Lake Vermilion
Bois Forte children at Birch Point camp
Bois Forte children at Birch Point camp. Photo dated 1922.
Indian couple canoeing on Pike Bay
This 1930s linen photograph postcard depicts a Bois Forte Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) couple canoeing on Pike Bay, Lake Vermilion. The hand-crafted birch bark canoe, or wiigwaasi•jiiman in the Ojibwe… [Read More]
Lake Vermilion’s First American Tourist
An Interesting Trip. Where No White Man Had Ever Gone Before. by Thomas M. Newson Originally published in Thrilling Scenes Among the Indians, 1884 In the year 1865, when… [Read More]
Tower Lumber Company
Located on Pike Bay, at Mill Point Plat in Tower, the Tower Lumber Company saw mill is depicted in this circa. 1910-1912 photograph. The peak of logging in the Lake… [Read More]
Muskrat Channel
Another beautiful scene from the Muskrat Channel on Lake Vermilion, dating between 1930 and 1945.
Grand View Resort
Grand View Resort, circa. 1935—1945
Odd Fellows Cottage
This linen post card depicts a group of people enjoying a beautiful summer day at the Odd Fellows Cottage, a popular retreat on Lake Vermilion. The Lake Vermilion Archives would… [Read More]
Hydroelectric dam at Pike River Falls
The City of Tower built this hydroelectric dam seeking a reliable source of electricity. This photo showing the dam, electricity generating station and caretakers home was photographed from the west… [Read More]
Pike River Falls — circa 1890
Pike River Falls—circa 1890. This very rare photograph depicts the Pike River Falls before the City of Tower began construction of the Pike River Dam and its hydroelectric power plant.
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