We’ve called Ice Out at Clearwater Lake, just in time for the fishing opener…anglers get your rods ready. It’s a great time to stay at Clearwater Historic Lodge because we offer spring rates through early June. We’re also giving our guests free use of an aluminum canoe during your stay if you use SPRINGCANOE2015 when you book. Read article at […]
The ice retreating now. It is almost all the way out to the point.
The Clearwater Lodge family lost one of its members yesterday. Mike Trace passed away April 26 2015. Mike was a co-owner of Clearwater Lodge and Canoe Outfitters from 2003-2011. We will always remember his sense of humor, the fact that he could fix anything, and the time he plunged over Saganaga Falls in a canoe with his brother. Our thoughts […]
It rained all day today which has the lake looking nice and black, there are cold temperatures coming our way which will inevitably slow the process.
This was the view down Clearwater Lake Saturday afternoon, we are progressing nicely. Forecasts predict rain which will continue to help, but then cold temperatures which will not. We will keep everybody updated.
Last summer the historic lodge was 88 years old. Over the decades, its logs have been covered in multiple layers of stain and thick paint. The paint had begun to crack and flake leaving the logs exposed to the elements. A sealer that had been put on to protect the wood had instead created a barrier preventing moisture from escaping. […]
With the piles of snow slowly disappearing and the sun rising higher into the sky every day, it is only a matter of time before Clearwater Lake is open and free of ice. Every year the staff plays a fun game where we guess the date the ice will be completely gone. This spring we thought we’d open the contest up to all our blog […]
Conratulations to Grand Marais! This month our small town (home to only about 1,300 people) was the number 1 spot on CNN’s “Coolest Small Towns in America” list for 2015. At Clearwater Historic Lodge & Canoe Outfitters, you can have the best of both worlds. There are 32 beautiful miles of Gunflint Trail between us and the the “big […]
As an adult there is not much that compares to the excitement of a forecast for aurora borealis that contains the phrase “strongest geomagnetic storm of the current solar cycle. This storm is underway now.” Though forecasts for record breaking blizzards still make me tingle a bit, there is no earth weather forecasts that come close to the level of giddiness […]