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Kawishiwi Field Laboratory. Coordinates: 47°48′49″N 91°44′16″W. Halfway Ranger Station in 1934. The Kawishiwi Field Laboratory, in Superior National Forest near Ely, Minnesota, usually known as K-Lab, hosted one of the longest running wolf population studies in the United States. It was designed by Forest Service architects following ...
27-19142 [3] GNIS feature ID. 0661205 [2] Website. www.ely.mn.us. Ely (/ ˈiːli / EE-lee) [4] is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,268 at the 2020 census. [5] Located on the Vermilion iron range, Ely once had several iron ore mines.
The wilderness also includes the highest peak in Minnesota, Eagle Mountain (2,301 feet (701 m)), part of the Misquah Hills. [2] Located around the perimeter of the BWCAW are six ranger stations: in Cook, Aurora, Ely, Isabella, Tofte and Grand Marais. The two nearby communities with most visitor services are Ely and Grand Marais. [2]
Dorothy Louise Molter (May 6, 1907, in Arnold, Pennsylvania – December 18, 1986), lived for 56 years on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota.She was known as "Knife Lake Dorothy" or as the "Root Beer Lady", as she made root beer and sold it to thousands of passing canoeists in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), near Ely, Minnesota.
Canoe Country Outfitters was formed in 1946 in Ely, Minnesota, to provide canoe trip outfitting services for Quetico Provincial Park and Superior National Forest and what was to become Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Bill Rom started the business and then sold it to Bob Olson Sr. (who had already worked there for 25 years) in ...
Voyageurs National Park is located on the Canadian Shield, with the rocks averaging between 1 and 3 billion years old. These are some of the oldest rocks on the North American continent. [5] Formed during the early ages of the earth formation, the rocks of the park were compressed, and folded under tremendous pressure.
The weather station Ely 25E is on the southern edge of Snowbank Lake (Minnesota), a lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Snowbank Lake has a dry winter humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), bordering on a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Climate data for Ely 25E, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals: 1444ft (440m) Month. Jan. Feb ...
Bear Head Lake State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, providing ready access to outdoor recreation in the Boundary Waters region. It boasts scenery similar to the nearby Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, with the added conveniences of road access, modern facilities, and motorboating. The most popular visitor activities are ...