Lake Vermilion
The “Y” Store
Located at the junction of MN Highway 169, County Higway 1 and County Highway 77 (Angus Rd.) the “Y” Store has long been a landmark serving the Lake Vermilion community… [Read More]
Sylvan Dells, Lake Vermilion
Logging across the Lake Vermilion area waned during the second decade of the 20th Century. The large stands of pine were largely gone and the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad… [Read More]
Ice clears Lake Vermilion April 15
SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 — The 2017 official date for Lake Vermilion completely shedding its winter coat of ice has been declared to be April 15. According to The Tower… [Read More]
Tower’s historical relationship with the East Two River
A reader has contacted LakeVermilion.net hoping to find out what information we can provide on the Tower Marina, (currently Standing Bear Marina), an East Two River landmark. We should first… [Read More]
Vermilion Falls Gold Mining Company
Preferred Citation: S2279 Vermilion Falls Gold Mining Company stock certificates, Northeast Minnesota Historical Center Collections, Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth The Vermilion Falls… [Read More]
1865 — The Vermilion Gold Rush Was On!
The September 19, 1865 announcement of the assay results from three pounds of quartz rock recovered from Minnesota’s Vermilion Range brought fortune seekers by the thousands to the shores of… [Read More]
1848 — Wisconsin Territory survey crew arrives at Lake Vermilion
J. G. Norwood, working in the employ of U. S. geologist David Dale Owen, spent the summer and autumn of 1848 surveying the northwestern most reaches of the Wisconsin Territory,… [Read More]
Vermilion Lake Iron Range
A copy of this rare map of the Lake Vermilion Iron Range was published in the Compendium of the Tenth Census of the United States by the Department of the… [Read More]
Goodwill’s Place on Lake Vermilion
Bay View Lodge waterfront
View of the Bay View Lodge waterfront, taken from the shore of Big Bay, Lake Vermilion. Date unknown.
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