Lake Vermilion
Game and Fish Men Here with Nets
State Fish and Game men lifting nets on the Pike River, circa 1912. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016 — Today, in honor of the cold and snowy fishing opener, we… [Read More]
Ted Wheeler’s Livery
Tower Stage Line at Ted Wheeler’s Livery. The livery is believed to have been located on the site of The Tower News building. This Tower Stage Line provided public… [Read More]
Tower Boat Landing
This rare photograph depicts the Tower Boat landing, located at the site of the proposed Tower Harbor project. This landing was a very busy place in the late 19th… [Read More]
Camping on Pine Island in 1919
The first of many wonderful summers on Lake Vermilion by Elizabeth A. (Ferguson) Bitney September 1987 I had just had my eleventh birthday, and my brother, Richard, was eight. Our… [Read More]
Mark Twain on Lake Vermilion
Throughout the years Lake Vermilion has delighted its visitors, known, unknown, famous and infamous alike. Perhaps, the lake’s most famous guest ever was world renowned Mr. Mark Twain. During the… [Read More]
Osterberg’s Landing
Morcom Inn
Morcom Inn, at Trout Lake Portage. Photo postcard c. 1925.
Goodwill Summer Resort
“Lake Vermilion, with its many charming little islets — 365 in all, it has been asserted, most of them well timbered, makes an ideal summer ‘retreat’ for the city man… [Read More]
Birch Point Inn
Crowds of guests enjoying the lake front while an excursion boat makes a stop at Birch Point Inn. The Rustic Main Log Lodge at Birch Point Inn. All photos c…. [Read More]
Enjoying the lake
Bois Forte family, c. 1905, photographed canoeing on Lake Vermilion.
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