The Heart of Lake Superior’s North Shore
also featuring Beaver Bay 218.226.4408 East Beaver Bay [email protected] Finland 32%R[6LOYHU%D\01 Little Marais Isabella Contents Things to See ...... 3 Places to Stay or Camp . . . . . 4 Other Things to Do ...... 6 North Shore Mining and Silver Bay...... 7 Area Events ...... 8/9 Area Map ...... 10/11 Beaver Bay ...... 12 East Beaver Bay...... 12 Finland ...... 13 Little Marais ...... 14 Silver Bay Map ...... 19 Directory Lodging ...... 4/5 Churches ...... 14 Dining ...... 15 Community Services ...... 17
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2 Official Destination Guide of Silver Bay, Minnesota and surrounding areas © MAYRON MAYRAND Things to See
Of course, Lake Superior is the reason you’re Rock State Park with paths along Lake Back on Highway 61, your next stop is here. It’s sometimes smooth as glass, sometimes Superior leading to a vista of the Lighthouse. Palisade Head, a 260-foot cliff just two-and- raging in a Nor’easter, one-thousand-foot ore Your next stop is Beaver Bay, only 5 miles a-half miles from Silver Bay. Park at the top boats, ocean-going freighters, sailboats, cruisers, from the Lighthouse. It’s one of the oldest of the cliff and see panoramic views of the and kayaks all have plenty of room to sail. The communities in Minnesota, founded in shore. Less than 2 miles from Palisade Head shoreline is more accessible in our area than any 1858, accessible only by water in those days. is Tettegouche State Park. Take the half-mile other place on the North Shore, with miles of Visit the shops and see the Beaver River. trail to Shovel Point, another magnificent rugged cliffs and pebble beaches full of agates cliff, or take the trail upstream on the and driftwood. Less than two miles from Beaver Bay is the Baptism River to see several waterfalls. Silver Bay Marina and Bayside Park. See the Most of our scenic attractions are easily sailboats and power boats in the harbor. There’s Just beyond that, scenic Highway 1 intersects accessible by car, with a little walking. an excellent view of the “Thousand Footers” Highway 61. Six miles up Highway 1 is (ore boats) coming into the Northshore Mining Finland, a community founded by Finnish Going up the shore, on Highway 61, a harbor. Have a picnic at the Bayside Park with settlers in 1895. Highway 1 eventually National Scenic Byway and an All American a lakeside view and its cozy beach. reaches Ely, the hub of the Boundary Waters Road, just 39 miles from Duluth is Gooseberry Canoe Area. County 6, on the north side of Falls State Park. Gooseberry Falls is one of Adjacent to the marina to the northeast is the Finland, heads east and eventually connects the most visited state parks and has ample Northshore Mining taconite processing plant with Highway 61 at Little Marais (Mile Post parking. Within a few minutes walk from built in the mid-fifties. Just beyond that is 65). On the way, you can see the John Pine the Visitor Center you can see the falls. Silver Bay, a city built at the same time. See Heritage Site, a village that recalls the past, page 9 for more description of “the Plant” and and Wolf Ridge, a well-respected Just minutes up the shore from Gooseberry Silver Bay. Turn left at the stoplight on Outer Environmental School. Falls is the world-famous Split Rock Drive, which is the start of the Superior Lighthouse, 46 miles from Duluth. You can National Forest Scenic Byway. Cruise the Little Marais is the end of the Silver Bay tour the Lighthouse and the grounds, led by streets of the city to see what planners thought area. Highway 61 continues to be very knowledgeable guides dressed in period the city of the future would look like. The scenic. Lutsen, a downhill ski area; Grand costumes. Down the hill from the Byway continues up the hill and eventually Marais, known as an art community; and Lighthouse, park at the Trail Center of Split reaches Hoyt Lakes on the Iron Range. the Canadian border all await you.
www.heartofthenorthshore.com 3 LODGING Silver Bay AmericInn 150 Mensing Drive Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-4300
Fenstad’s Resort 6572 Hwy. 61E Little Marais, MN 55614 218-226-4724
Little Marais Lakeside Cabins 6476 Hwy. 61 Little Marais, MN 55614 © KARSTEN HOGENSON 218-226-3456
Inn at Palisade on Superior 5616 Hwy. 61 Places to Stay or Camp Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-0200
Mariner Motel The Silver Bay Area offers a surprising If you want more rustic places to stay, 46 Outer Drive variety of places to stay. All have websites. Gooseberry Falls, Split Rock, Tettegouche, and Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-4488 Just type in the name on your browser. George H. Crosby Manitou State Parks have
Split Rock Cabins campgrounds with various tent sites ranging 3668 Hwy. 61E If you want to be ‘civilized’, there are many Two Harbors, MN 55616 from car parking at the site to ‘cart in’ sites. 218-226-4735 places to stay. As you approach Beaver Bay from The City of Silver Bay has several free sites for the southwest, Cove Point Lodge is on the Tettegouche State Park Recreation Vehicles at the Observation Park. Camping lakeside. In the City of Beaver Bay, Camp 61 is 5702 Hwy. 61E Go to silverbay.com. Eckbeck Campground Silver Bay, MN 55614 on the ‘landside’. In the City of Silver Bay, the 218-226-6365 on the Baptism River on Highway 1, 3 ½ Mariner Motel is just off Highway 61. Just a miles from Highway 61, has very-low-cost Whispering Pines Motel mile down #61, The AmericInn has 60 rooms, 5763 Hwy. 61E campsites for tents and small RVs. Finland Silver Bay, MN 55614 wading pool, sauna, full-size swimming pool, and 218-226-4712 a water slide. They also offer a free breakfast and State Forest Campground on County 6, just have an attractive lobby. Four miles from Silver off Highway 1 at Finland, offers the same Beaver Bay Bay, the Whispering Pines Motel (landside) and opportunities. Wildhurst, 4 ½ miles north of Camp 61 1017 Main Street Inn at Palisade (lakeside) await you. A few miles Finland on Highway 1, is on the snowmobile Beaver Bay, MN 55601 up the shore in Little Marais, Superior Lakeside 218-226-4351 and ATV trails. They have RV hookups. Cabins has “old-fashioned” cabins with a great Cove Point Lodge view of Lake Superior. On the scenic Highway 1, 4614 Hwy. 61E If backpacking camping is your ‘thing’, Beaver Bay, MN 55601 northeast on Highway 61 from Tettegouche 218-226-3221 The Superior Hiking Trail is acclaimed State park, the beautiful Baptism River Inn Bed Northland Trails Guesthouse throughout the nation, and has many Main Street/Hwy. 61E and Breakfast is on the Baptism River. They love campsites from Gooseberry Falls to the Little Beaver Bay, MN 55601 to accommodate hikers, ‘leaf peepers’, cross 218-226-4199 Marais Road. Some of the campsites have country skiers, and romantics. The National Split Rock State Park panoramic vistas, some are more intimate. 3755 Split Rock Lighthouse Rd. Forest Lodge, run by the owners of the Baptism Two Harbors, MN 55616 River Inn Bed and Breakfast, is 7 miles beyond The Superior Hiking Trail can be accessed 218-226-6377 Isabella on Highway 1. They have direct access approximately every 5 miles from roads on to Flathorn/Gekoka Ski Trails, a well known Highway 61, and there are plenty of parking place to cross country ski. lots for the trail in the Silver Bay Area.
4 Official Destination Guide of Silver Bay, Minnesota and surrounding areas LODGING Finland Baptism River Inn B&B 6125 Hwy. 1 Finland, MN 55603 218-353-0707
Betty’s Cabins 6077 Hwy. 1 Summer Camps Silver Bay, MN 55614 Family Programs 218-353-7362 K-12 Schools Crooked Lake Resort Wilderness Trips 9449 Cramer Road Sea Kayak Tours Finland, MN 55603 218-220-0211
Finland, MN 800-523-2733 Eckbeck Campground www.wolf-ridge.org Highway 1/Baptism River Finland, MN 55603 218-226-6365
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The Silver Bay area is truly the center of all The Superior Hiking Trail is one of the bear, grouse, and moose. You will see a lot the trails along the North Shore. most famous trails in the United States. It of people filling out their tags. extends from Jay Cooke Park south of Duluth We have one hundred miles of local to the border of Canada. You can hike from Twenty-six warblers nest on the North snowmobile and ATV trails within a few the Penn Avenue lot to Bean and Bear Lakes, Shore. We have raptors, owls, gulls, and miles of Silver Bay. Look at the ATV/ one of the most scenic parts of the trail. many other kinds of birds in our area. Peregrine falcons nest on Palisade Head, just Snowmobile Map on pages 10-11. The trails 3 miles from Silver Bay, and many other connect to the State Trail, which extends The Water Trail for kayaks also extends places. Our area is a birding hot spot. from Duluth to Grand Marais, and plans to from the St. Louis River, south of Duluth to modify the State Trail to accommodate Pigeon River, the border river between the If you fly, we have a municipal airport 11 miles ATVs are just ahead. The Penn Avenue U.S. and Canada. There are several camps from Silver Bay with a 3,200 hard surface runway. parking lot in Silver Bay is paved and you along the shoreline, including at Black can offload your sleds or wheelers there. Beach, just below Silver Bay. For the golfer, we have a beautiful 9 hole golf course just 2 miles from Silver Bay, set in the The longest segment of the Gitchi Gami We’re also in the center of fishing and East Branch of the Beaver River valley. Trail, 14 miles, extends from Beaver Bay to hunting. From Lake Superior, where lake
Gooseberry Falls State Park. The trail is trout and salmon are caught, to the streams, Northshore Mining offers tours in the paved and ideal for biking, inline skating, where various kinds of trout live and salmon summer that start at the Bay Area Historical or walking. There’s a big parking lot in spawn, to the inland lakes, where the usual Society on Outer Drive in Silver Bay. The Beaver Bay, soon to be paved. You can take suspects--walleyes, bass, trout, panfish, Historical Society is also worth a visit. They the bikes off your vehicle and immediately northerns, and muskies--await your skill. We record the construction of the town and the start biking. have abundant deer, and hunting seasons for mining company.
6 Official Destination Guide of Silver Bay, Minnesota and surrounding areas © GEORGE POPE Northshore Mining and Silver Bay
What is the big plant just before Silver Bay, railroad, and constructed the plant and Northshore Mining. In 2011 they were and why does Silver Bay exist? the harbor. producing 93% pure iron pellets at a record pace. They shipped 5,372,557 tons In the 1940s E. W. Davis, a professor from Silver Bay is one of the newest cities in in 2011. the University of Minnesota, perfected a way Minnesota, and it’s 3 miles from one of the to extract iron from taconite, which is only oldest cities in Minnesota, Beaver Bay. The Silver Bay Marina is an excellent place 25% iron. Four steel companies, including to see the Ore Boats coming into the Then, in the mid 60s, controversy Republic and Armco, were convinced that Northshore Mining Harbor. Plant tours are about the tailings (the waste rock), the process was worthwhile, but there was a offered in the summer. Call 218.226.3143 which was deposited in Lake Superior, small problem. They didn’t have a place for for reservations. hit the communities of Babbitt and Silver thousands of workers, a mine, a railroad, or Bay. After many years, the plant was closed a port to ship the 93% pure iron pellets to Today, Silver Bay has everything for in 1986 and the two cities went into Cleveland, where the steel plants were. In the visitor. Northwoods Café and decline. After lengthy negotiations, the mid 50s, Reserve Mining Company, Jimmy’s Pizza, Zup’s and Bri-Esa’s deli everyone agreed to build an on land owned by the parent companies Armco and can feed you. The Shopping Center place to keep the tailings—Milepost Seven Republic, built the city of Babbitt on accessed from Outer Drive (the turn of the railroad. In the early 90s, the Plant Mesabi Iron Range, and the city of Silver started operation and the cities revived. from the stoplight) also has Zup’s, a grocery Bay, including its schools and shopping Now all the houses and buildings are store, and Julie’s, a hardware store, and center, on the shores of Lake Superior. The privately owned. several other businesses. Blazer’s can fix first family moved to the new town in 1952. your vehicle, and Adam’s Automotive has
Reserve Mining Company also developed Since 1994, the Plant has been owned by the parts. Both businesses are near the the mine near Babbitt, built a 47 mile Cliffs Natural Resources and is called Shopping Center.
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We have more than 30 major events March June throughout the year. St. Urho’s Day Festival and parade is held Silver Bay Women’s Golf Tournament: on the Saturday that is nearest to March Held on the last Wednesday on the beautiful January 15th in Finland. St. Urho was a (fictional) 9 hole Silver Bay Golf Course, with the East The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is Saint who stopped the invasion of Branch of the Beaver River running through held during the last week of January and ends grasshoppers. See the great parade! it. Click on silverbaygolf.com. in early February. In 2012, we didn’t have enough snow so the race was cancelled, but April July hopefully we’ll have plenty of snow next year. Lake Superior Community Theatre presents Fireworks in Silver Bay on the Fourth. Beaver Bay and Finland are major stops for Death of a Salesman in 2013 on the 12th the sleds. Go to beargrease.com for details. through the 14th and the 19th and 20th at Bay Days, our biggest celebration, happens Kelley School in Silver Bay. Go to lsct.us. on the second Friday and closes on the February second Sunday. We’re having street dances, Arrowhead Vintage Rendezvous Snowmobile May a parade, and many other events. Join us for Run is held on the third Saturday. Their Spring Superior Trail Race is held on the a lot of fun. Go to silverbay.com to see the headquarters is in Finland, a few miles up Superior Hiking Trail on the second whole schedule. Highway #1. Check out finlandmnus.com. Saturday. You can enter the 25 or the 50 kilometer races. Go to superiortrailrace.com. Bay to Bay 10K Race occurs as part of Sugar on Snow occurs on the last Friday- Bay Days on the second Saturday in 2012. Saturday. This increasingly popular event John Pine Heritage Site opens on the 15th. The race is open to runners and walkers. Four features artisans that still do the jobs that This is a historic site with several of the miles are on the scenic Superior Hiking Trail. settlers did—blacksmithing, broom making, buildings and tools of the original pioneers Call 218-226-3813 or go to silverbay.com. grain grinding, and other trades from two from the Finland area. It’s on County #6, centuries ago. It’s held at the Clair Nelson a few miles from Finland. Go to Finland Firemen’s Softball Tournament Center in Finland. finlandmnhistoricalsociety.com. occurs on the third Saturday and Sunday.
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This is an all wooden bat tournament. Call Men’s Invitational Golf Tournament starts October 218-353-7504. on the third Friday at the Silver Bay golf Children’s Halloween Party happens on the 31st Course. Call 218-226-3111 or go to at the Silver Bay AmericInn. Call 218-226-4300 Salmon Classic, a fishing tournament, is held silverbaygolf.com. or click on [email protected]. on Lake Superior the third Saturday and Sunday at the scenic Silver Bay Marina. You September November can win with a fish from three categories: Fall Superior Trail Race is held on the We have no scheduled events. The North lake trout, coho salmon, or chinook salmon. Superior Hiking Trail on the second Friday Shore is quiet and the views are spectacular Call 218-226-3121 or go to silverbay.com. and Saturday. Two distances are offered: because the leaves are down. It’s a good time 50 miles or 100 miles. Click on to hike the trails. August superiortrailrace.com. Gitchi Gami Bike Ride is held on the third Saturday of August. It starts in Gooseberry Booya Harvest Fest occurs on the third December Park and goes to Beaver Bay, 14 miles, and Saturday. A hearty soup and other Finnish Mall of AmericInn is held on the first beyond. Click on ggta.org. food is served and a lot of fun is had. Of Thursday. In 2012, it’s held on the 6th. course, it happens in Finland, Minnesota. Local crafters rent rooms at the AmericInn Tori Celebration and Fall Music Festival occurs to sell their items. on the second Saturday and Sunday. It is a M Club Golf Scramble is also held on the third Finnish tradition and it’s held on the John Pine Saturday at the Silver Bay Golf Course. Go to Pikku Joula (Little Christmas) is held in Finland, Heritage Site just out of Finland, Minnesota! silverbaygolf.com or call 218-226-3111. MN on the first Thursday in December.
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Beaver River near Beaver Bay Beaver Bay
Unique History to Discover
Beaver Bay was founded in 1856 by primarily famous John Beargrease, who delivered mail Several schools were built over the years. German pioneers who arrived on the steamer by dogsled along the North Shore and for In 1928, a two-room school was built and Illinois. It was accessible only by water until whom The John Beargrease Sled Dog remained in service until the ’50s. Students from 1899, when a sleigh trail went through from Marathon is named. The village was the first the new Silver Bay attended school there. Today Two Harbors to Grand Marais. In 1924, a Lake County seat and included a sawmill and it is the Green Door Bar and Liquor Store! road finally reached it. It was the home of the grist mill powered by the Beaver River, a tannery and school and was home to intrepid Tourism has been Beaver Bay’s industry Lake Superior fishermen. Extensive logging since 1924. The Beaver Bay Inn, built in the operations even included railroads operated ’40s, remains open as Camp 61. Cove Point, by Alger, Smith Logging Company until on the shore, was built in 1995. 1910 when the forests were devastated by logging and recurrent fires. The bay was an Today Beaver Bay offers many services, Fabric -Books -Patterns active harbor which docked the largest including restaurants and shops with unique Supplies -Quilts -Gifts steamships on Lake Superior. clothing and souvenirs of the area.
Quality Minnesota gifts. Largest selection of sweats and tees on the shore, books, mocassins. East Beaver Bay
Collectibles, Precious Moments, Between the marina and Beaver Bay Smokens, Nut Crackers, Christopher Radko ornaments, cards & candles. East Beaver Bay, between the marina and else you’d need to enjoy our area’s Purchase of $20.00 or more at Beaver Bay, is home for Beaver Bay Sports outdoors. The Second Hand Rose has an Quilt Corner, Cedar Chest & which rents, sells, and repairs ATVs and extensive collection of old glass and other Christmas-Up-North Must present at time of purchase. snowmobiles. They also sell and repair antiques for sale and is one of the busiest On Hwy 61 in Beaver Bay boats, motors, and just about everything places on the shore.
12 Official Destination Guide of Silver Bay, Minnesota and surrounding areas © JOI ELECTA Finland Rich in Heritage
Finland is a little town dating back to families continue to live on top of 1907 when “Finn-Swedes” moved there the mountain. because of the similarity of the area to their home country. Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, a prize winning school opened The territory where the country of in 1988, sits high above the forest near Finland currently exists was controlled by town. Over 17,000 people a year, Sweden until 1809 when it was taken primarily students from the Midwest, over by Russia. It became an independent experience a unique immersion in the country in 1919. So Finland, Minnesota environment there. They have programs
was named 12 years before the country! Wolf Ridge Environmental Center © GEORGE POPE for families, kayak trips, trips into the wilderness, and several other programs. Logging was the main activity; the Alger day went through Finland. By the 1920s, Type in Wolf Ridge ELC on your browser. Smith Logging Company had a major line forest fires, clear cutting, and the depression of their railroad, called the Duluth and reduced Finland to a few hardy survivors Today, Finland is a thriving community Northern Minnesota or the “Alger Line,” who existed by hunting, trapping and proud of its heritage. Several Finnish to Finland by 1909. Many spurs were built, farming the rocky soil. celebrations are held yearly, including St. and there was an extensive camp at Lax Urho’s Day and Pikku Joulu. The John Pine Lake, a few miles away. Large white pines The first passable road to Finland was the Heritage Site east of town contains several were harvested and at one time 15 trains a original Highway One, which passed of the buildings and tools of the original through from Two Harbors to Grand pioneers, including the original Park Hill Deb & Larry Marais and was completed in 1924. A road School and the Heritage Museum. It is the Schanno from Highway 61 to Finland was opened in home of a DNR Fisheries and Forestry 1925 and became the new Highway One. office, several restaurants, the Finland Coop Store, and several other businesses. Finland In 1950, the Finland Air Base was built is a major hub for snowmobilers, ATVers, Full Menu, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Try us once- - You’ll be back for more! on the top of a nearby mountain as part of hunters and is a gateway to many fishing Carved Moose Antler Collection and Lake Superior Agate Display 218-353-7343 the Pine Tree Line of defense against lakes in the Arrowhead and the Boundary ATM & 24-Hour Gas Cards ON&OFF Sale Liquor nuclear attack. It was closed in 1978; several Waters Canoe Area. 6 miles north of Hwy 61 on Hwy #1
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Silver Bay Faith Lutheran 105 Outer Drive Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-3908
Jehovahs Witness 5987 HIghway 1 Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-353-7451
Palisade Baptist 5486 Hwy. 61 Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-3039
St. Mary’s Catholic 57 Horn Boulevard Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-3100
Silver Bay Baptist MBA 12 Law Drive Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-4202
Sychar Lutheran 14 Edison Boulevard Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-4424
United Protestant 17 Horn Boulevard Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-834-3973
Bay Area Vineyard 218-220-7650 © JOI ELECTA
Beaver Bay Assembly of God Beaver Bay, MN 55614 Little Marais 218-226-4895 Quiet and Relaxing Finland Shine The Light The Little Marais area was settled in the 1880s Office were built as the years went by. Many 5842 Lax Lake Road Finland, MN 55603 as a fishing port, with the catch being sold to of these operations have faded into history. 218-353-7336 Booth Fisheries. Ben Fenstad arrived in 1890; Now, the gift shops Fish Out of Water, Zion Lutheran many of his descensdants still live in the area Eagle’s Nest, Spirit of Gitche Gumee (a B and 6768 Hwy. 1 Finland, MN 55603 and operate the Fenstad Resort, going strong B, coffee shop and gift shop), Little Marais 218-353-7369 for the past 75 years. Tourist cabins, a school, Lakeside Cabins and Colonial Estates Cabins gas station, telephone company, and Post welcome you.
14 Official Destination Guide of Silver Bay, Minnesota and surrounding areas DINING
Silver Bay Bri-Esa’s Convenience Store 94 Outer Drive Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-4694 Jimmy’s Pizza 96 Outer Drive, Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-4142 Northwoods Cafe 6 Shopping Center Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-3699 Silver Bay Lounge 95 Outer Drive Silver Bay, MN 55614 218-226-3106
Beaver Bay Camp 61 1017 Main Street Beaver Bay, MN 55601 © MAYRON MAYRAND 218-226-4351 Cove Point Lodge 4614 Hwy. 61 E Beaver Bay, MN 55601 218-226-3221 Cove Point Crossings Hwy. 61 E Beaver Bay, MN 55601 218-226-4036 Green Door Liquor Store 1002 Main St. Beaver Bay, MN 55601 218-226-9963 Honey Bee Bakery Community Center Beaver Bay, MN 55601 218-226-9651 Lemon Wolf Cafe Highway 61 Beaver Bay, MN 55601 218-226-7225 Northern Lights Restaurant 1040 Hwy. 61 E Beaver Bay, MN 55601 218-226-3012
Finland Four Seasons Restaurant/Bar 6538 Hwy. 1, Finland, MN 55603 218-353-7359 © KARSTEN HOGENSON Our Place Restaurant/Bar Hwy. 1/Hefflefinger Rd. Finland, MN 55603 218-353-7343 West Branch Bar & Grill 6701 Hwy. 1, Finland, MN 55603 218-353-7493 www.heartofthenorthshore.com 15 Looking under every XXXTIUBPSH rock for a better 7JTJUUIF financial institution? 4VQFSJPS)JLJOH remember, 5SBJM4UPSF this is the North Shore. JO 580)"3#034
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Silver Bay Area
Bay Area Historical Society 218-226-4534
Boy Scouts of America 800-939-5811
Fire Department 218-226-0059
Food Shelf 218-226-4443
Girl Scouts of America 877-476-6748
Rescue Squad & Ambulance 218-226-4423
© JOI ELECTA Silver Bay City Hall 218-226-4408
Lake Superior Community Theatre 218-353-7509
Silver Bay Golf Course 218-226-3111
Silver Bay Parks & Recreation Safe. 218-226-4214 Solid. Silver Bay Planning & Zoning 218-226-4233 Secure. Silver Bay Public Library 218-226-4331
VFW Post #6204 218-226-4831
Beaver Bay Area
Town of Beaver Bay 218-226-3251
Count on a strong local bank Finland Area for all of your financial needs. Finland Rescue Squad 218-353-7745
Finland Historical Society THE 218-353-7550 LAKE BANK 888.852.2117 TWO HARBORS • SILVER BAY www.thelakebank.com
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