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Tuesday Kids’ Day

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Mark your calendars - Kids’ Day is back! Children under the age of 18 can visit the Museum and Nature Center free of charge. Chik-Wauk staff will offer a variety of hands-on activities all related to the unique history and nature of the Gunflint Trail, as well as stories, hikes, journal making, and craft projects. […]

Fish and fishing on the Gunflint Trail with area Fisheries Specialist – Matt Weberg

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Where did the fish we enjoy so much come from, what’s new (since the last ice age), and how do agencies like the DNR manage fish and fishing in the area now?  Matt will discuss fish native to the area, major fish species introductions, and current management. Matt Weberg has been a Fisheries Specialist and […]

September GTHS – Membership Meeting, Learn about the Soderberg Family

A. Paul & Carol Schaap Community Center Grand Marais, MN, United States

Held at the A. Paul & Carol Schaap Community Center The meeting begins promptly at 1:30 p.m. with a brief overview of GTHS business. Following the business meeting, Joyce Leddy will speak about her family and growing up on the Gunflint Trail. The Soderberg Family  - Early days on the Gunflint Trail 1920s–1960s. My mother […]

Climate of the Gunflint Trail, Past, Present, & Future by Meteorologist Jim Block

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

photo courtesy of the Gunflint Trail National Scenic Byway Jim Block, is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist, one of only 285 actives in the world, with over 40 years of experience in commercial meteorology, and he was elected as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 2010. He is the Chief Meteorological Officer at DTN, […]

Fur Trade with National Park Ranger, Karl Koster

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

photo courtesy of MPR Photo/Bob Kelleher Karl Koster is a National Park Ranger, Canoe Builder & Cooper at Grand Portage National Monument for 25 years. Karl will explain the role of the Great Lakes Fur Trade in Minnesota.  He will explain the role of the voyageur, and display furs and trade goods used in the […]

Gerald Brown History of Windigo Point, Seagull Lake

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Both pictures are courtesy of Nancy Dalbec. Gerald was born in 1941 in Duluth, MN. His parents were Harry and Genevieve Brown who purchased Windigo Point from the estate of Jim Dunn in 1947. Windigo Point was located on Seagull Lake as an operation of housekeeping cabins. Many neighbors that Gerald remembers on Seagull Lake […]

CANCELED!!! Following My Spirit Home – Sharing the Story with Sam Zimmerman

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Sam, will share the story that lead to writing "Following My Spirit Home", his stories on Ojibwe Culture,  Nature Conservation, storytelling, and painting. Sam Zimmerman began to participate in juried and solo exhibitions in 2000 after immediately receiving his BFA in Studio Art from the Rochester Institute of Technology. His painting became a part-time activity […]

Exploring the Night Skies of the Gunflint Trail

A. Paul & Carol Schaap Community Center Grand Marais, MN, United States

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center's Dark Sky Committee will be hosting its first-ever winter event, "Exploring the Night Skies of the Gunflint Trail". A fun, educational evening includes presentations and workshops on night-sky observation and photography techniques. This family-friendly event will be at the G.T.V.F.D. Schaap Community Center (7401 Gunflint Trail) Saturday, February 18th, 7:00 […]

Dark Sky Guided Nature Hike with Naturalist Emma Adams

Gunflint Lodge and Outfiters 143 South Gunflint Lake Road, Grand Marais, MN, United States

This Saturday, April 22, at 8 PM - Gunflint Lodge and Outfitters are offering a guided night hike with Chik-Wauk Naturalist Emma Adams. There is a lot to celebrate! Everyone is welcome to join in for International Dark Sky Week, Earth Day, and witness the stunning Lyrids meteor shower!   The guided hike will take […]

Artist-in-Residency Program – Meet & Greet Jack Dant

Seagull Lake Community Center

The Gunflint Trail Historical Society is pleased to announce the launch of a new Artist in Residency Program and the selection of Jack Dant as the first visiting artist. In 2022 a small task force was formed to explore the possibility of “An Artist in Residency Program on the Gunflint Trail” inspired by similar programming […]

Neil Sherman – 16 years of Plein Air Painting the Gunflint Trail

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

Painter of the North Sunday, June 18 - Join Neil Sherman as he presents his slideshow that has captured his 16 years of Plein Air Painting on the Gunflint Trail. What I strive to capture in my paintings is the feeling of a particular day. Each day is different, especially on the north shore of […]

Evan Larson & Lane Johnson – Reconsidering Fire in the BWCAW

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United States

The BWCAW is a place known and loved by many. The connection that many people feel to the waters and forests of this Border Lakes wilderness help to make it the perfect place to help us contemplate the long-term relationships among people and fire in the Great Lakes Region, and how notions of Wilderness as […]