HISTORY INFORMATION MAP EXPLANATION TRAIL SYMBOLS For travel planning information contact: •DNR Trails & Waterways Regional Office Snowmobile Parking The Arrowhead and Taconite State Trails were Timber harvesting is often done in the winter when When traveling near a harvesting site please watch 1201 E. Highway 2 TRAILS & THEIR PERMITTED USES developed by the DNR with ongoing assistance the ground is frozen which makes it easier to access out for logging trucks and other equipment. Grand Rapids MN 55744 (218) 327-4408 • MN Office of Tourism X-Country Ski Campground from the counties, other local governments, U.S. harvesting sites that would be inaccessible in the 100 Metro Square, 121 7th Place East *DNR Taconite Trail Hdqtrs. (Grand Rapids Area) Taconite State Trail Forest Service, private businesses and trail groups. summer due to wet conditions. In addition to the natural resources provided by the St. Paul MN 55101-2146 (218) 327-4240 The trails connect towns and travel past lakes, rivers, forest, the discovery of iron ore dramatically changed 651-296-5029 (Metro Area) Hiking Shelter resorts, mining sites, logging camps and trappers' The major tree species found along the trail include northern Minnesota. The rich iron ore deposits 1-888-TOURISM (Minnesota toll free) • DNR Arrowhead/Taconite Trail(Tower Area)Hdqtrs. State Forest & Park Trail shacks. aspen, white and black spruce, norway pine and contributed to the industrialization of the whole 1-800-766-8687 (Canada) 650 Highway 169 Shelter/Campsite Picnic Area white pine. Aspen, a pioneer species, is harvested country. The development of the mining industry Tower MN 55790 (218) 753-2580 The earliest known inhabitants of the area, living by clearcutting to allow sunlight to reach the roots created a large demand for labor. This led to a wave MN Department of Natural Resources thousands of years ago, left pictographs (rock of the recently cut trees which will then sprout and of European immigration and to the growth of the • DNR Information Center OOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION State Park Ski Trails paintings) and petroglyphs (rock carvings) north of produce aspen suckers in the first year after cutting. "Iron Range" and its associated mining towns. The 500 Lafayette Road L ? 0 1 234 8 the present trail area. The only Indians in recent Black spruce is also harvested in this manner, but it mining industry started to decline as the rich ore St. Paul MN 55155-4040 The DNR has mapped 51 separate areas of the N history to be identified with the region are the is usually seeded to get new trees on the site. was used up. The industry was reinvigorated for a 651-296-6157 (Metro Area) state showing federal, state and county lands with SCALE: one inch equals four miles Ojibway (Chippewa). time by the development of taconite, the mining 1-888-MINNDNR (Minnesota toll free) their recreational facilities. Grant–in–Aid Trails White spruce, norway and white pine are usually process that made mining of lower grade iron ore 651-296-5484 (TTY, Metro Area) Public Recreation Information Maps (PRIM) are available for purchase from the DNR gift shop, DNR European immigration forced the Ojibway to move thinned a number of times before the final harvest economically viable. The mining industry has 1-800-657-3929 (TTY, Minnesota toll free) regional offices, Minnesota state parks and major west along the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great is undertaken when all remaining trees are removed experienced ongoing restructuring which results in DNR provides: outdoor recreation information, sporting and map stores. Check out the website at: Other Trails 2 Lakes. They entered present day northern Minnesota and the site is replanted with seedlings. lower employment levels. brochures, maps and snow & trail conditions. Trail Mileage in the late 1600s. The lake and forest resources http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/prim.html provided the Ojibway with abundant fish and Most tree species harvested in Minnesota are used wildlife in spite of the harsh winters. However, to make paper and waferboard, but larger trees are 74 Willow River Fall continued immigration eventually forced them from also used to make lumber, cabinets, and furniture Trout Lake B.W.C.A.W Lake Boundary Waters most of their land. parts. 116 53 24 Pine 18 Lake Burntside Fur trade began in this area in 1679. French-Canadian Kabetogama State Forest Canoe Area Burntside Lake Vermilion Winton voyageurs from Montreal and Quebec came west Lake State to participate in the fur trade with the American Wilderness 88 Shagawa Lake 169 Indians. The trade was dominated first by the French, Superior Forest then British and finally the Americans. 540 Farm 114 Lake River 1 16 78 Ely White Iron The fur trade era lasted about 175 years. When it 113 Lake Boundary Waters ended, many voyageurs and new immigrants turned Little Fork River TRAIL ARROWHEAD STATE TOMAHAWK Canoe Area to logging. TRAIL 1 Vermilion Lake 11 Cook During the early years of logging in the area Soudan Wilderness TRAIL Vermilion Lake Underground thousands of acres of virgin red and white pine were Indian Mine State Park 25 128 21 cut down to supply the building boom in cities 78 Reservation Gabbro Sturgeon River 77 169 Eagle Nest STATE Lake Lakes Kawishiwi across the country. After the vast stands of mature 73 Lost National growth pines were removed aspen forests established State Forest 361 Lake 6 BEARSKIN 413 TRAIL Rice River Soudan themselves. Because aspen are fast-growing they Tower TACONITE SPUR 120 923 87 have become the primary tree that is planted and Sturgeon River TRAIL 962 476 1 3 Bear harvested today. They support a thriving wood 12 TACONITE 65 5 917 78 Head products industry which produces paper and 12 Bear Island Lake Lake 22 building products. 22 22 409 State 2 PUTNAM LAKE Park TRAIL The Arrowhead and Taconite Trails pass though a 492 668 487 411 Forest 6 variety of public and private land ownerships along FISHING LAKES LAKE COUNTY TRAIL the trail route. Most of these lands are managed by 82 467 LOUIS COUNTY ST. to Bearskin River Birch Lake North Shore public and private landowners for forest products. 912 Wahlsten State Trail 11 TIM COREY Sturgeon River 491 481 State 936 Forest 26 904 CIRCLE T TRAIL Bear Island State Forest TRAIL 969 Scenic Mc Carthy Beach 652 652 State Park State 4 Rice River 135 25 STONY SPUR 52 TRAIL Park Dark River 405 360 Babbitt 7 HERB 931 9 26 BRANSTROM Big Rice Lake IRON ORE 1 TRAIL 53 6 TRAIL 623 7 Sturgeon 21 Stony River George 11 Lake 65 Lake 366 Salo Corner Embarrass River Pike River 12 Superior 14 303 Sturgeon River 65 302 615 Side 305 Embarrass Lake 68 TACONITE SPUR TRAIL 5 394 Sand Washington 461 Lake 473 Britt 21 BEAR LAKE 766 Sandy River TRAIL 791 State INFORMATION CENTERS 307 791 National 169 416 52 668 Hibbing C. O. C. Orr-Pelican Lake Resort Assoc. 45 26 Forest Tower Area: 303 64 211 E Howard Street, PO Box 727 4498 Pine Acres Rd. 55 DNR Trails and Waterways Hibbing, MN 55746 Orr, MN 55771 650 Highway 169 73 AUROBI Wynne Phone: (local) 1-218-262-3895 Phone: 1-800-777-4690 Prairie 81 LAURENTIAN TRAIL Lake Tower, MN 55790 TRAIL Forest Phone: (non local) 1-800-4HIBBING 25 Phone: 1-218-753-2580 Voyageurs National Park 484 Day Brook Fax: 1-218-753-4517 IRRRB- Trails Phone: 1-218-283-9821 River 53 79 716 Director: DeLyle Pankratz 55 TRAIL TRAIL Mountain Biwabik Ely/ Lake Vermilion Area: PO Box 441 Grand Rapids Area: 7 336 Iron Aurora Eveleth, MN 55734 5 66 Babbit/Marvel Klimek Grand Rapids C.O.C. DAY BROOK TRAIL Phone: (local) 1-218-744-7400 Babbit, MN 55706 Virginia McKinley Phone: (non local) 1-800-765-5043 One NW 3rd St. Chippewa 1234 8 Phone: 1-218-827-3152 Fax: 1-218-744-7402 Grand Rapids, MN 55744 530 65 169 Phone:(local) 218-326-6619 49 Lake Vermilion Resort Assoc. 51 333 135 SCALE: one inch equals four miles Iron Trail Convention & Phone:(non local) 1-800-472-6366 Buhl & Cook C. O. C./Visitors Center Chisholm Visitors Center Fax:1-218-326-4825 West Two St. Louis River 320 N Hwy 53 539 River Gilbert 403 First Street N. National 343 Reservoir 53 20 Cook, MN 55723 39 4 Virginia, MN 55792 US Forest Service Offices: 532 54 100 Phone: (local) 1-218-666-5850 50 8 37 Phone: (local) 1-218-749-8161 Eveleth NORTH Phone: (non local) 1-800-648-5897 Phone: (non local) 1-800-777-8497 Gunflint Ranger District STATE 56 2020 W Hwy 61, PO Box 790 10.4 Ely C. O. C. Forest 79 Virginia/Eveleth/Mt. Iron/ Grand Marais, MN 55604 1600 E Sheridan Street Gilbert C. O. C. Phone: 1-218-387-1750 60 Ely, MN 55731 403 First Street N., PO Box 1072 LAWRON Phone: (local) 1-218-365-6123 TRAIL Virginia, MN 55792 Kawishiwi Ranger District 49 63 Phone: (non local) 1-800-777-7281 57 beginning of Phone: 1-218-741-2717 118 S 4th Ave E 63 Taconite 59 336 8 5 Fax: 1-218-365-5929 RAND APIDS State Trail Ely, MN 55731 Keewatin Hibbing G R 14th St. W. Wabana 330 Orr/ Voyageurs Natl. Park Area: Phone: 1-218-365-7600 Lake 13th St. W. Lake Vermilion C. O. C. Ridgeway Rd. • All alleys may be used 169 37 12th St. W. Crystal to ELY • Use no streets, except as marked PO Box 776 Crane Lake Visitor Bureau Lake Taconite • All state laws apply 15th St.