Border Country

Grand Portage

Sweetgrass Cove Guesthouse & Bodywork Studio
Rick Anderson’s charming guest quarters promise gorgeous gardens, an outdoor hot tub, a wood-burning sauna, delicious food, and on-site spa services. You’ll never want to leave. 6870 E. Hwy. 61, 218-475-2421

Grand Portage National Monument
Reconstructed on original eighteenth- and nineteenth-century foundations, the Northwest Trading Company depot and great hall honor the voyageurs and Ojibwe who made their livelihoods here. 218-387-2788

Grand Portage State Park

At 120 feet, Minnesota’s highest waterfall, High Falls, is the claim to fame. 218-475-2360

Isle Royale National Park
Take the ninety-minute boat ride from Grand Portage to the pristine wilderness park. 906-482-0984

Gunflint Trail

Bearskin Lodge

Hand-hewn log cabins nestled along Bearskin Lake have state-of-the-art appliances, wood-burning fireplaces, and great screened-in porches. Solitude defined. 218-388-2292

Clearwater Lodge
Basic cabins, a historic lodge, dependable outfitting, and mighty palisades across Clearwater Lake make for one of the most dramatic entry points into the BWCAW. 218-388-2254

Hungry Jack
One of the best canoe outfitters on the trail. 800-648-2922

Trail Center Lodge
Beyond the Northwoods bric-a-brac hanging from the walls, you’ll find great malts, burgers, and other stick-to-the-ribs fare. 218-388-2214

Gunflint Lodge
Saunas, hot tubs, a great kitchen, impeccable service, full-time adventure concierge, gorgeous setting, and top-notch outfitting. Hardly roughing it. 800-328-3325

Kekekabic Trail
Winds forty-two miles past abandoned mine shafts and remote wilderness. A section makes a nice out-and-back day-hike.

Magnetic Lake Trail
The highlight of the three-mile trail is a sixty-foot-high rock that will make your compass run amok.

Seagull Outfitters
Debbie Mark’s passion is custom-designing trips to the BWCAW and Quetico. 218-388-2216

Trail’s End
No trip up the trail is complete without taking a picture of the scenery here.