It was the one. There was, however, one major hurdle. We had to land the fish without a net. In those days, my partner did not use a net and hand-landed all the fish. So when the massive muskie drew up next to the boat, he had to grab it by the tail. The Jake was barely hanging on to the fishes lip by one treble point. My partner tightened his grasp and the fish responded with one mighty tail kick. The hook pulled out and the fish disappeared. That muskie was well over 50 inches. It took me nearly a decade more fishing to finally check off the 50-inch muskie box. My friend never fished without a muskie-sized net again.

Steelhead fishing on Superior’s North Shore has always been a favourite of mine.

Yet steelhead fishing is not a game for people who don’t like to lose fish. There are just too many variables that can make it all end badly. It’s hard to pick a single story from decades of lost steelhead, but there is one from my youth that I still recall vividly.

The river was large and deep, and required you wade nearly to the top of your chest waders. The technique used was

Fighting a spoon caught brook trout. | GORD ELLIS a quasi-form of fly fishing that involved drifting a small, green yarn fly along the bottom. The fly rod and reel were standard issue, but instead of fly line, monofilament was used.

At the time—in the late 1970s—money was tight, but I had just bought a new Martin fly reel that was a little lighter alloy than the classic 72. The other major difference in this reel was a handle that was a bit unwieldy. The line would also occasionally catch on the handle. It was annoying, but manageable. As I drifted my fly along bottom, the steady tap tap of the sinkers on bottom was replaced by a solid thump. The rod was swept up and the fish was on. The fish surfaced—a huge silver steelie of over 10 pounds. My heart leaped as the fish held

just a few feet from me. Then, in one incredible run, it broke free of the water head shaking. The spectacular sight of that fish in the air, a halo of water drops around it, was followed by the shotgun loud snap of 10-pound Maxima line parting. My heart sank. I looked down to see the line wrapped around the handle. That brand new fly reel was never used on a steelhead rod again.

One last tale to share. A dozen years ago, I was fishing the Nipigon River with my father Gord Sr. It was early August and prime time for trophy brook trout. We were slipping with my boat in the current, holding above some rapids and tossing bucktail jigs into the smooth slick before the whitewater. There was a big fish feeling in the air.

I pitched out the jig, engaged my spinning

reel and felt the line go immediately tight.

The slow head shakes of a large brook trout were transmitted up the rod.

The trick here was to keep the fish out of the rapids, as I could not follow it with the boat. The usual technique was to slowly lead the fish upstream and into slacker water. This fish was not having it. I began moving the boat forward, and could feel the drag slipping. The big trout was holding tight. I had no choice and began to apply more sideways rod pressure to try and get it swimming. The brookie came to the top, rolled and showed the largest, reddest, square tail I have ever seen. It was THAT fish. Then, just as quickly as it was there, it was off. The brookie of a life time. Gone.

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KASHABOWIE LAKE WHY GO: Kashabowie is an excellent lake for summer walleyes, smallmouth bass and northern pike. There’s also some yellow perch and lake trout angling for those willing to put in the time.

ACCESS: Kashabowie has a public boat ramp near the southwest end of the lake.

The gravel ramp does have some room for parking. It is right in the small, unincorporated community of the same name, that’s just north of ON-802 and about an hour and 20 minutes west of Thunder Bay. There is also access available for guests of the two resorts on the south end of the lake, at Birch Point Resort and Kashabowie Lake Resort, according to Gerald Matson at Birch Point Resort.

VITALS: This long, big lake is in fisheries management zone 6. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources does not list a surface area or acreage for the lake, but Matson said it’s about 19 miles long. It has an average depth of about 25 feet and a maximum depth of about 115 feet, according to OMNR. GAME SPECIES PRESENT: Cisco, lake trout, lake whitefish, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye, white sucker and yellow perch.

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before mentioning that, in general, Kashabowie is a harder lake for first-time visitors to the lake. “You really need to know how to fish it.”

But it is a good walleye lake, he said, with good numbers of eater-sized walleyes and the chance to catch a trophy.

“I have seen lots of big walleyes come in,” he said, mentioning that he’s been at the resort for the past 20 years.

How big?

He mentioned one angler who kept both 12- and 13-pounders once, while mentioning that a lot of the big fish are returned to the lake. Just a week before, he said another angler brought in 6- and 7-pounders before releasing the walleyes.

The fishing is better on the northern end of the lake, he said. There is deeper water there, better structure and bigger bays. The locals tend to use minnows and leeches on the lake, while he said a lot of visitors prefer artificial baits for walleyes.

BIG BASS, TOO: The summer time is also an excellent time to target smallmouth bass on the lake, and there are some dandies swimming around, Matson said.

“You see fish up to 5 and 6 pounds,” he said.

A number of anglers do target them with the typical bass lures, such as topwaters

and plastics, but walleye anglers will also end up catching them as well.

PIKE: There are some pretty nice northern pike in Kashabowie, Mattson said, mentioning that an angler recently brought in a 41-incher.

“You are getting close to 20 (pounds),” he said.

Kashabowie’s pike tend to be found in or around deeper water, so those looking to target these toothy denizens will want to head to the north end of the lake, Matson said.

THE REST: There aren’t a lot of anglers that target lake trout in Kashabowie come summer time, but lakers are in the lake, Mattson said.

The lake also has some yellow perch around, and a few anglers do get after these tasty panfish on Kashabowie, though Mattson said most who do target them head into some of the smaller lakes that are connected to Kashabowie.—Javier Serna

“Some big ones, too,” he said.

“Guys will get them while trolling for walleye in the spring of the year, but few actually get after them, especially when they are down deep in the summer.”

He believes there are some big ones in the lake, but most of the ones he has seen top out at about three pounds.

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When his actions turn violent, his parents send him back to Liberia. Like Kollie, readers travel back to Liberia, but also back in time, to the early twentieth century and the story of Togar Somah, an 18-year-old Indigenous Liberian on the run from government militias. When Togar’s section draws to a shocking close, the novel jumps back to America in 1827 to the children of Yasmine Wright, who leave a Virginia plantation for a chance at freedom in Liberia.

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Two birch bark carriers made by Helen Pelletier for her niece Olivia Pelletier. | HELEN PELLETIER

For Anishinaabe, Babies are Everything:

Just Look at the Tikinagan

By Jolene Banning

They go by different names like the waagijiipizin or moss bag, the tikinagan or the cradleboard. They are all baby carriers that the Anishinaabe have used since time immemorial and that embodies their way of thinking of family and baby; the child at the center of all, wrapped up tightly to feel safety and belonging.

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cross Anishinaabe territory, artists, community members, and workers are keeping traditional knowledge alive by teaching Anishinaabe people how to make their own baby carrier. There are three types of cradleboards and they all have some common elements. They all have a solid backing for support. They all wrap the baby up tightly by tieing up the front with leather. And they are typically made by family when a loved one is expecting a newborn baby. We can see kinship law through the tikanagan.

Tikinagan CRADLEBOARD Shannon and Ryan Gustafson are two Anishinaabe artists from Whitesand First Nation who now call Thunder Bay home.

They specialize in Indigenous fine arts, creating everything from beadwork to textiles, porcupine roach headdresses to tikinagans. Six years ago, they both left full-time employment with benefits, to devote themselves to learning and sharing their cultural knowledge. It took them six months to learn how to make a tikinagan.

Since learning this craft, the two of them have traveled to more than 30 First Nations, covering thousands of kilometers.

Waagijiipizin MOSS BAGS Lynda Banning is Anishinaabe from Fort William First Nation, next to Thunder Bay. She runs the FASD Regional Program for Anishinabek Nation and offers a moss bag teaching. She invites mothers and fathers and community elders to her workshops.

They learn the intricate steps of how to make a moss bag, the health benefits to baby, and the history of how the Anishinaabeg have been using and making these bags since the beginning of time.

The tikinagan is a plank of wood, usually cedar or black ash, almost double the length of a backpack, and not very wide.

A wooden bush bar arches across the top, which acts as a protector when a blanket is placed overtop. While mom would travel with the tikinagan on her back, she could feel confident that no branches would swing back to hit the baby. A moss bag is secured to the board offering baby a place to be comfortable while taking in their surroundings.

But due to the violent disconnect of colonialism, there was no value placed on Indigenous knowledge, tikanagans included.

“We’re encouraging connection between mom and dad and the developing fetus,” notes Banning. “By making a moss bag, they are establishing that connection; the baby is becoming real, and they’re working together to prepare for the baby, and generally, that’s the way it was,” “Spirit to spirit is what it’s mostly about,” she says.

The moss bag was more than just a carrier.

“Traditionally, the moss bag was stuffed with moss and used as the baby’s diaper and you would wash out the moss, hang it to dry and reuse it,” said Banning. “It wasn’t a disposable diaper that would get thrown away. Moss has antiseptic properties and healing properties so the baby would never get diaper rash.”

Wiigwaas adikinaagan BIRCH BARK CARRIER Helen Pelletier is another Anishinaabe woman from Fort William First Nation.

She has made birch bark baby carriers for her niece Olivia’s children.

“My niece is super special to me, all my nieces are more than nieces to me,” said Pelletier. “So when she asked me to make her a birch bark carrier I said I’d make it happen, because Olivia loves to be Anishinaabe and does anything to incorporate this into her life, [and] her children’s lives.

Shannon and Ryan Gustafson, and their daughter Justine, spent nearly two years learning how to make a tikinagan and this year they are teaching others what they know, so Anishinaabe babies can start life wrapped in their culture. | CHRISTIAN CHAPMAN Her way of life is important to her, so when I see a love of culture I make it happen.”

ist, Deanna Therriault, to paint an image on the back of one of the carriers she made.

The carrier is made of birch bark that is supported with more bark to make it solid, held together with dogwood, and sewn together with spruce root. The moss bag, sewn onto the birch bark, is made with sought out material, beadwork of Ojibwe florals and thunderbirds, and the front ties up with leather.

Community members from Fort William want to follow suit. After Pelletier made the first birch bark carrier for her niece, others have asked her for teachings on how to make a birch bark baby carrier. This is what Anishinaabe governance looks like: sharing, generosity, and maintaining good relations with those around you. Pelletier is proud that community members are choosing traditional knowledge, developing relationships to the land and each other, and placing value on culture as a way of life, so she offers to share her knowledge. There is healing in the land and knowing where you come from and hope when you pass this knowledge down to the next generation, she says.

Pelletier is humble about her artwork and doesn’t often think of herself as an artist. Art is her connection to family, community, land, and knowledge. It’s also a form of governance and keeps her culture alive.

She loves to create and is inspired by all the artwork she sees in life made by family and friends. To her, she is developing relationships with the materials she uses, and she maintains good relations with those she learns from and even teaches.

“I want our babies to feel the love of the earth, where all the materials come from, the birch bark, the spruce roots, and dogwood,” she says.

“Every year I build a relationship with different trees, birch bark, and maple and cedar, and when I build those relationships, I’m getting closer to our ancestors and culture,” says Pelletier.

The Gustafsons raised their children with a core value of being connected to the land through art, powwow, and dance.

From birth they started off life wrapped up tightly in the tikinagan, “the middle child not so much” laughs Shannon. They carved out a place where their children could feel safe and be free of racism. A place to feel proud of who you are and where you come from.

They say their children developed their senses of hearing, sight, smell, self-discipline, and impulse control while bound in a moss bag.

“Tikanangans keep our children disciplined, they keep them grounded, they keep them connected to the earth, all those things the cradleboard are made of comes from the earth and it creates that connection,” says Shannon.

While the teachings around each carrier may vary from community to community, some things remain the same. Parents can rest assured knowing the baby is warm, safe and protected, and learning.

In addition to the people noted above, the author would like to thank Alex Kahsenniio Nahwegahbow for sharing her knowledge for this story.

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Northern Connections Blowdown Ecology stroyed.” With trunks snapped off, or jumbled in piles like Pick-Up Sticks, foresters knew that fire danger would be high.

By Emily Stone

The Forest Service brought in experts to assess the fuel load, and took measures to make sure that if fires began inside the wilderness, they wouldn’t expand beyond the wilderness and put human property in danger. Outside the wilderness, timber sales and salvage logging took place. Inside the wilderness, local officials received special authorization from the Washington, D.C., office to use strategically placed prescribed fires to reduce fuel loads. Local property owners got strategic, too, and increased their focus on “defensible space” and other precautions against the inevitability of wildfires.

On the final night of my first canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, the sunset on Alpine Lake was phenomenal.

My friend Barbie and I paddled back and forth across the bay, our paddles dipping into liquid fire, as my dad took dozens of photos. Elegant pines brushed their tips against the sky, and the sun sank behind a uniformly forested hill. “Closer, farther, slower,” he directed us, as together we composed the perfect picture.

Six years after the blowdown, I was fully addicted to the BWCAW and working for the Forest Service on their portage crew.

I cleaned campsites in the blowdown area on Alpine Lake, but could not recognize our sunset bay. Late that summer, lightning started a fire in the blowdown area between Alpine and Seagull Lakes. I watched from my canoe as helicopters dipped water from Seagull Lake, and I thought back to that final night on Alpine Lake in 1998.

First the blowdown, now the fire: my heart sank knowing that the wilderness would change even more.

That was July of 1998.

One year later, the Boundary Waters Blowdown of July 4, 1999, devastated more than 370,000 acres of the one-million-acre wilderness area. To my dismay, Alpine Lake received some of the worst damage.

That was 20 years ago this month.

Because of my focus on the Boundary Waters, at the time I didn’t realize the full extent of the storm. It began as a thunderstorm in North Dakota, and blew through Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine before finally dissipating two days after it began. Straight line winds in excess of 90 miles per hour uprooted and snapped off trees, not to mention wreaking havoc on the human communities in its way. Outside of my beloved wilderness, the storm caused over $100 million in damage, killed four people, and injured 70 people. More than 700,000 homes and businesses lost power.

Like many of us who love the Boundary Waters, I couldn’t help but feel sadness that the lake had lost some of its primeval feel; that the photos my dad took record a landscape that had become almost unrecognizable. But since that first trip, I’d also studied fire ecology in this fire-dependent landscape. I knew that fire and wind are a natural, even necessary, part of the shifting mosaic in this near-boreal forest. Disturbance and succession in forests create an ever-changing patchwork across a landscape.

The sunset on Alpine Lake in July 1998 was picture perfect. That picture changed drastically following the Boundary Waters Blowdown of 1999. | LARRY STONE

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Portage trails in the blowdown required much more tedious work with nippers than a trail through a mature stand of pines.

For a more scientific report on the recovery of blowdown areas, though, I called up Lee Frelich. As director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, Frelich and his graduate students have been systematically studying forest regeneration in the Boundary Waters for the last 20 years.

“Disturbances are like a filter that not all species can pass through successfully,” Frelich told me. “This one was so severe that only a few trees made it through.” The effects weren’t uniform, though. The current diversity of the forest mosaic depends on a suite of factors.

Red pines, jack pines, and white pines were the biggest losers across the board.

Their tall, thin trunks with top-heavy canopies are not built to withstand strong winds. This far north, hurricane-force winds were not part of the historical disturbance regime that they adapted to.

After the pines went down, the saplings of shade-tolerant conifers that had been biding their time in the understory made the most of their opportunity for growth.

Black spruce, balsam fir, and white cedar— whichever were present under that particular stand of pines—grew quickly into the canopy. These late-successional conifers are the natural heirs of pine forests in the absence of ground fires, which would clear out the understory and allow pines to continue growing and regenerating.

When fires began to sweep through blowdown areas, they brought more changes within the mosaic. Jack pines are wellknown as fire-dependent trees up here.

But these fires, with plenty of fuel on the ground, burned too hot. Jack pine cones in the canopy receive a flash of fire that scorches the corky cone scales and releases

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When a fire occurs in mid-summer or fall, birches take over. In addition to sprouting new growth from burned stumps, their tiny seeds can blow in to reseed an area from miles away. In a few locations where red and white pines survived on the edge of burned areas, the mature trees have been able to restock the forest with new pines.

So in blowdown areas, the forest has shifted to either shade-tolerant conifers or aspen and birch, depending on if and when the forest burned. These are patterns I’ll be looking for on my next paddling trip. Another shift is happening, too. Red maple is a significant part of the forest understory in all of these scenarios. Just 50 years ago, it couldn’t have survived the bitter cold of winter. Both northern pin oak and northern red oak are also increasing in abundance, especially on the Boundary Waters’ west side.

Maples and oaks that were in the understory of unburned blowdown areas are now racing toward the canopy. In burned areas, they are migrating in. The small, winged seeds of red maple can fly great distances, and the small acorns of these oaks fly up to two miles—in the mouths of blue jays. Under the translucent leaves of aspen and birch, their seedlings receive just enough light to survive, and slowly reach for their turn in the canopy as the birch and aspen die off.

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Having grown up in northeast Iowa, I was flabbergasted. I’d never realized we had so much wind. Of course we have tornadoes, but out in the rolling farmland, what makes the news is the destruction of human infrastructure, not trees. “The same wind that could go through an oak forest in Iowa with little damage would level trees in the Boundary Waters,” Frelich explained.

Big windstorms, also termed downbursts or derechos, have been rare at the latitude of the Boundary Waters. That’s changing. As the climate warms and gases expand, our atmosphere is actually getting taller. One consequence is that thunderstorms will be more frequent farther north, and they can get taller, too. Taller thunderstorms are more likely to produce downbursts that blow down trees.

In a future where both higher precipitation and higher temperatures are predicted for northern Minnesota, it may be significant that, according to the NOAA, the two months leading up to the blowdown were hotter than normal, with near-record rainfall.

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Warmer summers will eventually cause so much evaporation that—despite a concurrent increase in precipitation—most trees won’t make it, and we’ll be left with an oak savannah in place of a boreal forest.

That’s the forecast for 2070 in our current high-emission scenario.

Right now, moose and snowshoe hares are benefiting from the prolific new growth of tender young shoots. Lynx are enjoying the snowshoe hares, and also the temporary increase in snowfall that was predicted for the early stages of climate change.

Pine martens and fishers should do fine once the new forests begin to mature. Canoeists, too, came back quickly to the wilderness. Because there are fewer big trees, I now use a bear-resistant canister instead of a bear hang to protect my food, but that’s an easy change.

Change is inevitable. The Boundary Waters we loved, both before and after the blowdown, itself is a result of hundreds of years of disturbance, regrowth, and succession. I’m not excited about the current changes, in large part because of humans’ role in the demise of the landscape we admire. But the vibrant green hues of young forests are pleasant, and some of my favorite places in Iowa are savannas. They are beautiful. In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Frelich took the stance that, “If the climate is going to go that direction and we’re not going to do anything about it, we might as well make it the best savannah that it can be.”

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Strange Tales The Legendary Super Logger Paul Bunyan By Elle AndraWarner

It has been more than 115 years now since tales of the superhuman logger Paul Bunyan first appeared in American folklore. Since then, he’s been called America’s greatest legendary figure, a Herculean lumberjack with the nickname of Mr. Minnesota (though Michigan and Maine also lay claim to him), and the mythical giant who created Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes when his huge footprints filled with water as he explored the state. His countless exploits include starting the Mississippi River (by emptying a pan of dishwater), creating the Great Lakes, bringing Swedes to Minnesota, and forming the Grand Canyon.

According to lore, Paul Bunyan was born during the winter of blue snow with the assistance of five storks working as a tag team to carry him as a newborn to his parents. By the time he was one week old, he was wearing his father’s clothes and eating at the table. When he went to school, he was provided with a great white pine for a pencil; when he wrote numbers on his limestone slate, his figures were so tall the teachers couldn’t read them. Frustrated with school, he decided to go into logging.

Listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1988, the 18-foot-tall (5.5 m) and 5-feet-across (1.5 m) Paul Bunyan and 10-foot-tall (3 m) and 23-foot-long (7 m) Babe the Blue Ox were installed in Bemidi, Minn. in the 1930s.

According to the Kodak Company, they are the “second most photographed statues in the U.S.” (behind Mount Rushmore, South Dakota). | JKELLY running up and down a half mile of black glistening stove top.”

Two years later (1906) in the Oscoda Press, Michigan journalist James MacGillivray published a story about Paul Bunyan from folktales he’d heard from lumberjacks; his stories were reprinted four years later (1910) in The Detroit News.

His inseparable trusty companion in his logging work was a giant blue ox eight feet high and 10 feet long named Babe, who was so strong he could drag a whole section of land to the loggers and pull kinks out of crooked logging roads. There were other characters in the mythical lore, like Hels Helson, Johnny Inkslinger, Snow Snakes, Sourdough Sam, and Shot Gunderson, to name a few.

But Bunyan’s status as a national icon— the hero of lumberjack mythology—really took off after 1914 when the Minnesota-based Red River Lumber Company used reworked and embellished stories about Paul Bunyan on commercial pamphlets in their advertising campaign developed by William Laughead. The pamphlets were followed by Tales about Paul Bunyan, Vol. II and unabridged volume, The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan.

So, how did these whimsical stories start?

As the story goes, it was the lumberjacks in the late 1880s in both U.S. and Canada who would tell tall tales in the bunkhouses, each one trying to come up with the best ones. And as these lumbermen travelled seasonally to different lumber camps, their storytelling spread the mythical Paul Bunyan yarns.

The first known print reference of a Paul Bunyan tale appeared on August 4, 1904, in the Duluth News Tribune in an unattributed short column which read, “His pet joke and the one with which the green horn at the camp is sure to be tried, consists of a series of imaginative tales about the year Paul Bunyan lumbered in North Dakota. The great Paul is represented as getting out countless millions of 56

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Since 1959, a 31-foot-high statue of Paul Bunyan, weighing 3,700 pounds, stands in Bass Park in Bangor, Maine. | DENNIS BROWN timber in the year of the ‘blue snow.’ The men’s shanty in his camp covered a half section, and the mess camp was a stupendous affair. The range on which an army of cookees prepared the beans and ‘red horse’ was so long that when the cook wanted to grease it up for the purpose of baking the wheat cakes in the morning, they strapped two large hams to his feet and started him

Was there ever a real Paul Bunyan?

Well, maybe. Some historians have theorized that there was true-life French-Canadian logger from Quebec named Fabian “Saginaw Joe” Fournier that was a model for the fictional Bunyan. The six-foot-tall Fournier, who moved to Michigan to be a lumberjack after the American Civil War, was a rough and tough rabble-rouser who was killed in a fight in 1875. Some say his profile merged with a French-Canadian soldier named “Bon Jean,” which eventually became the American “Bunyan.”

Then again, maybe not. According to Wisconsin author Michael Edmonds, (Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan, 2009), there was no real Paul Bunyan or a model for Paul. “There certainly were heroic lumberjacks, but Bunyan was more the embodiment of loggers’ collective fears and wish fulfilment.”

Nonetheless, nine U.S. cities (three in Minnesota; three in Wisconsin; three in Michigan and one in Maine) declare themselves the “birthplace” of Paul Bunyan, including Bemidji, Minn. In 1937, Bemidji built a Paul Bunyan statue 18-feet-tall beside the shores of Lake Bemidji (it took 737 hours to build).

Two years later, a 10-foot statue of Babe the Blue Ox was built alongside Bunyan.

Recognized as “cultural resources worthy of preservation,” in 1988 the National Park Service placed the two statues on the National Register of Historic Places. They are also listed on the National Geographic Top 10 U.S. Roadside Attractions.

While there are Paul Bunyan and Babe statues in cities across the U.S.—even one in Canada (Squamish, British Columbia)— there’s only one of Bunyan’s sweetheart Lucette Diana Kensack and that 17-foot-tall statue is in Hackensack, Minnesota.

The legendary Paul Bunyan continues to be honoured in various ways, through annual festivals, special days and—who knew?— there’s even a National Paul Bunyan Day each year in the U.S. on June 28.

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In July the moon runs through an entire lunar cycle, from the new moon on the 2nd to the new moon on the 31st.

At the midpoint of every cycle we get a full moon, and July’s falls on the afternoon of the 16th. That evening we’re treated to the rising of a very round and lovely moon against a pale sky.

On the 9th, Earth laps Saturn in the orbital race. At this moment, called opposition, the ringed planet appears opposite the sun in the sky. When an outer planet is near opposition, it rises in the east around sunset and is up all night. This summer Saturn travels the night sky east of the Teapot of Sagittarius and right below another feature of the constellation: the curved line of stars known as the Teaspoon. Brilliant Jupiter, which reached opposition June 10, leads Saturn and the stars of Sagittarius in their nocturnal journey.

While you’re watching these planets, compare their brightness and color to reddish Antares, the heart of Scorpius, below and to the right of Jupiter. The three ob-

jects appear low in the southeast to south at nightfall.

Also at nightfall, the Summer Triangle of bright stars is high in the east. The highest and brightest is Vega, in the constellation Lyra, the lyre. To its lower left is Deneb, the jewel of Cygnus, the swan. Deneb also marks the “head” of the Northern Cross.

The third star, Altair, in Aquila, the eagle, is below Deneb and Vega.

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On Independence Day Earth reaches aphelion, the farthest point from the sun in its orbit, about 94.5 million miles from our parent star. When it’s near aphelion, Earth orbits most sluggishly (relatively speaking). As a result, the Northern Hemisphere gets about five more days of spring and summer than the Southern Hemisphere.

The University of Minnesota offers public viewings of the night sky at its Duluth and Twin Cities campuses. For more information and viewing schedules in Duluth, see the Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium: d.umn.edu/planet.

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640 Beverly Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 0B5 Canada Phone (807) 344-3232 FAX: (807) 344-5400 Toll Free 1-888-837-6926 Cell: 807-473-7105 mclark@avistarealty.ca www.avistarealty.ca

MALCOLM CLARK, Broker PIE ISLAND

358 acres with 2 miles of beach front on Lake Superior facing south. Also a 1/2 mile of frontage on Perch Lake. Escarpments, hiking trails, great Lake Superior fishing and boating.

Ideal for resort development or your very own private getaway. All amenities nearby. 10 miles south of the Thunder Bay Marina. $790,000 CDN

NIPIGON RIVER

2 miles of waterfront south of Nipigon on the Nipigon River (364 acres) good ground. Many uses available.

$498,000 CDN

DOG ISLAND, NEEBING

Lake Superior. Your own private paradise!

Tremendous escape on your own 10 acre island close to town and all amenities . 2 recreational buildings on the property with kitchen and sleeping facilities.

Dock. $349,000 CDN

LAKE SUPERIOR LOTS

Little Trout Bay, 20 minutes north of the Minnesota/Ontario border, 3 large estatesized lots, very sheltered with southern exposure.

Tremendous views. Power and telephone available.

Priced beginning at $179,000 CDN

902 ST. IGNACE ISLAND

Absolute seclusion on Lake Superior in Armour Harbour on St. Ignace Island. A tremendous seasonal getaway.

45 minutes west of Rossport, ON by boat.

$350,000.00 CDN

NORTHERN WOODS LODGE

On Long Lake.

26 miles north of Terrace Bay. Large main lodge and 3 separate lodges all with full facilities. 5800 feet of shore line. Tremendous docking harbour. All chattels included. Turn key operation. $549,000 CDN

ST IGNACE ISLAND

Unique and peaceful setting on the south shore of St Ignace Island.

Well constructed and maintained buildings. Sand and cobble beach. All furniture and appliances included. Turn key ready. $459,000 CDN

BUYING OR SELLING Call: 218-591-0985 Email: stphn.carlson@gmail.com or Realliving.com/steve.carlson.

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5371 North Shore Dr

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This 14 acre parcel has beautiful views of the Schmidt Creek is located near the French River. Just minutes from Duluth but with the North Shore feel. Call 218591-0985, text or Email Stphn.carlson@gmail.com. I will be happy to answer any questions you might have.

$186,000 Steve Carlson 218-591-0985 stphn.carlson@gmail.com Realliving.com/steve.carlson.

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On Lake Superior

nEW 8580 W Highway 61

nEW 34 Grace Drive

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.

Stunning 4BR/4BA post & 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 6083657 $749,900

MLS TBD $525,000 nEW 2634 E Highway 61

nEW 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.

Quality built 3BR/2BA home, completed by a local craftsman w/ impeccable woodwork.

Nice floorplan with a lower level walkout, fireplace plus a det’d garage. Incredible lot w/2 acres, mature pine trees & 300’ of gravel beach, perfect for kayaking & fires!

MLS TBD $439,900

MLS TBD $579,900

68 Trailsyde

Extremely rare opportunity to purchase over 1000’of beautifully rugged and secluded Hovland Lake Superior shoreline with over 30 acres of land to ensure ample exclusivity and privacy. Property is amazing and includes an unfinished concrete mansion structure plus a guest cabin. Whether you subdivide or keep it as an exclusive retreat, you won’t find another property like this one!

MLS 6026201 - $995,000

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.

MLS 6080232 - $890,000

G n i D n E P 2890 W Highway 61

Watch the wave action from every room in this 4 bedroom, 2 bath home, located minutes from town. Panoramic views of Lake Superior, Carlton Peak fireplace, newly updated kitchen w/quartz counters, full walkout lower level and an attached garage are just a few features. Lot has 200 ft of shoreline with 1.30 acres!

MLS 6082610 $499,000

8650 W Hwy 61

Talk about your Lake Superior value!!!!! This 2 acre Schroeder lot has plenty of privacy, year round creek AND an incredibly beautiful Lake Superior ledgerock beach with a private inlet to launch your kayaks. Large, roomy 3 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home.

MLS 6078585 - $269,900

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502 E 2nd Ave Attractive 3BR, 2 BA home with many updates. Modern kitchen with a large island & granite counters. Walkout lower level with family room, including a kitchenette, which can be rented. $292,500 MLS 6082692

109 Wildwood Acres Trail, Tofte This beautifully anointed 2 BR, 2 BA +loft home is one of the most appealing homes on the market!

Views of Lake Superior, floor to ceiling windows, gas fireplace, custom tilework, cherry kitchen cabinets, and walk out lower level. $349,900 MLS 6082695

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 full-time home. Quality windows, doors, and in-floor heat fueled by geothermal. $159,900 MLS 6082863

nEW 316 9th Ave W Spacious 4BR, 4BA home with attached garage.

Features open floor plan and huge deck for entertaining. Master bedroom and laundry on main floor for convenience. Income potential with lower level walkout and full second kitchen.

MLS TBD $319,900

nEW 63 Maple Hill This intriguing 3BR/3BA country home has a 10 x 44 greenhouse, designed to enjoy the gardens year round. Separate 1BR/1BA apartment, which could generate income. Beautiful woodwork, open floorplan, ELEVATOR & garage, all on 5+ acres.

MLS TBD - $259,900

nEW 118 Sobanja Lane Perfect 2 BR, 1 BA peaceful hide-away in the woods and only a few minutes from Grand Marais.

Over 6 acres situated in an evergreen wooded forest. Home features an open floor plan and includes a 2-car garage for all the toys.

MLS 6083133 $194,900

11 Wildflower Lane, Lutsen Beautiful 4 BR, 4 BA home with lots of special touches - gourmet designed 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 in Lutsen.

MLS 6080005 - $489,900

2928 County Rd 7 Country home with 3 BR, 2 BA just minutes from town. Home has an open floor plan with eat-in kitchen, large island and plenty of sunshine.

Property is on 6+ acres and includes a 40 x 40 garage complete with in-floor heat.

MLS 6081628 $268,900 REDuCED

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 - $209,900

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1001 Pike Lake Rd Check out the charming farmhouse character of this 2 BR, 1BA fixer-upper on a great 10+ acre property that is close to lakes, trails, state and federal land yet still 15-20 minutes from Grand Marais.

MLS 6080310 - $118,900 REDuCED

D L O S

313 5th Ave W Come see this charming 3BR 1BA cottage with an amazing large private backyard and walking distance to everything Grand Marais has to offer!

This home features a two car garage, paved driveway, remodeled bathroom, new flooring, doors, and front windows.

MLS TBD $208,000

214 9th Ave. W Must see 3BR, 2BA home, located on an oversized lot in a great neighborhood! Updated kitchen with beautiful wood cabinets, wood flooring, spacious pantry, and stainlesssteel appliances. Recently remodeled bathroom, finished lower level with a kitchenette/wet bar, and heated two-stall garage. Enjoy the entire home yourself or convert to a duplex.

MLS 6081002 $259,900

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2291 Cty Rd 7 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms on 10A complete with ponds, an artist’s cabin and Lake Superior Views. This Home was designed and built for horse riding.

MLS 6082002 $699,900

G n i D n PE 210 Bloomquist Mtn Rd This 2BR, 2BA year-round home has all the modern amenities together with an open floor plan that is perfect for entertaining. Detached garage, ready for your toys all on 6+ acres of fields and amazing views of Lake Superior.

MLS 6032433 - $176,000

101 West Hwy . 61 Grand Marais, MN 55604 info@cbnorthshore.com

28XX E Highway 61 Solid one room cabin on slab foundation, fully wired & 2 x 6 construction. Cabin is not finished but is ready for immediate usage. Impressive views, 8 acres and a stunning Lake Superior gravel beach. $154,900 MLS 6082161

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234 W 10th Ave W Lovely traditional 4 BR, 3 BA home with floor to ceiling FP, dining nook overlooking the creek, open floor plan, spacious kitchen, w/o lower level and det’d 2 car garage. This is a totally move-in-ready masterpiece.

MLS 6079966 - $369,900

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319 E 2nd Ave Three rental units for the price of a single home, or the lower units can be combined leaving a family home with a studio apartment overhead. Or restore home into a two story single family home.

MLS 6027869 - $168,000

418 4th Ave W Spacious 4 BR home on a large corner lot with a 5-stall garage & 24x24 workshop. Features vaulted ceilings, open floor plan, huge windows surrounding the gas fireplace and an updated kitchen.

MLS 6075590 - $350,000

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inland

Birch Lake 42 Soderberg Lane

SERIOUSLY! Check out one of the only grandfathered-in Boat Houses in Cook County. This lot features 412 ft of shoreline with 3+ acres. Property includes an older rustic cabin, is fully surveyed, year round access.

$199,900 MLS 6080113

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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 $359,900

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Lots

Poplar Lake - 57 Fireplace Rd

Enjoy the views from this incredible custom built, year round 2 BR, 2 BA home with 395’ shoreline, 2 docks, private boat launch AND a sand beach!

Quality construction with a floor to ceiling rock fireplace and exquisite kitchen.

MLS 6083189 $559,900

100 Sag Lake Trail

Beautiful Greenwood Lake home situated on 6A and 300’ shoreline.

Home features 3 fireplaces, beautiful lake vistas, open floor plan, gorgeous tile floors, and state-of-the-art solar power system.

Primary cabin features 2 BRs, 1BA with a spacious open floor plan. Adorable guest cabin with knotty pine woodwork, bath & kitchenette. Large garage!

All of this on 1.3A with 150’of shoreline & dock.

MLS 6079981 $675,000

MLS 6082038 $379,900

14 Otter Bay Ln 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

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

Birch Lake Appealing 4.15 A lot with private driveway and cleared building site. Over 300’ of shoreline on this fabulous lot in the heart of the Gunflint Trail. Can be subdivided.

MLS 6080112 - $179,900

nEW Tom Lake Affordably priced Tome Lake property with over 600’ of shoreline and 34+ wooded acres. Wide trail to the dock to enjoy your evening sunsets over thepalisades and catching fish!

MLS 6083123 $117,900

Gunflint Lake Here is your chance to have a private space on the one and only Gunflint Lake! With 344 feet of shoreline you can enjoy amazing lake views. $129,900 - MLS 6082673

Squint Lake Mid-Gunflint Trail lot with 2.13A & 221’ shoreline.

Gently rolling topography, old white pine trees & abuts USFS! YR access, elec & broadband.

MLS 6028920 - $75,000

Chester Lake Imagine being the private owner on this lake?

Property consists of 40A surrounded by USFS & 300’ frontage! Rough cabin sold “as is”.

MLS 6079842 $149,900

nEW 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

Birch Lake Building spot is cleared on this great Birch Lake 5 acre plot. Gentle slope to this great fishery. Lot is very deep with federal land to the rear and 209’ shore.

MLS 6074808 - $89,900 PEnDinG

Tom Lake Enjoy stunning sunsets and views of the Palisades!

Year round access, 171’ shoreline, driveway and a cleared building site plus a stairs to the lake for easy access.

MLS 6082899 - $59,900

Wilson Lake 4 plus acres & over 335’ of shoreline. Many improvements in place – a driveway; site prep work partially completed; a septic system and a well!!!

MLS 6082785 $168,000

nEW 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. This south facing lot is the perfect setting for a cabin or retirement home.

MLS TBD $178,900

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 Onagon Lake Amazing building spots with views overlooking both Onagon and Cupid Lake. 5 A and over 1000’ of shoreline between both lakes.

MLS 6078278 - $99,900

Tom Lake One of the nicest lots on Tom Lake w/300’ of shoreline in a private bay with spectacular views of the Palisades and your own private peninsula. Year round access, driveway and cleared building site.

MLS 6076298 - $97,900 PEnDinG

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nEW Devil Track Lake, 10XX South Shore Drive Ten wooded acres and 255 feet of Devil Track Lake shoreline with a driveway and build site already in place. Great location offers private lakeshore living just a short drive from Grand Marais.

MLS 6083321 $149,900

101 West Hwy . 61 Grand Marais, MN 55604 info@cbnorthshore.com

(218) 387-2131

nEW Seagull Lake Exceptional Sea Gull Lake lot with phenomenal views and sunsets. Rare opportunity to find a lot with 8.50 acres and 543’ of very accessible shoreline.

There is a one room cabin to accommodate you while you dream of building your BWCA retreat!

MLS TBD $339,900

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Land nEW 47X CAMP 12 RD HOvLAnD Check out this property - one of the best deals in the market!

Over 200A mature trees, gently rolling topography, wildlife trails and logging roads, practically all surrounded by State and Federal land.

MLS 6083127 - $112,750 nEW 1643 CARiBOu TRAiL 40 acres, surrounded by Federal land, yet features year-round access, electricity, broadband and phone for a truly convenient home site.

MLS 6083492 - $124,900 nEW 1XX COunTy ROAD 56 Rare opportunity to find a gently rolling 20 acre parcel in the heart of farm country.

Land has trails, creeks, Lake Superior View and a driveway already in place.

MLS 6083495 - $67,900 Lot 8 Silver Fox Rd Beautifully Wooded 5A lot.

The lot is surveyed, septic sites were identified, year round access, gently rolling topography for an easy driveway and many ideal building sites MLS 6081817 - $49,900 Lot 7 Leveaux Ridge Beautiful and affordable lot, with electricity, phone and broadband on site, abuts to State land for added privacy!

Close proximity to many recreation options!

MLS 6077826 - $29,900

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 REDuCED

Whispering Pine Private lot at the end of Wes Hedstrom Trail, just high enough for a view of Leo Lake.

Convenient location midGunflint Trail.

MLS 6077021 - $45,000 19XX Camp 20 Road Affordably priced 20 acre parcel with privacy, situated near Federal land to the north. Seasonal access off of the Camp 15 Loop Rd in Hovland.

MLS 6076349 - $24,900

north Rd – Hovland Affordably price 20 acre lot that is perfect for a private, year round retreat. Power, phone and broadband available at the road.

MLS 6024552 - $39,900

West Hwy 61 – Grand Marais Attractive & affordable building site with 3+ acres & easy access right off of Hwy 61.

Minutes from town and Close to Cascade River State Park MLS 6081834 - $44,000

23XX Co Rd 7 Cabin or future home site?

Beautiful lot with 6.83 acres, abundant with trails, flowing creek and abutting State land!

Includes a camper with a nice deck & outhouse.

MLS 6079953 - $57,500

310X East Highway 61 Nice lot east of town with 5.56 Acres; excellent topography lines. Lake Superior Access across the road. Owner will Carry a CD. MLS 6082737 - $59,900

County Road 67 – Grand Marais Breathtaking views of Lake Superior from this 2.24 A lot.

Year round access, surveyed, private driveway and directly abuts State land to the east.

MLS 6029973 - $39,900

313X East Highway 61 Fantastic lot with 20.89 acres, that could be subdivided.

Features a pond, great views & healthy trees. Owner will carry a CD. MLS 6079768 - $159,900 Railroad Drive – Lutsen Sweet 1.7 A building site located in the heart of Lutsen.

Gently rolling topography, mature trees – easy building site and near many recreational opportunities.

MLS 6023743 - $39,900

Lake Superior view

XX Boulder Point Rd Attractive YR building site with 3.22 A; private driveway; seasonal creek and gentle southern slope with some partial views of Lake Superior.

MLS 6078705 - $59,900 1XX Quist Road Fantastic five acre parcel all set up for your vacation or permanent home with potentially spectacular views of Lake Superior.

MLS 6082716 $57,000

9xx County Road 14 Check out this beautiful 12 + acres with the well-known Kadunce River flowing through; also abutting state land!. The driveway is in place, building spot is cleared, and the land is ready for your dream home or cabin in the woods.

MLS 6082016 $65,000 1xx High Ridge Drive, Schroeder This 15 acre lot high on the ridge is ready for your dream home or weekend getaway!

Views of Lake Superior to the South and a lovely, deep, valley to the North.

MLS # 6082812 $99,900 1643 Caribou Trail Location, location, location! 40 A, surrounded by Federal land, yet features year-round access, electricity, broadband and phone for a truly convenient home site. Rare acreage with frontage on The Caribou Trail!

Potential to subdivide and a motivated seller!!

MLS 6079699 - $129,900 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

Large Acreage 160 Acres Gunflint Trail Remote, yet not far away from many mid-Gunflint Trail resorts.

Incredibly unique chunk of land surrounded by USFS & abutting the BWCA for the ultimate northwoods getaway. Extremely close to Iron Lake. Access is a little rough!

MLS 6074802 - $119,900 Pending 100 Acres 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 - $110,000 170 Acres Camp 20 Rd Heavily forested land 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

condos

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,

Lake Superior Lots

uniT 202 MLS 6074935 $295,900

3BR, 2BA

2 BR, 2 BA

Bluefin Bay Tofte MLS 6082354

Unit 38, 2BR, 2BA

$319,900 MLS 6078520

Unit 26, 1BR, 1BA

$259,900 MLS 6074681

Unit 32, 1 BR, 1BA

$275,000

Commercial 8 n.Broadway

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.

2888 W Hwy 61, Grand Marais

Fabulous views of both Artist Point and the Sawtooth Mountains! Stunning Lake Superior lot with 1.24A, 200’ ledgerock shoreline embedded with Thomsonite Stones, making this piece of Lake Superior Shoreline truly unique.

Raven Feather Road

MLS 6076120 $239,900

Seriously amazing Lake Superior views, including Alligator Island from the rock outcroppings on this stunning lot. Property consists of 6.65 acres, end of the road location AND abuts Federal land to the west. Close to town & all amenities

MLS 6075126 $109,900

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County Road 67

Check out the Lake Superior views from these properties! 2 .7 - 3.48 acres with all utilities readily available - electric, broadband & telephone. DNR owned Lake Superior shoreline across the road so you can have the enjoyment of the lake without the cost.

MLS 6029971 $69,900

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Massively expansive ledge rock shoreline make these two lots some of the most amazing shoreline you will see on the North Shore. Lots are 2+ acres and 200 ft wide with significantly more meandering shoreline.

MLS 6029037 $437,900

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.

MLS 6083349 $52,500

1st Ave West

MLS 6078583 $299,900 and 6078584 $339,900

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?

Stonegate Rd, Hovland

Lovely Lake Superior lot, located on the scenic Chicago Bay Road. Nicely wooded, private, and well insulated from Highway 61, this lot offers an escape with no inconvenience.

MLS 6030329 $189,900 and 6030330 $194,900

MLS 6075583 $224,900

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REALTORS®: Mike Raymond, Broker • Gail J. Englund, GRI • Linda Garrity, Realtor Cathy Hahn, ABR/GRI • Larry Dean, Realtor • Bruce Block, Realtor • Jake Patten, Realtor • Jess Smith, Realtor

Red Pine Realty • (800) 387-9599 (218) 387-9599 • Fax (218) 387-9598 • info@RedPineRealty.com PO Box 938, 14 S. Broadway, Grand Marais, MN 55604

LAKE SUPERIOR PROPERTIES NEW! SUPERIOR LOCATION, CHARMING 1910 HOME. 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 $876,000 DRAMATIC SHORE – GREAT LOCATION. Just west of Grand Marais, this 3 bdrm warm family home overlooks dramatic ledgerock shore on the big lake. Many updates like windows, roofing, septic system and appliances.

Neat studio cottage and thompsonite mineral rights included! MLS# 6082567 $439,900 PRICE REDUCED! LAKE SUPERIOR HOME IN GRAND MARAIS. Beautiful 2 bdrm, 2 bath home and guest house with 110 ft of Lake Superior shoreline!

Fireplace, city sewer and water, nice pebble beach.

Each building has its own garage. Walking distance to downtown! Priced below recent appraised value. MLS# 6081150 $409,000 PRICE REDUCED! 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 NEW! CUTE CEDAR CABIN ON LAKE SUPERIOR. This cute cedar cabin is nestled into a hill just around the Cut Face Creek curve. Enjoy 1.3 acres with 365' of Lake Superior ledgerock and gravel shoreline with open big lake views. Close to Grand Marais but far enough to find privacy and peace. MLS# 6083475 $349,900

LAKE SUPERIOR – OLD FISHERMAN’S CABIN. Tucked in the corner of beautiful Big Bay on the shores of Lake Superior lies the old fishing cabin from a bygone era. This lot has great lake views, and looking east to the ridges running up the coast. The 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, and maybe a great place to launch your own fishing adventures. MLS# 6079826 $255,000 PREMIER LAKE SUPERIOR PROPERTY. Beautiful, very private 1.84 acre residential lot with 240 ft of Lake Superior shoreline in the Chimney Rock Platted Development.

Premier quality with stunning elevated and panoramic views of the lake. MLS# 6082580 $199,000 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 $179,900 BIG BAY LOT. Lake Superior lot with views, deep spruce forest, adjoining state land and outstanding sunrises and sunsets with the east view of the lake. The forest is enchanting with huge mosscovered boulders. Build your home or North Shore cabin here and enjoy the feeling of seclusion with all the charm and peacefulness of the Hovland area on the east end of Cook County. MLS# 6079835 $179,900

INLAND WATER PROPERTIES HERMITAGE OR HERITAGE – LARGE INLAND LAKE RETREAT. Charming 4-season, 2 bdrm home on 46+ acres with over 1600’ beautiful frontage on Two Island Lake.

Privacy assured with US Forest surrounding you. Development potential. Located just 20 minutes from Grand Marais.MLS# 6083464 $749,900 NEW! BEAUTIFUL PIKE LAKE HOME. Waterfront 3 bdrm home with 350' of shoreline and 10.97 acres of land!

Wood burning fireplace and stove, sauna, two car garage. Wisely and solidly constructed. Only 15 mins from Grand Marais.

Many nearby recreation opportunities. MLS# 6083539 $515,000 PRICE REDUCED!

INLAND WATER PROPERTIES BEAUTIFUL DEVIL TRACK LAKE HOME. Impeccably maintained 2 story, 3 bdrm lake home with 3 season porch. Windows all around, vaulted ceilings, numerous upgrades, loads of finished living space. Workshop, landscaped yard and gardens. MLS# 6082391 370,000 PRICE REDUCED! YOUR OWN WILDERNESS LAKE AND RETREAT. Eggers lake is surrounded by the Superior National Forest, and this is the only private owner on the whole lake. Great views to the west and good trout fishing. 160 acres of rolling forest with another huge moose pond. Surrounded by government land in the rugged Misquah Hills near the Gunflint Trail. Great southerly exposure. Make this your own unique, private wilderness retreat.

MLS# 6076498 $349,900 NEW! SAGANAGA LAKE. Two bedroom, 1 bath home overlooking the main narrows on Sag. Adjoins USFS BWCAW on its south line. Shoreline access to floating dock is good, with high views up and down the lake and across to the BWCAW from atop a huge rock knoll. House has beautiful wood paneling and a large natural stone fireplace in the living room. Here's a rare Sag property on the main part of the lake. Wilderness adventures and big fish await!

MLS# 6083777 $339,000 NEW! NORTH WOODS CABIN – IRON LAKE. You must see this beautiful north woods themed cabin with 200' shore, located right on the edge of the BWCAW and MOVE IN READY! Two large bdrms plus a partially completed bunkhouse above the garage. With well placed windows, wood accents and tasteful decor, this cabin exudes brightness and peace. Iron Lake has walleye, northerns, large bluegills AND is close to a well known splake lake. Home is used seasonally but it's insulated for winter use.

Broadband ready. MLS# 6083525 $299,900 QUALITY GARAGE ON WILSON LAKE. The perfect place for your north woods dream. The Timberland garage is well built and provides an excellent cabin while you build your dream home on a great walleye lake. Knotty pine, wood burning stove, outhouse, and dock with 313' shoreline. Year round access.

MLS# 6078042 $239,900 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 $217,500

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INLAND WATER PROPERTIES CLEARWATER CABIN – PALISADE VIEWS. This long-owned and loved 2 bdrm cabin is in nice condition; the perfect simple BWCAW retreat.

Warm, cozy wood interior and stunning lake views. It's just a short hop to the 200 ft of shoreline. Huge dock and 2.30 acres with room to build! MLS# 6081382 $199,000 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 Mark Lake! Good northern fishing. 200ft. Shoreline, forestry road or snowmoblie access. Motivated Seller!

MLS# 6026299 $189,000 LOON LAKE GETAWAY. Lovely furnished cabin on pristine Loon Lake. Includes a newer 1 bdrm addition, cozy loft, open living/ dining room, sturdy deck, and 24' dock on 142' shoreline. Cabin easily sleeps 6. Lakewater system, septic holding tank. Great lake views!

MLS# 6030355 $179,000 PRICE REDUCED! PARK-LIKE FOREST – PIKE LAKE. Mature woods with maple trees makes a beautiful home site on 225' frontage.

Driveway, dock and open camp area are in place. Gentle shoreline with nice south facing views across the lake to USFS forest land.

Power is close, year round access. MLS# 6081977 $179,900 NEW! LOG SIDED CABIN ON TOM LAKE. This 2 bdrm, 1 bath cabin is situated on the shore of Tom Lake with loons and walleye just off the 24' dock. Solar power with quiet generator, though grid electric is available. Features a spiral staircase to a spacious loft and energy efficient windows. MLS# 6083363 $160,000 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 $149,900 NEW! 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 $149,000 SOLITUDE ON LOON LAKE. These 1-2 acre lots are located on the south side of Loon Lake and offer great lake views, 152-218’ beautiful shoreline and many nice trees.

The main road is in place and power is on the lot line. MLS# 6032216-18, 6032220 $110,000+ PRICE REDUCED! 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 $110,000

NEW! 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 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 TALK ABOUT WILDERNESS! Private, deep wilderness parcel. 17 acres includes almost 300’ frontage on Tucker Lake plus a section of Tucker River. Superior National Forest lands next door with the BWCAW just across the lake. MLS# 6081605 $67,900 ESCAPE TO NINEMILE LAKE. Nice, quiet lake between Tofte and Finland known for its recreational opportunities. Very near the BWCAW. Good snowmobile access to the Tomahawk Trail and miles of trail riding. 2.90 acres, 184' frontage. MLS# 6077701 $59,900 PRIVATE COVE ON TOM LAKE. Nice private lot with vibrant, wooded 255' lake shore. Desirable old growth cedar grove supports a great build site. Driveway and cedar walk corridor complete. Great recreational opportunities. MLS# 6077180 $46,000

CONDOMINIUMS WELCOME TO LAKE SUPERIOR. Warm & beautiful light-filled end unit Aspenwood Townhome. The 2-story walkout style leaves you with plenty of options to get outside and close to the Big Lake.

This 2 bdrm, 3 bath home includes 98% of all furnishings & personal property. It is also part of a successful vacation rental pool. MLS# 6022175 $278,500 CARIBOU HIGHLANDS CONDO 113A. This is the epitome of a northwoods vacation get-away. Ski-in/skiout from this condo overlooking Bridge Run, offering unreal views of the ski hills. Remodeled exterior and remodeled and updated interior. Walk to Lutsen Mountains activities. Comes furnished! MLS# 6074164 $79,700 PRICE REDUCED!

HOMES & CABINS LOG HOME – MOUNTAIN TOP VIEWS. The ultimate wilderness retreat - 160 acres surrounded by gov't lands.

No one will find you here!

The log home is masterfully built and lovingly cared for.

Solar power, well and septic.

Super nice sauna building.

Solitude awaits from this mountain-top retreat. MLS# 6082451 $479,000 CLASS WITH ELEGANCE AND SECLUSION. There is quality at every turn in this 2 bdrm, 2 bath home hidden on 30 acres in the Grand Portage State Forest. Marble stairs and floors, loft, master bath with hot tub and sauna, huge attached garage, and more! MLS# 6081301 $475,000

HOMES & CABINS FANTASTIC LAKE SUPERIOR VIEW Comfortable, beautifully furnished 2 bdrm, 3 bath cabin on 2.86 acres. Laden with warm hospitality and charm. Over 1500 sq ft of living space, with a wood burning fireplace and full walk-out basement.

MLS# 6080682 $330,000

GRAND MARAIS HOME AND GARAGE. This 4 bedroom, 3 bath house features a simple, yet beautiful, convenient layout. Large kitchen, warm family room with gas fireplace, formal dining room, lake views, partially finished basement, and tons of storage space. This home has it all!

MLS# 6080314 $319,900 LARGE HOME – OFF GRID LIVING. Privacy and comfort are yours in this quality 4 bdrm home with huge garage on 40 acres with distant lake views. Remote but not too far off the beaten path.

Multiple generators, solar panels, phone and internet. 120 adjoining acres also available. MLS# 6081522 $364,900 TOFTE HOME WITH LAKE VIEWS. Entirely unbelievable views, ideal location, and a very lowmaintenance turn-key 2 bdrm home...not much more one needs for a North Shore get-away!

Attached heated 2+ car garage, hardwood floors, comfortable layout, and room for expansion. MLS# 6082206 $248,000 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 COUNTRY LIVING CLOSE TO TOWN. Enjoy country living in a renovated, contemporary, energy efficient 3-4 bedroom home. 1900+ sq. ft. of living space only 10 minutes from Grand Marais. Many quality and custom features. Large 2 car garage with room for workshop and storage. MLS#: 6079399 $239,000 NEW! UPDATED HOME NEAR GRAND MARAIS. Totally remodeled 2+ bedroom home 2 miles from Grand Marais. Newer well, septic, roof, furnace, hot water heater, windows, plumbing, electrical, appliances and more. 1350 sq ft of finished space, plus an unfinished basement. Bright interior, large windows. Move in ready! MLS# 6083759 $229,900

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HOMES & CABINS NEW! 3 BEDROOM HOME ON 8 ACRES. Cozy, live-able, fixer upper in progress! This 3 bdrm home sits on 8.8 beautiful acres less than 4 miles from Grand Marais.

Lots of updates: new furnace, hot water heater, electric panel, exterior doors, gutters, new range and wood stove.

The exterior cedar shakes are in great condition and waiting the color of your choice! Plenty of room for a new, large garage. MLS# 6083951 $179,900 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 $167,900 RUSTIC CABIN – 77 ACRES. Amazing rustic cabin with beautiful acreage. The one bdrm, cedar sided cabin is wired for electric, though it's currently powered with propane. Cabin features 6” insulated walls for efficiency. Composting toilet, compliant outhouse, and pond. MLS# 6081010 $144,000 PRICE REDUCED! CHARMING HOVLAND HOME. Only 25 minutes from Grand Marais and walking distance to the Flute Reed River.

Quiet, simple, and functional with privacy and charm. Handpump well, wood burning stove, propane heater, and outhouse.

You'll love the recent updates, too!

MLS# 6080915 $114,900 PRICE REDUCED! CABIN RETREAT NEAR TWO ISLAND LAKE. This sweet off-grid, log sided cabin is in excellent condition with plenty of room and a comfortable feel. Located about 12 miles from Grand Marais. Public land adjoins the 20 acre property with many fishing opportunities nearby.

MLS# 6082447 $127,900 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# 6079154 $109,900 NEW! CHARMING HOME AND GUEST CABIN. Whimsical 2 bdrm artist's home with cute bonus cord wood guest house.

Many updates including roof, well, plumbing, furnace, flooring, bathroom, septic, and appliances. Lot features a nice mix of trees. Great vacation rental opportunity. MLS#6083863 $179,000

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

RIVER/CREEK FRONTAGE

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# 6029930, 6029951 $144,900 each PRIME COMMERCIAL LOTS IN LUTSEN.Two acresized 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# 6080639 $97,900 • MLS# 6080640 $89,900

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 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 $49,900 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

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 NEW! RIVER PARADISE WITH LOG HOMESTEAD. Charming 2 bdrm off-grid log cabin perched above the Flute Reed River in Hovland. Outstanding privacy on 80 acres with mature forest, meadows, river views, and distant views of Lake Superior. Cabin comes partially furnished, a true wilderness retreat. MLS# 6083102 $163,900 CHARMING CABIN ON DEVIL TRACK RIVER. Well built, comfortable cabin with over 450’ frontage on the beautiful Devil Track River.

Property also features a lovely creek with fantastic bridge. Plenty of room to build another structure and install a septic system. Once you experience the river life combined with the woods you’ll never want to leave! MLS#6080203 $159,900 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 $149,000 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 CROWN CREEK – FINLAND. Incredible 40 acre parcel with 700' of gorgeous river frontage. It's a unique property with a healthy mix of varied trees, forest floor growth, native plants and endless amounts of privacy! Just a short distance from downtown Finland, lakes, and trailheads. MLS# 6080793 $90,000 TWENTY ACRES – GREAT LOCATION. Great larger parcel near Grand Marais with road in to the “top” of the property. Lake views, maple and mixed forest, small creek. County road access with power and broadband close by, borders public land on three sides. MLS# 6030517 $89,900 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 NEW! 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

LAND/BUILDING SITES LOCATION, VIEWS, PRIVACY – 80 ACRES. This former homesteaders property has it all: rolling topography, ravines, grassy meadows, mature timber, flowing creek and expansive Lake Superior views! Minutes from Grand Marais, adjoins USFS land.

MLS# 6076511 $279,000 TOP OF BIRCH CLIFF. See 50 miles across Lake Superior – incredible 180 degree views! Private drive and buried power in place.

Nice mature trees and public lands on 2 sides. More land is available.

This site will rock your world. MLS# 6083533 $229,000 PRICE REDUCED! BEAUTIFUL LAND, TUCKED AWAY PRIVACY, LOG CABIN AND POLE BARN. This 36 acre parcel is tucked up against the "Hovland mountain range" with mature forest, easy road access and a moderated Lake Superior climate. Charming log cabin/home plus lrg 34' X 56 pole building. Build a future home amongst the pines and with a lake view. Property can be split, utilities are nearby. MLS# 6076757 $229,800 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# 6024602 $179,000 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 $139,000 PROVEN GREAT HUNTING AREA - 80 ACRES. Prime hunting land in Schroeder. Rolling land with great wildlife habitat incl. stream, beaver dam with large pond, and a good mixture of trees and low vegetation. Older 2 bdrm cabin in a beautiful park like setting overlooking large beaver pond. MLS# 6080300 $112,500 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# 6029352 $90,000 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 RESORT COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL LOT – TOFTE. This 8.64 acre parcel has over 900 feet of Highway 61 frontage with great visibility. Utilities are on the lot. Lake Superior views. If you have a lodging idea in mind this might be the perfect spot. Great location between Tofte and Lutsen. The bike trail is just across the highway. MLS# 6082514 $77,900

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LAND/BUILDING SITES 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 PRICE REDUCED! 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 $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 creek frontage on Irish Creek. This property is ready for your cabin in the woods, with good solar potential and lots of seclusion. Easy year-round access. MLS#6082872 $69,900 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# 6083572 $64,900 NEW! WOODS AND WONDER IN HOVLAND. 92.71 acres of loveliness along Tom Lake Rd. This land is in close proximity to Tom Lake and has access to power and broadband. A beautiful spot to build your nest in nature! MLS#: 6083205 $64,000 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# 6033572 $63,900

BUILDING LOT NEAR TOFTE. This 5.82 acre parcel has privacy, adjoins US Forest land and has Lake Superior views.

Utilities are at the lot. It's also zoned Resort Commercial if you have a lodging idea in mind this might be the perfect location. Great location between Tofte and Lutsen. The bike trail is just across the highway. MLS# 6082515 $61,900 WILDLIFE HAVEN. Fairly flat 5.92 acre property 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 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 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# 6079335-40 $49,500 – 59,500 SUNNY 5 ACRES NEAR GRAND MARAIS. Beautiful sunny hillside with distant Lake Superior views. This is country living only 2 miles from Grand Marais. Large lot, great home sites with abundant wildlife. Driveway partially in place.

MLS# 6077083 $54,900 REMOTE BEAUTY. This not-so-remote twenty acres is without road access, but just a short distance from Highway 61 with State land in between. It’s located on the hillside overlooking Lake Superior, and adjoins Tribal lands on 2 sides. Mature trees and nice topography would make it a great secluded cabin site. MLS# 6081823 $51,000 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# 6077902 $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# 6024601 $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 NEW! TWO ACRES IN TOFTE. A MUST SEE double lot (approx.

2 acres), less than a mile from Tofte. Lake Superior views and mixed forest of birch, poplar, and spruce. Road association for summer upkeep and winter plowing. Build large or small to fit your vision.

MLS# 6083220 $39,900 LARGE UNDEVELOPED CITY TRACT. This Central Addition property is perfect for a lot development plan, or as private home sites. City utilities are nearby, street access. Many possibilities.

MLS# 6076673, 6081525, 6081527, 6081528 $37,500 ea.

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# 6029872 $34,900 LAND FOR ESCAPE AND RECREATION. remote yet accessible 20 acres near Judge Magney State Park. Good mix of trees, high building site, some distant Lake Superior views.

MLS# 6025397 $33,900 BEAUTIFUL WOODED LUTSEN LOT. Beautiful level lot with an open build site for your cabin or new home in a quiet and peaceful area of Lutsen. You'll be minutes away from every type of north-woods activity, including Lutsen Mountains and Superior National Golf Course. MLS# 6033068 $32,900

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Dreaming of Lake Superior? on the Water, Lake VieWS, or income generating!

DReamIng on THe noRTH SHoRe!

new! 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 $344,900

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.

new! HoVLanD maSTeRPIeCe maIn Home anD gUeST Home on VaST Lake SUPeRIoR SHoReLIne! Welcome to architect’s dale mulfinger’s Lake superior on 300

ft of ledgerock shoreline. The architecturally designed main home is truly a work of art with captivating views through walls of windows. Gourmet kitchen, modern living.

The 2nd home is a lovely guest home with one bedrm one bath, full galley kitchen, family room, and 4 season porch! mLS#6083587 $925,000

#16 CHaTeaU LeVeaUx, mInT ConDITIon ConDo aT THIS HIP LITTLe ReSoRT!

One bedroom, open concept. kitchen features stainless steel appliances. nice table for eating together or using as counter space.

Cozy wood burning stone fireplace completes the north shore package. nice walk out patio with table and chairs to enjoy the Lake View, while grilling in the summer!

mLS#6082636 $78,900

new! eaSY LIVIng on Lake SUPeRIoR aT WInDSong!

an hour Up the shore from duluth, this lovely Lake superior townhome has nice a sense of seclusion and big views of the big Lake.

The kitchen boasts granite counters, eat in breakfast bar. Vaulted ceilings, nice decks. incredible Owner’s suite with soaking tub! Good walking path to the shared lakeshore, enjoy the amenities too! mLS#6083610 $440,000

mLS#6076479 ReDUCeD! $499,900 UnIT 1 aT bLUefIn baY ReSoRT!

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!

mLS#6077000 ReDUCeD! $339,900

new! LUTSen LakeSIDe oaSIS on Lake SUPeRIoR! built

before 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!

new! amazIng Lake SUPeRIoR Home WITH a beaCH HoUSe! bIg VIeWS fRom aLmoST eVeRY Room! beautifully updated kitchen w/

mLS#6083301 $565,000

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

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 $675,000

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 $188,000 foR YoUR ¼ SHaRe!

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neW! Log CabIn on CaRIboU Lake, perfect family getaway with tons of charm!

main Level bedrm, loft bunkroom, lower level bath and rec room walks out to level shoreline. Great views from huge deck! mLS#6082406 $389,900

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neW! famILY STYLe Lake Home on CaRIboU Lake, LUTSen! Large

gathering space with open kitchen and fantastic Lake views from the Great room. bedrooms a plenty, fun Gazebo room connected to home. Pile ‘em in for a fun weekend at the lake! and a large garage to house the toys! must see home, tons of value. mLS#6082386 $439,000

famed Caribou Lake, where mountainous terrain serves as the backdrop to pristine lake waters, just minutes to Lake superior on the north shore! Focused on main level living, the home has a real Lodge style feeling. a grand gathering space welcomes all who enter.

This lovely Lutsen lake home has even more to offer, a classic guest cottage that will surprise you with it’s charm and great condition. a three car detached garage allows for storage of the boats and toys!

mLS#TbD $695,000

neW! a THoReaUVIan DReam on CHRISTIne Lake In LUTSen! The perfect little log cabin.

inside is well laid out, tidy like a ship: kitchen for frying up Christine’s walleyes, cozy living room, loft for dreaming, Large screen porch: listen to spring peepers, study the warbler migration, heck sleep out here all summer! Fire pit for contemplation. 204 ft of Lakeshore for kayaking and canoeing! a few modern conveniences henry david would likely enjoy in the cabin: composting toilet, electric and baseboard heat, fiber optic. Ok, maybe he’d balk at the fiber optic! mLS#6083457 $155,000

naTURe LoVeR’S Lake CabIn In LUTSen!

mLS#6073605 ReDUCeD! HUge VaLUe! $335,000

Lindal Cedar home, dramatic stone fireplace set amongst posts & beams of douglas Fir. designer kitchen, sunroom, secluded master bedroom and bath with soaker tub.

Wood fired oven, timberframe sauna, Woodshop and a large garage. end of the road 4.48 acres, 175’ of frontage, adjacent public land buffers and beckons. Leave everything behind and just enjoy the Good Life on deeryard Lake!

mLS#6028689 ReDUCeD! $559,000

CommerCial on the north Shore!

mountain reSort homeS

Overlooking moose mountain! Family Fun, Lock Outs for maximizing rental revenue. tOns of Value. $338,000 mLS#6080338

beST of THe HIgHLanDS! This Lutsen mountains ski in/ Out Condo was renovated from top to bottom, inside & Out! new exteriorwindows, slider doors in bedrm and family room, stylish dry-stacked stone fireplace. inCredibLe Cottage style kitchen w/ Quartz Countertops! moose mtn Views from the hUGe double sized deck! mLS#6032522 $99,900

Quartz Counters, new appliances. LOVe the three season room for soaking in the lake views. two large main level bedrms, laundry, and bath.

Upstairs loft rec room, or future master suite! Gorgeous setting, this home won’t disappoint! mLS#6082618 $385,000

DeSIgn anD eLeganCe on DeeRYaRD Lake, LUTSen.

surrounded by the beauty that encompasses tait Lake, this well maintained move in ready Lake Chalet awaits you. Get away from it all, minutes to the bWCaW brule Lake entry, yet an easy 30 minute drive down the Caribou trail to Lutsen mountains ski & summer resort. make your family memories here. Three bedroom, two+ baths. screened porch, rocky shoreline full of Walleye, south facing for plenty of winter sun! 2 car Plus boat Garage!

670 mooSe moUnTaIn aT LUTSen moUnTaInS SkI aRea! 5 bedrom, 4 bath Lodge style Luxury! ski in-Out

neW! meanDeR THRoUgH THe WILDeRneSS To THIS LoVeLY TaIT Lake Home. excellent views, Open Concept with Updated kitchen with

SUmmeR fUn aT THe moUnTaIn! HIke, bIke, anD enjoY famILY fUn In one of THeSe goRgeoUS ReSoRT HomeS aT LUTSen moUnTaInS SkI anD SUmmeR ReSoRT! 144C bridge run, end Unit two levels, two full baths!

mLS#6080922 $139,900

124b bridge run, renovated mint, double deck!

mLS#6032522 $99,900

128 bridge run, nice Views, Lots of space!

mLS#2120739 $111,900 neW! 515 moose mtn, holy smokes awesome Unit biG Value!

mLS#6082462 $187,000

LoW maInTenanCe RenTaL InVeSTmenT oPPoRTUnITY!

enjoy solid long term rentals, self-sustaining solid local businesses. highway frontage and room to expand Up! support the Local economy and enjoy some passive income, buy now and bring your ideas for expansion!

mLS#6028366 $324,900

foRmeR SITe of THe CRoSS RIVeR Café!

Lots of Opportunities, river Frontage and established site.

mLS#6078629 ReDUCeD $65,000

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nOrthWOOds hOmes and Cabins, in tOWn Or in the WOOds!

neW! LUTSen LIVIng aT ITS beST!

neW! WeLComIng CoUnTY RD 7 Home, gRanD maRaIS! Tons of light

Look to the West at the backside of Ulr Mountain at Lutsen Mountains Ski & Summer Resort! This lodge style home is in an easily accessible location while feeling very serene and peaceful. 5 acres of wilderness bordering Superior National Forest land, a ravine with small creek flows nearby the home.

Stylish interior, wood burning fireplace. Master bedrm suite, Super master bath! Two car attached heated garage, plus a detached garage with side covered boat storage. This is a wonderful Lutsen Wilderness home in a fabulous location! mLS#6083720

flows throughout the home with large Lake Superior facing windows. Vaulted ceilings, large kitchen open to great room space.

Big deck! Super Functional layout, Loft Style Master Suite.

Two main level bedrooms, three total baths in the home and laundry. You will love this home, it has a ton to offer including fantastic landscaping and two car detached garage.

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mLS#6083477 $292,000

$325,000

neW! goRgeoUS Lake VIeWS anD LanD WITH fIxeR UPPeR CabIn. take this nearly historical

neW! CLaSSIC gRanD maRaIS Home! You’ll love the

cabin to the next level with some vision and hard work! it will be worth it on this spectacular piece of land with Lake superior views and meandering Creek. mLS#6082304 $140,000

brand new kitchen, bright and modern!

Enjoy dining with large slider to soak up the nice woods surrounding this home.

Spacious living room with vaulted ceilings and south facing sunshine! 3 bedrm 2 bath with updated bathroom. The lower level is all about entertaining, large rec room the kids will adore, everyone else can enjoy playing cards or crafting in the family room. Two car detached garage with side covered boat storage, large Sauna house, and lots of parking space. New Septic system, this home is move in ready!

jUST eaST of gRanD maRaIS, jeffReY Lane Home!

Lots of square footage for the money! solid home, Good well and septic, GOrGeOUs piece of land. The home needs a little tLC but has Great Living space upstairs with incredible views from the deck!

mLS#6078550 ReDUCeD $188,400

neW! 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 $249,900

HUmPHReY CIRCLe Home In gRanD maRaIS!

newer siP energy efficient construction, and fun layout!

Wooded land envelopes this 3 bedrm 2 bath home that has some finishing left to do. Light flows throughout the home, bright and sunny!

mLS#6078699 ReDUCeD $224,900 Bring a Reasonable offer!

mLS#6083092 $289,900

HanD CRafTeD HoneYmoon Log Home! Lutsen

on THe eaST enD of gRanD maRaIS!

and all its Outdoor recreation awaits you in quiet luxury. bordering state Land to Christine Lake, this home is a minute’s walk to the access to Christine. miles of designated bike trails, walking trails…even snowmobile and atV trails nearby.

Fish the multitude of Walleye lakes surrounding the honeymoon trail area, even the Poplar river is just minutes away for those Fly fishermen and women!

Oversized two car detached garage for all the toys!

e L a S Ing D n Pe mLS#6078599 $399,900

3 bedroom 2 bath two fireplaces! Three car garage! really great home on quiet street, checks all the boxes on the “Want List”!

The design is all about comfort on the main level. Welcoming owners suite on one end of the home, guest spaces on the other. Large deck overlooking the creek that runs through this double lot property. so much to offer just on the outskirts of Grand marais, a must see move in ready home!

mLS#6081931 ReDUCeD $279,900

bIg LIVIng on bIg CeDaR TRaIL aT THe baSe of LUTSen moUnTaInS! Large kitchen to die

for: center island, granite countertops, breakfast bar with stools… where the life of the party is! dining area open to kitchen and living room. Vaulted ceilings cover it all, floors are warm with in floor-heat.

The woods and light spill in through so many windows! den/Office, extra sleeping space or to sequester the tV viewing. Owners bedroom is light-filled, spacious, with private entrance to deck, walk-in closet, great master bath! sunroom off the master bath awaits your vision. additional bedrooms accommodate friends and family in style. attached 2-car garage. Walk out to the golf course, jog up to the ski hill! Fabulous location, Fabulous home!

mLS#6079278 ReDUCeD $399,000

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CamPn’, hUntn’, FUn GetaWay Land, inVest in yOUr FUtUre! 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 $95,000 ReDUCeD!

30 acres Wilderness, borders lands next to Little manitou river! mLS#2309327 $129,000 Lakeshore on Ninemile Lake at the Village, common water and septic, build ready, orderscommon land! mLS#6076558 $37,000

neW! Crosswinds in Tofte, Walk to Coho!

Large pkg lots, Great Value.

fRom $45,000 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!

mLS#2024250 $42,000 bIg VaLUe!

Sawbill Trail Tofte Lake Superior Views, mature spruce forest with driveway and well in place!

mLS#6030129 $89,900 PenDIng

rUstiC Cabins and GetaWays!

SimpLy moDern ruStic StyLe!

Lutsen cabin is a mUst see if you enjoy the simple things in Life! two bedrooms, open kitchen/dining spaces, covered porch area and a sauna house! no well nor septic, but there’s an Outhouse! must see to appreciate. mLS#6076115 $115,000

reDuceD nearLy $20k! ruStic LiVing a hop Skip & a Jump from granD mariaS!

Charming rustic cabin on 10 acres of south facing forest with distant views of Lake superior. bordering public lands, great for hunting or hiking!

mLS#6020031 $85,500 SWeet tofte Location, eStabLiSheD buiLD Site! Old trailer

home that needs vision, or easily removed so that you have a nice cabin site with drilled well, driveway in place. mLS#6074783 $54,500

come on! aren’t you a LittLe tireD of SLeeping in a tent?

Very near the public access to Gunflint Lake, these rustic cabins are CUte, with Log sauna (needs a wood stove). don’t worry, we aren’t talking 4 star accomodations, it’s stiLL a Camp near Gunflint Lake Up the trail! a must see for the adventurous!!

mLS#6076146 $129,900 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 $219,000

LeVeaux Mountain, super Views and Wildlife Ponds!

mLS#2220050 $69,000

2 ac at the Foothills of Eagle Mountain at Turnagain Trail! $55,000 mLS#6077521

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

10 ac site, minutes to Lutsen Mtn’s.

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

ReDUCeD!

mLS#6029115 $33,000

$62,500 mLS#6077523

ReDUCeD!

18 Maple Leaf, Hillside build site with lake views!

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

BIG TIME VIEWS of Lake Superior-Tofte, excellent value at Johannes toftey

mLS#6079411 $49,000

mLS#2309328+ fRom $39,000

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

mLS#6029322 $59,900

Overlook at LeVeaux Mountain-Tofte! serene Woodsy setting with Lake Views!

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

mLS#2312987 $119,000

mLS#6029324 $49,000

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

Build New in the Heart of Lutsen at Jonvick Creek! hillside builds with some lakeviews!

mLS#2240533 $49,000

Wilderness land with canoe access to Tait Lake!

3+ ac a stone’s throw to tait Lake!

mLS#6029849 $65,000

30 acres of Prime Wilderness Land with year round access and electric at street with Views of Lutsen’s famed Clara Lake! mLS#2080599 $137,500

mLS#6078839 $42,000

5 ac in the heart of Lutsen, just above TimberWolff!

Great location for family home or Vaca Cabin!

mLS#6077951 $39,000

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

mLS#6078781 5 aC $40,000

mLS#6082222 $54,900

Over 8 ac of Wilderness on turnagain trail in Lutsen! mLS#2216560 $45,000

Beaver Ponds, 40 acres, awesome wild life habitat in shcroeder/Finland area. mLS#6029593 $99,000

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! don’t let this one pass you buy, build new low maintenance living! two parcels available!

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#6074981 $57,500

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

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

mLS#6028619 $67,500

inLand Lake Lands ruStic getaWay LakeShore, iSabeLLa area. mature pines, end of the road

location on swallow Lake!

mLS#2300576 $64,900

chriStine Lake 10 ac bordering superior peace anD White pineS at tait national Forest, yr round access, electric/broadband avail. Lake! Gorgeous piece of lakeshore, mature White Pines, hill top build site overlooking mature white pine, cedar lined driveway from days gone by leads to sweet build site area. shoreline on Christine. serenity now! must see on tait Lake in Lutsen! mLS#6079968

LutSen LakeShore on DeeryarD! year round access, elec/broadband.

mLS#6023288 $99,900

$219,000

mLS#6074179 $180,000 ReDUCeD!

WiLLarD Lane pike Lake VieW LanD With Lake acceSS! rugged

neW! mapLeS, ceDarS, Lake.

LutSen. 30 minutes to Lutsen mountains, moments

elevation, great build site. shared 20 ft access to Pike Lake for to solitude! deep gravel shoreline, south facing. #240 West deeryard! mLS#6080664 $187,000 $75,000 mLS#6078799

White pine Lake in LutSen

neW! tWo beautifuL Lake LotS,

$225,000 ReDUCeD

mLS#6082259

maple hillside, rocky prime shoreline!

Owner is licensed REALTOR

cLara Lake in LutSen! Wilderness Lakeshore site with cleared build site, driveway in place. electric at road, 200 ft Prime shoreline.

ReDUCeD bIg TIme!

$169,000 mLS#6033095

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

200’ of frontage each, Pike Lake, on maloney dr off murmur Cr rd. solitude, big white pines, crystal waters, power and fiber within site. $139,000 eaCH

Lake Superior LanDS nearLy 8 acreS anD 473 ft of cobbLe beach ShoreLine on Lake Superior! nice build sites, rugged terrain! Grand Portage area. mLS#6078704 $266,000 great VaLue! JuSt north of SiLVer bay, paLiSaDe VieWS of Lake Superior! Gorgeous Lakeshore, Priced Way

Large Lake Superior parceL, JuSt an hour from DuLuth!

rolling terrain, level shoreline, and nearly 600 ft of it! enjoy your own paradise on Lake superior!

mLS#6032772 $499,900 JuSt imagine, a moDern neW conStruction below tax assessed Value! Gorgeous Views down the bungaLoW on LutSen’S caScaDe beach rD! Coastline and Well buffered from hwy. mLS#2313255 $198,000 Gently sloping hillside buffers the build site from reDuceD! highway noise. Lovely setting with easy access to the ledge rock shoreline. minute’s to the Lutsen SchroeDer, JuSt oVer an mountains ski & summer resort! Perfect for your hour from DuLuth! home site Lake superior getaway home! just 40 ft from the big Lake, level easy access, mLS#2308906 $299,000 well buffered from hwy! mLS#6032752 $250,000

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Terry R. Backlund Broker/Owner Phone: 218-387-1501 Cell: 218-370-8977 Email: Terry@BacklundRealty.com

Frank Lehto Real Estate Agent Phone: 218-387-4955 Email: Frank@BacklundRealty.com

Lori A. Backlund Real Estate Agent 845 CTY RD 14 GRAND MARAIS, MN

New Listing

1900 Sq. Ft. 3 Bedroom 2 Bath 2 Car Garage on Maple 10 Acres MLS# 6083602 Price: $269,000

1620 E HWY 61 GRAND MARAIS, MN

7 DEVILS TRACK RD GRAND MARAIS, MN

118 7TH AVE W. GRAND MARAIS, MN

6703 HWY 1 FINLAND, MN

2 Bedroom 1 Bath 2 Car Garage 12+ Acres MLS# 6080322 Price: $178,500

2300 Sq. Ft. 2 Bedroom 1 Bath 2 Car Garage, Extra Large Lot MLS# 6083496 Price: $259,750

2 Bedroom 1 Bath 3 Car Garage 120 Ft. of Baptism River frontage MLS# 6083633 Price: $118,000

Priceed c u d e R

10 ONGSTAD RD. HOVLAND

Priceed c u d e R

Saleng Pendi

New Listing

LOT 7 PENDANT 170X DEVILS TRACK RD GRAND MARAIS, LAKE TRAIL GRAND MARAIS, MN MN

ency g n i t Con Offer

4 Bedroom 5 Bath 2 Car Garage Huge home at 3900 sq. ft.

MLS# 6077992 Price: $287,750

338 ft. of Lake Superior on 14.53 acres. 1 Bedroom Cabin, Garage, Dock MLS# 6029532 Price: $317,900

635 CTY. RD. 6 GRAND MARAIS, MN

02 CTY RD 7 GRAND MARAIS, MN

5X FOX RIDGE LOON LAKE GRAND MARAIS, MN

2+ Bedroom 2 Bath 1176 sq.ft.home on 5 acres MLS# 6079593 Price: $179,000

7.7 Acres. Potential Lake Superior view.

MLS# 6081904 Price: $59,000

304 Ft. of lakeshore on 5.5 acres.

MLS# 6082117 Price: $119,000

170 Ft. Shoreline 1.65 Acres Nicely wooded northside lot.

MLS# 6082118 Price: $129,000

5.71 Acres. Sloped and nicely wooded Location, location, location MLS# 6082116 Price: $47,900

117 TOWER RD. HOVLAND, MN

Base Camp - Family Compound. Sleeps 24.

Private 5 Acres MLS# 6082599 Price: $157,900

207 E DEERYARD LAKE RD GRAND MARAIS, MN

864 Sq. Ft. 1 Bedroom 1 Bath 2 Car Garage on 7+ acres MLS# 6082969 Price: $159,900

XXX LOT 3 BIG BAY POINT HOVLAND, MN

212 Ft. of Lake Superior shoreline on 1.76 acres.

MLS# TBD Price: $249,000

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Lutsen Real Estate Group

Lutsen/Tofte Homes

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Meet Our Awesome Agents!

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

Coveted Cobblestone Cove Villa on Grand Marais Harbor. The most coveted location on the entire North shore. This beautiful two bedroom townhome front faces the Grand Marais Harbor with the Sawtooth Mountain ridgeline and north coast of Lake Superior serving as the backdrop. Walking distance to an eclectic selection of foodie restaurants and cool art scene with so much more. Call today for your private showing. MLS 6080023 $349,900

Sandy McHugh Kelsi Thompson 218-428-0992 218-370-7841

Inger Andress 303-947-6773

NEW PRICE

Bruce Kerfoot 218-388-2294

Just West of Grand Marais.

Nicely appointed and extremely well maintained beautiful 3 bedroom home just west of Grand Marais. Home includes a two stall garage with adjacent office, workshop, wine room and more. Many wonderful upgrades made to home in 2010. Nice clean yard and garden areas.

Move in ready. All you need is the key. Call our office today to schedule your private showing. MLS 6029508 $299,999

this sharply-remodeled Lake Superior townhome. Quality finishes including granite, wood and tile floors, maple cabinets, plus pale gray walls with white trim for a cool, modern vibe. There are multiple spaces to spread out in the spacious, three-level, end unit with 2 bedrooms and 3 baths. The large windows afford wide-open views of the big lake. Currently offered as a rental unit through Cascade Vacation Rentals; helps to offset the cost of ownership, if desired. With the exception of a few personal items, this townhome could come fully-furnished with an acceptable offer. Brand-new furnishings! Enjoy your time on the North Shore without any pesky chores. Your only job is to enjoy lake living, and all of the activities this area has to offer: golfing, skiing, hiking, biking, beach combing, music, shops & restaurants, plus much more. Make a showing appointment to see this stunning townhome!

MLS 6081095 $317,900

Large Lutsen Home. Fabulous 4-bedroom, 3-bath home in Lutsen, situated down a charming country lane just a quarter mile up the Caribou Trail.

Spacious family home with two flex rooms that could be used as bedrooms.

Multiple living/family rooms for kicking back and relaxing. The master bedroom, with spa bathroom and patio door to a large deck is your retreat!

Family room adjacent to kitchen with casual dining spot allows for easy entertaining. Beautiful pine cabinets, large pantry, and a cooktop set into a peninsula for an open concept style. Formal dining room has extra window allowing more natural light, and plenty of room to accommodate the whole gang. Three large maintenance-free decks for outdoor living, overlooking a landscaped yard with seasonal Lake Superior views. Sellers have made numerous upgrades including new flooring, remodeled baths, expanded decks, and new upper deck off master suite. Wirsbo in-floor heating system; sellers utilize wood-burning fireplace to heat economically. Game room complete with pool table and wet bar. Attached, over-sized double garage with work space, utility sink and floor drain. Circle driveway, with asphalt apron/parking. Additional parking spot for RV or boat. Certified compliant septic system. This is a solid family home in a peaceful & private country setting. Just turn the key and call it home! MLS 6082375 $397,000

Lake Superior Homes Mike Larson Broker 218-370-1536

Steve Surbaugh Broker 218-663-7971

Geodesic on Lake Superior. Unique 4 bedroom, 2 bath geodesic dome home on Lake Superior. Located just inside the western Cook County line, this home is unlike any other on the North Shore! Open concept kitchen, living & dining, all with views of the lake. Accommodates large gatherings.

Upper loft with bathroom to hold overflow guests. Finished, walkout lower level with beautiful T&G wood ceiling & walls, plus another bedroom with big lake views. The shoreline is amazing, and is accessible for all your activities: meditating on the beauty, picking rocks or launching your kayak on a calm day. There is an additional deck located near the lake, perfect for entertaining. On rough water days, watch the waves crash against large rock outcroppings. Two-car detached garage to store both gear & vehicles. Great vacation rental history, which helps to offset expenses. Request your showing today! MLS 6076429 $399,900

EARN MONEY WHEN YOU ARE AWAY BY PLACING YOUR HOME IN OUR VACATION RENTAL PROGRAM. Give Andrew a call at 218-264-0497 When you visit our website www.lutsenrealestategroup.com you will find additional information on all properties in the area accompanied by multiple photographs for a more comprehensive overview of properties you may be interested in.

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Using a fundamental business approach for all your real estate needs Office 218-663-7971

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WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Lake Superior Parcels Coveted Stonegate Rd

Build-ready 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 $259,900

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

Hand Crafted Log Cabin on a 5-acre lot with 300’ of frontage on Gunflint Lake. Sauna in additional log building. A bargain at $229,900. MLS# TBD.

Inland Lake Lots

Other Vacant Land Parcels Lund Road off Honeymoon Trail.

Looking for a peaceful spot close to some lakes? This 5+ acres is tucked 15 min from downtown Lutsen, close to Christine Lake, White Pine Lake and Tait River, a great location for exploring the lakes and woods while still being close to the ski hill. A great quality on this land is gravel! Since the gravel is already on the property it can be used for the driveway, site prep and other. No hauling required!

MLS 6075805 $45,900

Devil Track Lake! Four lakeshore lots available.

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.

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

Caribou Lake Vacant Parcel. Wonderful Caribou

Tait Lake, Lutsen. Recent sales of undeveloped lakeshore lots

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show prices exceeding $200,000. Lots 16 and 17 have the benefit of Tait Lake access without lakeshore prices. Tucked hillside overlooking Tait Lake on Caps Trail, Lot 16 offers 2.8 acres with convenient and deeded access to the association’s private dock.

Lot 17 provides the same with 3.3 acres. Beautiful, wild and unspoiled and simply outstanding values.

Lot 16 MLS 6080165 $39,999 Lot 17 MLS 6032087 $49,499

PRICES REDUCED! GREAT VALUES!

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.

Lake site located in Sawmill Bay. Level building site with land clearing already complete.

Private and nicely wooded lot. Year round access on association maintained road.

Power and broadband roadside.

Lakeshore complete with dock, nicely cleared areas and easy swimming. At the time of this listing, this is the only vacant Caribou Lake parcel available.

If there has been an interest in Caribou Lake, this should be the time to react and purchase.

MLS 6083790 $199,999

Hwy 61 Frontage Convenient Build Site. Great parcel of land right 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

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 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

EARN MONEY WHEN YOU ARE AWAY BY PLACING YOUR HOME IN OUR VACATION RENTAL PROGRAM. Give Andrew a call at 218-264-0497

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Please call for more information or to set up an appointment:

Alyssa Sushoreba • Cell: 507-340-6189 • alyssa@lutsenresort.com

Investment opportunity with Lake Superior views!

Enjoy resort living while you’re here!

When you purchase a unit at Lutsen Resort, you get so much more. The historic resort offers an extensive list of amenities and activities! kayaking • standup paddle boarding • fly-fishing hiking • par 3 golf (and disc golf ) course on property kids camp • kids pizza and movie night snow shoeing • cross country skiing • ice skating door to door ski hill shuttle • game room indoor pool, hot tub & sauna • live music • beach bonfires

& more!

Versatile rental on Lake Superior!

Lake Superior Condo’s

Come to the Lake and Create Memories

Unit 675 $429,000 Unit 673 $399,000

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.

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.

Don’t miss your chance and inquire further today!

Unit K3 $229,000 Unit I1 $219,000

Unit 582 $339,000 Unit 572 $359,000 Unit 562 $379,000 Unit 622 $389,000 Unit 512 $495,000

Deb Niemisto 218-370-8434

NORTHWOODS REALTY

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.

Don’t forget the many activities and amenities a resort property offers to you as a unit owner.

Nan Bradley 218-370-8433

lockport@boreal.org

www.coldwellbankernorthwoods.com Lake Superior Log Home Cascade Beach Road - Lutsen MLS# TBA $799,500

Lutsen 2 BD 2 BA Home

Panoramic Views • Bunkhouse • Ideal Location Great Value MLS# 6083872 $274,900

Lutsen Resort

3 BD 3 BA Luxury Condo’s •Turn-key Rental. $440,000 ea.

Unit 535 MLS# 6083130

Unit 515 MLS# 6083142

Chateau LeVeaux 1 BD 1 BA Condo Great Location Newly Remodeled pool • hot tub • sauna mls#tba $77,520

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Timber Frame Home • Hovland 37 Acres • New Lester Pole Barn MLS 6082907 $274,000

Lutsen 4 Season Retreat

Caribou Highlands Resort Elite Condo • Sleeps 6 • Guest Favorite MLS 6080501 $137,000

CATCHLIGHT

ruby-throated hummingbird This male ruby-throated hummingbird perches momentarily on a white spruce limb in between aerial shows. Males will aggressively defend flowers and engage in spectacular chases with one another. To impress females they will present a courtship display high in the air, making a looping, U-shaped dive above the female. Their agility and precision flight is unmatched in the bird world; with the ability to full out stop in an instant and hang motionless in midair.—Ryan Pennesi NORTHERN  WILDS

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on the Gunflint Trail

Unspoiled. Serene.

Spectacular. Unforgettable.

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elcome to Golden Eagle Lodge, a family oriented, year-round resort located on the Gunflint Trail of Northeastern Minnesota, only 30 miles north of Grand Marais. As the only residents on Flour Lake, and nestled in the 3 million acres of the Superior National Forest, you can look forward to the quiet and solitude offered only from a true wilderness setting.

in winter. Visit our website to find in detail how each season can help shape your vacation.

Try our 9-site campground which offers the same quiet and personal service as our cabins; each site comes equipped with water and electric hookups.

We go out of our way to ensure every aspect of your visit will convince you to come back and see us again.

Each season has something special to offer; We know much time, effort, and expense is excellent fishing, canoeing, and hiking in summer invested in a vacation and we would be honored and nationally-renowned Cross-Country Skiing if you considered us as your vacation destination.

You won’t be disappointed!

800-346-2203 • 218-388-2203

Golden-Eagle.com

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