Stay · Ely, MN
Burntside Lodge
Closed for the 2026 season
Guests have been coming to this log lodge on Burntside Lake since 1913, and the LaMontagne family has run it since 1941.
Burntside Lodge sits among the pines on the south shore of Burntside Lake and has hosted guests since 1913. It calls itself the oldest remaining guest lodge in the Ely area, and it is on the National Register of Historic Places. The LaMontagne family has run it since 1941, with log cabins and a lodge dining room.
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Outdoors & Recreation · Ely, MN
Piragis Northwoods Company
Permits, a Kevlar canoe and a route into the Boundary Waters, all from the same counter on Central Avenue since 1979.
218-365-6745105 N. Central Ave, Ely, MN 55731piragis.com
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