If you have ever been to the Rendezvous Days that is held at the Grand Portage National Monument you may have met re-enactor Steve Hakes and his display of Voyageur […]
This presentation includes information on the life cycle, migration, and habitat needs of the Monarch butterfly. Also, ways to help the Monarch population recover. Tom Uecker, is a retired teacher […]
Dark Sky Caravan 2021 is coming to Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center. Have you ever wondered what truly dark skies look like? In Minnesota, up the Gunflint Trail, there are […]
Whether your ancestors are Scandinavian or Ojibwe, life along the North Shore was never easy. In the late 1930's when the local economy shifted from extractive industry to tourism, the […]
John will share the geologic history of the area located around the end of the trail, from 2.6 billion year old Archean granites to the Pleistocene glacial epoch (Magnetic […]
John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater — a Metis and Anishinaabe couple— lived most of their adult lives on Basswood Lake. Tchi-Ki-Wis was a Lac La Croix Band member and related to […]
The Gunflint Trail Historical Society Board of Trustees regrets to announce the ever-popular fundraising event for the season "Old Fashioned Pie & Ice Cream Social" is postponed for 2021. If […]
Keith Wendt will provide an overview of how climate change interacts with and amplifies current threat to conserving our lands and waters in the North Woods. Climate change directly impacts […]
One of the most cataclysmic natural events of the last 100 years in the BWCAW occurred on July 4, 1999 when a straight-line windstorm caused incredible damage across this area. […]
E.W. (Bill) & Grace Boissenin came to the Gunflint Trail in 1938, commence purchase of land on Trout Lake and started erecting cabins for Trout Lake Resort. Became full-time residents […]
Cook County is home to one of the darkest skies in the world. Every year, explorers, adventurers, artists and photographers from around the world travel to Cook County to experience […]
photo courtesy of Duluth News Tribune Minnesota's state-record walleye is home! LeRoy Chiovitte's state record walleye was donated by his family to the Gunflint Trail Historical Society. Chiovitte's, big walleye […]