Boundary Waters Guides Service in Ely, Minnesota offers guided adventures for friends and family, including canoe trips, camping trips, day trips and workshops. Camping trips are a totally personalized guided canoe camping trips using ultra lightweight kevlar canoes, and the best camping gear with mouthwatering meals, and they provide all the gear, options include a relaxing and scenic easy trip over 3 or 4 days, an intermediate trip with Big Border Lakes, cliffs, waterfalls and pictographs, and a remote and least traveled challenging trip over 5 or 6 days. Boundary Waters Guides Service has fully licensed and knowledgeable guides available for a fun and safe trip, and day trips include a paddle into the scenic wilderness for fun, fishing and photo opportunities, they also offer workshops and group trips for photo workshops and women in the wilderness, let the adventures begin.READ MORE

The International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota is a non profit organization dedicated to advancing the survival of wolf populations by educating the public about wolves. This multi-million dollar interpretive museum and exhibit offers fascinating facts about wolves from experts, here you can explore wild wolf habitat and track them through radio telemetry, take amazing photographs of their exhibit pack in their natural habitat and even look a gray wolf in the eye, or thrill at their howling, and they welcome all for hour, day or weekend long adventures, groups welcome too. The International Wolf Center also has on-line shopping at the Wolf Den Store and all your purchases support their mission, they have apparel, jewelery, accessories, books, media and more ideal for gifts, you can also help by joining the pack as a member of the center, or donating time, money, supplies and professional services, help to ensure the survival of wolves across the globe.READ MORE

The Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast in Ely, Minnesota is located lakeside and they boast a million acre front yard in their own words, offer casual comfort, spacious well appointed rooms, accommodate special diets and are handicap accessible, plus there's free wireless internet throughout the building. Come enjoy a fabulous stay by the lake complete with free canoes and kayaks to use, and there's a new charcoal grill and all the necessities to enjoy a wonderful picnic by the lake. The Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast offer excellent winter packages, and cater to special diets including Low Fat, Diabetic, Allergies, Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten and lactose Free, come for summer and winter fun, and they are ideally located for exploring the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, come enjoy.READ MORE

Northwind Lodge in Ely, Minnesota offers clean and simple housekeeping cabins on beautiful Lake Jasper, and they are truly rustic with a history built into every board and log, and are kept in really good condition. Water comes form a deep well and is tested for health and safety requirements, and all housekeeping units are equipped with bathrooms, showers, kitchen facilities including a gas range, utensils and more, and BBQ grills are available, plus bed linens are provided, just bring own bath and kitchen towels, soap and paper towels. Northwind Lodge offers cabins with lake and beach views, some with decks, some knotty pines, all comfortable and beautiful for a spectacular and memorable stay, they also have two comfortable apartment units, and this is the perfect vacation resort offering family vacations, fishing, honeymoons, family reunions, hiking, kayaking and canoeing and so much more, come for a wonderful adventure at this quiet and secluded resort complete with boat and motor rentals, hiking trails, they hope to see you soon. READ MORE

The Jasper Company in Ely, Minnesota offers stunning lodging, wilderness trips with guided fishing and camping adventures and fall and winter day trips including hunting, dog sledding and fishing, and self guided trips are available. Accommodation options include a stay in their downtown guest house on Jasper Lake or camping on a remote wilderness lake, or in the Jasper Inn which is an old world hostel full of charm, they also have Jasper Loft rooms, and a lake house with modern stainless steel kitchen and porch with breathtaking views and 800 feet of private shoreline and a private dock. The Jasper Company bake shop is where guests check in and pick up their picnic lunches and baked goods including the best scones in town and a full variety of pastries, rolls, cookies and breads enjoyed with gourmet coffee, here they also have gift items, gourmet foods and home entertaining supplies available. Day trips include a Northwoods shore lunch, classic guided fishing, a family canoe trip, dog sledding, ice fishing and more, plus they have outfitting and equipment rental for camping trips and a tow boat service, it's all here.READ MORE

Silver Rapids Lodge in Ely, Minnesota is located in the heart of the stunning Superior National Forest right on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Enjoy excellent accommodation choices from lakeside cabins to motel suites and campgrounds with RV hookups, and amenities include a private swimming beach, fireplaces, fire pits, charcoal grills, saunas and jacuzzis in some cabins, there's also bait and tackle, boat and canoe rentals, a children's playground, fish cleaning house, private hiking and cross country ski trails and so much more to be enjoyed here. Silver Rapids Lodge also has a Restaurant, Lounge and Banquet Facility with excellent menu including homemade pizza and daily specials, the private room is perfect for celebrations and special events including wedding receptions, parties, meetings, rehearsal dinners and more, complete with even co-ordinator, come for a magical stay.READ MORE

Babe's Bait and Tackle Shop in Ely, Minnesota is the best little bait and tackle shop here and the place to begin for your fishing adventures whether you are after giant northern pike, massive lake trout or walleye. For live bait they stock leeches, rainbow minnows, suckers, chubs, shiners and nightcrawlers, and as they say, if they don't have it, you don't need it. They have Ely's largest selection of tackle and fishing gear products, from tackle boxes to nets and bait buckets, various rods and reels, hooks, spin and casting rods, fly rods and reels, jigs, knives, spinners, terminal tackle and so much more, it's all here. Babe's Bait and Tackle Shop also offer canoe rentals and carry Alumacraft and Grumman aluminum canoe for singles or groups all fully outfitted, plus there's an in-house guide service available, or they can refer you to one of the other local professional guides, so let them tailor a trip to you, half or full day, or week long adventures exploring the back country, let the fun begin.READ MORE

Riverside Resort and Island Campsites in Ely, Minnesota offers beautiful island campsites and a wonderful Northwoods experience on a privately owned island on White Iron Lake with excellent fishing and wilderness adventures. Here spacious, deluxe and unique tent camping accommodations await for an unforgettable glamping experience, and they come with personal Finnish saunas and spectacular sunrises and sunsets over the lake and are luxuriously furnished, plus there's a fully screened cook tent with everything you need for a great meal at the end of a wonderful day. Riverside Resort and Island Campsites is the perfect base for exploring the Boundary Waters Canoe Area for day trips or overnight excursions, and in winter enjoy snowshoeing, dog sledding, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing, it's all here for a fantastic vacation getaway on a private 10 acre island.READ MORE

Cliff Wold's Outfitting Company in Ely, Minnesota can help with every aspect of your canoe trip in the wilderness and that covers all lightweight camping and canoeing equipment plus a delicious menu of custom packed meals, they also have partial outfitting services available. With complete outfitting packages they've thought of everything from the sleeping bags and pads to the portage packs, cookware, utensil, stove, rain ponchos, detailed maps, fire grate, compass and more, your ultimate wilderness adventure starts here. They are strictly a canoe trip outfitting company, and have a campground for overnight stays before or after the canoe trips complete with sauna bath and shower facilities, modern bathrooms, open-fire cooking facilities, as well as private bunk room and campsites to pitch tents. Cliff Wold's Outfitting Company also offers free transportation for full outfitting packages and will bring the food and equipment to group members within a 22 mile radius.READ MORE

River Point Resort in Ely, Minnesota is located on the shoreline of beautiful Birch Lake, here it's about the setting deep within the wooded beauty of the Superior National Forest. Accommodation options include lake cabins, luxury vacation homes, villas and chalets all providing wonderful relaxation and a stay one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in the country, come make this private peninsula setting your home for a time, it's perfect here, and there are honeymoon and fishing packages available and more. Come for an outdoor adventure with River Point Resort, they have adult and teen kayaks, paddleboats and pontoon boats, a sun deck and horseshoes, there are trails to explore and a bonfire to enjoy, go canoeing or kayaking, there's also complimentary small watercraft, croquet, gas grills, a fish cleaning service, even fishing advice and education, a WIFI service at all accommodations and so much more, come for a wonderful stay.READ MORE