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

Canoe on Inn welcomes you to a year round stay in Ely, Minnesota ideally located within walking distance to downtown shopping and restaurants, and rooms have been completely remodeled, afford front door parking, cable TV, WIFI, some even have microwaves and a refrigerator, all have phones and air con. Enjoy courtesy coffee in the lobby daily, a lighted lot for trailers and the perfect base for your great adventure in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Canoe on Inn has everything you need for a quiet and comfortable stay, a good nights rest and pets are allowed, memories await right here.READ MORE

Lodge of Whispering Pines in Ely, Minnesota offers a spectacular wilderness vacation in the Superior National Forest on Big Lake which is secluded, private and nestled among tall pines, birch, spruce, balsam and Aspen and encircled by the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness where wildlife are your companions including deer, moose, black bear, timber wolves, loons and more. They offer beautiful cabins as well as camping sites on the lakeshore all separated by trees, and they have water, electricity, picnic tables, BBQ grills, private toilet facilities and a traditional wood fired sauna to enjoy. The main lodge at Lodge of Whispering Pines is perfect for relaxing, enjoying the massive stone fireplace, and also has a gift shop with grocery items and facilities for conferences, meetings and receptions. There's also a live bait and tackle shop, a fish cleaning house, satellite TV, boat and motor rentals, pontoon rentals, paddle boats and canoe and kayak rentals, a sandy swimming beach, board and ball games, outdoor fire pits, a children's playground, boat docks, gas and oil for boats and so much more, come enjoy a fantastic stay here.READ MORE

Fenske Lake Resort Cabins in Ely, Minnesota is a secluded and peaceful vacation resort with beautiful knotty pine cabins right on the water's edge, surrounded by woods, wildlife and nature, with Northwoods charm and private docks, and all are fully furnished for a truly comfortable stay. The main lodge has a retail area for clothing, tackle and bait, as well as a pool table, foosball table and assorted games, and a wood burning fireplace, there's also a remote wilderness yurt for unique overnight lodging and cabin comforts, and wilderness day trips are available. Each cabin comes with an aluminum fishing boat and canoe free, and motors are available for rent, cabins also have own private docks and a campfire pit and fire ring and an outdoor grill, there's also a lovely sandy beach and sauna for guests to enjoy. Fenske Lake Resort Cabins offers hiking trails and mountain biking trails, and are ideally located close to museums, shopping, attractions and activities, come for the perfect stay.READ MORE

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 Dorothy Molter Museum is located just outside Ely, Minnesota and is a memorial to this colorful lady known by some as the Root Beer Lady and others as the Nightingale of the Wilderness. Dorothy Molter spent most of her life living on Knife Lake and is the legendary last non-indigenous resident of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, where many a canoeist would stop and enjoy her hospitality and famous home made root beer. After her passing, her cabins were dismantled and transported first to Moose Lake, then to Ely, where volunteers restored them to become the Dorothy Molter Museum. This wonderful lady, a nurse by profession treated many an ailing visitor and animal, and she paddled, hiked, fished, skied and snowshoed this pristine area, until her death in 1986, she was visited by as many as 7,000 people a year. Today the museum preserves and interprets Northwoods wilderness heritage through learning opportunities inspired by Dorothy Molter, and visitors can view the many exhibits, the bird feeding area, enjoy tours and programs with knowledgeable guides and groups are welcome, there's also a gift shop with souvenirs and more, serving ice cold root beer and a picnic area under the pines.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

Spirit of the Wilderness Outfitters in Ely, Minnesota are Boundary Waters Outfitters and are centrally located to service all Ely area Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permit entry points. Services include complete and partial outfitting BWCA and Quetico permits, canoe and kevlar rental, a towboat service, camping gear, fishing tackle and live bait, outdoor clothing and footwear from their one stop shop as well as canoe repair and reconditioning and so much more. Spirit of the Wilderness Outfitters also offer fishing seminars to learn simple techniques and host to catch the main fish species and what bait and tackle to use, and their camping facilities include mouthwatering meals from select menu choices, tents, sleeping bags, cooking equipment, complete outfitting gear and so much more, come for an unforgettable adventure with them, it doesn't get much better.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

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