If you’re looking for a great place to visit with your family, Ely offers the perfect getaway. Home to four parks, this small town is known for its lush green spaces and its proximity to the Boundary ...

Sprawling, spring-fed Burntside Lake sits just outside Ely, Minn., one portage away from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The lake’s water is so clear and sky-blue that it was once featured in Hamm’s ...

Bemidji area: Area lakes have been producing good fishing with a normal early summer pattern. Anglers are still finding fish at relatively shallow depths and finding walleyes along the weed edges.

Spiny water fleas, another foreign species believed to have crossed the ocean in the ballast of saltwater ships, has been confirmed in Shagawa Lake near Ely. The tiny creatures, which resemble a large ...

The disappearance of Bass Lake, near Ely, is no mystery at all, according to former forest ranger Ross Smith, who says the water "got away" over an old rotted sluiceway cut by lumber companies. The 18 ...

Shagawa Lake — Snow and ice aren’t ideal conditions to take off or land an airplane, but they’re business as usual for the pilots who fly through the winter out of the U.S. Forest Service seaplane ...