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Superior National Forest
Attn: Forest Supervisor
8901 Grand Ave Place
Duluth, MN 55808-1102
(218) 626-4300
Gunflint Ranger Station
2020 W. Highway 61
Grand Marais, MN 55604
(218) 387-1750
Isabella Work Station
2759 Highway 1
Isabella, MN 55607
(218) 323-7722
Kawishiwi Ranger Station
1393 Hwy 169
Ely, MN 55731
(218) 365-7561
La Croix Ranger Station
320 N. Hwy 53
Cook, MN 55723
(218) 666-0020
Laurentian Ranger Station
318 Forestry Road
Aurora, MN 55705
(218) 229-8800
Tofte Ranger Station
Box 2159
Tofte, MN 55615
(218) 663-8060
If you have not reserved a permit in advance, you may pick it up at any district ranger office or cooperating business. It is advisable, however, to visit one that is closest to your entry point. The personnel there are likely to be more familiar with your proposed route. They can alert you to high water or low-water conditions, bear problem areas, suitable campsites, road conditions, and other particulars.
A Final Word
Believe it or not, these age-old routes do change from year to year. In fact, they may change several times each year. A deep navigable channel between lakes in early June may be shallow, rock-strewn rapids that require a portage in August. A creek-side portage indicated as 35 rods on the map may turn out to be 135 rods when the creek dries up during a drought. Sometimes portages that were dry in June are flooded in August after beavers dam a stream adjacent to the trail. When a portage becomes too eroded from over-use, the Forest Service sometimes constructs a new trail, which is usually longer than the original. Likewise, when funds are available for trail maintenance, trails through wet and muddy bogs may be elevated on boardwalks or bypasses may be routed to higher and dryer ground. Rare events, such as the 1999 windstorm, or recent forest fires, such as those that ravaged Turtle Lake, Cavity Lake, and Ham Lake, may significantly change the landscape through which you will pass.