Gunflint Trail Association

Get a glimpse of Gunflint Trail history and a taste of good eats during A Taste of the Gunflint Trail on Saturday, September 11 from 11 am to 5 pm.  Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center and nine Gunflint Trail businesses will be open for tours during this fundraiser for Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center’s boardwalk nature trail.

*Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center is hosting an old fashioned ice cream and pie social, and book signing by local authors.  Come on up the Gunflint Trail and tour the new museum, hike the trails, and enjoy a treat.

Businesses participating this year with an open house and sample treats from the cookbook “A Taste of the Gunflint Trail” are:

Voyageur Canoe Outfitters – sour cream & raisin pie

*Nor’wester Lodge & Canoe Outfitters

Trail Center Restaurant

Gunflint Lodge

Hungry Jack Outfitters

Bearskin Lodge

Golden Eagle Lodge – Mom’s Donuts

*Clearwater Lodge & Canoe Outfitters – Wild Rice Hot Dish & Monster Bars

Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B/Boundary Country Trekking – Mongolian Firepot sampler

Suggested donation per “taste” a businesses is $1.00.  Pie & Ice Cream at Chik-Wauk is $5.00 (includes museum admission).

NEW! Centennial Trail Hike: Hike with naturalist Steve Robertsen on September 11. Meet at the Kekekabic Trail parking area at 3 PM. Wear sturdy shoes or boots and bring water. Hike time approximately 2 hours.

Early fall brings hints of color to the Gunflint Trail.  Moose maple are beginning to turn red and the grasses are golden.  Days are frequently warm and blue-skied, and nights pleasantly cool.

* Historic Lodge

View 2010 PDF file of  “Taste of the Gunflint Trail”