Opening Day for Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center is Saturday, May 25, 2024. New for 2024, the author exhibit area will highlight two new authors; Timothy Cochrane and Staci Drouillard. […]
Teresa Marrone is the author of The Beginner’s Guide to Dehydrating Food and The Back-Country Kitchen: Camp Cooking for Canoeists, Hikers, and Anglers (as well as numerous other books). Teresa […]
Lee E. Frelich is the Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology. He received a Ph.D. in Forest Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986. Frelich […]
Seth Moore, PhD., has worked for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa since 2005, he presently manages the Grand Portage Department of Biology and Environment. Dr. Moore has […]
The Gunflint Trail Historical Society takes time each July to remember those with whom we shared our passion for the Gunflint Trail. Join us at our July membership meeting when, […]
The story of the Paulson Mine, located in the western part of Cook County, Minnesota, has captivated people for many years. Touted as one of the great mining projects of […]
Cary J. Griffith is the author of eight books, four non-fiction, and four fiction. His non-fiction includes Lost in the Wild, Opening Goliath, Gunflint Burning: Fire in the Boundary Waters, […]
Mark Zimmer, aka, The Barefoot Paddler, has spent over a decade every summer exploring the BWCAW and continues to strengthen his connection with nature each year. Mark will share his […]
Please note the time change membership meetings will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. - attend in person at the Seagull Community Center (7 Seagull Lake Access Road – GTVFD Hall […]
Rita Walaszek Arndt is a citizen of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and Polish descent. Rita began working for MNHS as a cataloger in the collections department and soon […]
Old Fashioned Pie and Ice Cream Social The annual Old Fashioned Pie and Ice Cream Social on the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center campus. The North Shore Swing Band will […]
Journalist and writer Joe Friedrichs lives near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. His books, Last Entry Point: Stories of Danger and Death in the Boundary Waters […]