Monday, July 26, 2010
Boys can catch fish too!!!
7:14 PM
We continue to have some nice lake trout caught here at Loon Lake. The women had been been successful in May but the men are having more success as of late. Here are two examples of fish brought in this week. The first one is 16 pounds plus and the second fish was almost 9 pounds. Both were very nice fish.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
New Hiking Trail
12:54 PM
The Centennial Trail is one of the newest hiking trails on the Gunflint Trail. It is a combination of the Kekekabic Hiking Trail and a new trail cut along what was the Port Arthur, Duluth & Western Railroad. This was the railroad that was built to haul iron ore out of the Paulson Mine. The trail ran from what is today Thunder Bay to the north side of Gunflint Lake and then onto the site of the mine. Built in the early 1890's by hand with much of the work be done by Italian immigrants for Canada. After all of the work, only one car load of ore was ever taken from the mine before it failed!
The first 1.2 mile of trail is along the Kekekabic Trail which has been around for many years. It starts on the Gunflint Trail and ends outside Ely and is well maintained. Just after you come to the Paulson Mine you will cut back to the east and follow the new Centennial Trail. This was cleared late in 2009 by retired smoke jumpers. Every year they clear different trails around the country for public recreation. It is called the Centennial Trail because the Superior National Forest was 100 years old in 09.
The Centennial follows the old grade and is a diffuculte hike. The old trestles are gone and you have to climb up and down hills in a number of locations but I think it is a wonderful hike. Total length is about 3 and a half miles counting the part of the Kek you also hike. You will see old test pits, the Paulson Mine, historic railroad bed of the PAD & W and some great vistas of the area.
Sign at the Kekekabic Trail Sign at the Centennial Trail
It is a great hike but it is not for everyone.
The first 1.2 mile of trail is along the Kekekabic Trail which has been around for many years. It starts on the Gunflint Trail and ends outside Ely and is well maintained. Just after you come to the Paulson Mine you will cut back to the east and follow the new Centennial Trail. This was cleared late in 2009 by retired smoke jumpers. Every year they clear different trails around the country for public recreation. It is called the Centennial Trail because the Superior National Forest was 100 years old in 09.
The Centennial follows the old grade and is a diffuculte hike. The old trestles are gone and you have to climb up and down hills in a number of locations but I think it is a wonderful hike. Total length is about 3 and a half miles counting the part of the Kek you also hike. You will see old test pits, the Paulson Mine, historic railroad bed of the PAD & W and some great vistas of the area.
Sign at the Kekekabic Trail Sign at the Centennial Trail
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Big Fish
1:15 PM
People always ask about fishing. Do you have fish in the lake? Does anyone every catch big fish?
Well here are some of the fish caught this year so far. The first big fish of the season was a 17 pound
plus lake trout caught on Loon Lake by Carol. The next day her friend Kathy caught this very nice northern. Their husbands didn't have as much luck but as long as your wife can catch fish what do you care.
Herold and Matt Becker had a great week of fishing. They tried Loon, Little Iron and Crab Lakes and had good luck on all of them. They fished a few hours a day and were able to catch northerns, bass and walleye. The largest was a 28 inch walleye and it was a beauty. They also had a nice stringer of walleyes later in the week
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So if fishing is your thing -- good fishing can be found on the Gunflint Trail. Check us out at www.visitloonlake.com.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Family Time
1:43 PM
The season has been moving along faster than I want. Blogs are always hard to get to. Never seems to be enough time in the day to get everything done. We have been working on the Lodge and the cabins. We now have finished the new Lodge roof. New roofing and a lot of new wood. It looks very nice. Cabin 2 and 3 have new bathrooms. Cabin 3 is completely new from the ground up and cabin 2 got new flooring and a new shower. We are now finishing new steps from cabin 7 down to the lake. We will add a new dock and low voltage lighting along the steps so when you come in from fishing you can dock there and find your way up the hill!
We just had our first family get together of the summer. The Sheatsley family from Minnesota and West Virginia were able to spend some time together here at the lake. Jim and his wife Sandy meet up with his sisters and their families in the cities and then most headed to Loon Lake for a few days of great family time. They spent their time swimming, sitting around the campfire and just hanging out. As far as I could tell there was now fighting and they all left as friends. Jim's parents started coming to Loon Lake in the early 70's.
You still have time to book your stay at Loon Lake this summer. Check out our web site and see what cabins are open. We would love to have you visit soon.
We just had our first family get together of the summer. The Sheatsley family from Minnesota and West Virginia were able to spend some time together here at the lake. Jim and his wife Sandy meet up with his sisters and their families in the cities and then most headed to Loon Lake for a few days of great family time. They spent their time swimming, sitting around the campfire and just hanging out. As far as I could tell there was now fighting and they all left as friends. Jim's parents started coming to Loon Lake in the early 70's.
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