10 Years Ago ·
Nov. 13, 2000
• Investigators have found no leads into what caused a cabin on the Canadian side of Lake Saganaga to burn on Oct. 10. Thecabin was owned by Will Steger of Ely, and was on Chik- Wauk Island.
Steger believes the fire was started accidentally, perhaps by someone who went in and used the cabin, started a fire in the woodstove and didn’t properly extinguish it.
Investigators from the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office and the Forest Service said that because the cabin was on the Canadian side of the lake, the primary investigation is being handled by the Ontario Provincial Police.
• Political newcomer Ron Everson will be the next mayor of Grand Marais after he defeated incumbent Andrea Peterson by capturing 52 percent of the vote to Peterson’s 42 percent. When the ballots were tallied, it was Everson with 405 votes, Peterson, 329 votes.
Edward Bolstad and Mark Pedersen were also elected from a field of four to serve on the Grand Marais City Council for the next four years.
20 Years Ago ·
Nov. 12, 1990
• TheForest Service would like to see some Rainbows return to Barker Lake. Not a lot, mind you, but enough to clean up the garbage which remains at the gathering site. Now that the leaves have fallen, even a casual drive through the area reveals enough garbage to fill a couple of pick-up trucks.
“When they did the clean-up they got the garbage along the roads, but not back in the woods where you couldn’t see it,” said Tofte District Ranger Larry Dawson. “They were supposed to come back through and do a fine pick, but they never did.”
At the site of A camp, a latrine remains uncovered. Nearby is a piece of plywood which served as a communal toilet seat. Bears have also gotten into the composting sites and scattered cans and pieces of glass everywhere.
Dozens of vehicles and hundreds of Rainbows gathered at the site in July.
• Theopening of the deer season was warm with no snow on the ground. Parts of the Gunflint Trail produced several bucks on opening weekend; nine were registered at Windigo by Monday.
50 Years Ago ·
Nov. 10, 1960
• Theblast of a shotgun … the whine of a rifleslug. These are the sounds of the fall hunting season in Minnesota — but they can cause trouble, serious trouble, if the targets are telephone lines, glass insulators or cables.
A Northwestern Bell company manager is urging all Cook County residents to be careful when hunting that they don’t shoot at telephone equipment.
• Vandals damaged the letters of the Cook County Hospital name last week. They pulled the letters downward, bending the rods holding them to the building.
• In four cases game wardens have found signs of moose having been killed, Warden Earl Nelms said last week. The wardens believe some of these, at least, had been shot on this side of the border and Canadian tags used on them illegally.
• James Hussey has finished his training for barber and has accepted a position in Duluth.
90 Years Ago ·
Nov. 10, 1920
• Jim Geesick, the lone Indian of Lutsen, has been in town several days. He spends his winters trapping north of Lutsen near the Canadian border. He has three shacks and 30 miles of traps.
• A.W. Stevens walked to Grand Marais from Hovland last week. He came to consult Dr. Hicks and have some dental work done. While here he also received an express package which left New York last May.
• TheHovland people have been grading the lot around the town hall, have built a new wood shed 24 feet long and put a woven wire fence around the grounds. They will have a Thanksgiving supper there and dance in the evening. All are invited.
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