Feb 21, 2021 | BWCAW, Community, Food & Drink
The Outward Bound Flapper has enough calories to keep you warm and get you through your afternoon adventures in a tasty, chewable-even-at 20-below bar you can make yourself. Used by expedition students and instructors at the Voyageur Outward Bound School in Ely, these...
Feb 17, 2021 | Community, From the Archives
This piece is excerpted and edited from “Summer at the Lake” by John Huston, originally published in the 2006 Ely Summer Times. The above image features Edna & Paul at a cabin in their resort. Log cabin lodges dot the green shorelines. Motorboats full of...
Jan 25, 2021 | BWCAW, Community
For Jacki Fisher cross country skiing is a lifestyle. A way to “get out there and play!” And when one lives in the northwoods, a ‘get out there and play’ mentality is essential to doing anything more than simply surviving the winter. Consider any children you...
Jan 24, 2021 | BWCAW, From the Archives, Northwoods Ecology
The following article was written by Libby Fena, and originally featured in the 2004-2005 Ely Winter Times. The six of us skied quietly. Behind us, two teams of dogs followed. We had been following the trapper’s tracks for hours. The creek under our feet wound...
Jan 24, 2021 | Community, From the Archives
This article originally appeared in the 2008-2009 Ely Winter Times. In 1961, the Ely Ski Club punched a road through the woods on the east end of town, cleared slopes and trails by hand, installed ski jumps and tows, and built a first-class chalet. An amazing...
