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At WATERS of Vermilion, There are a Vermilion things to do!™ ......
In
addition to all of the on-site activities, here is a little WATERS of Vermilion
Vacation Planner Guide to assist you in any other excursions:
Things to
Visit while at WATERS of Vermilion:
(Please
note that WATERS of Vermilion is not affiliated with any of the listed
attractions and cannot vouch for their service
 GOLF ANYONE???
The Wilderness at Fortune
Bay
Voted the best new golf course in 2005 by Golf Digest and
continuing to get RAVE reviews is the Wilderness Golf Course -- less than a
mile away! If you are up for it, try
golfing the Trilogy – Wilderness at Fortune
Bay, The Quarry at Giants
Ridge and the Legend at Giants Ridge.
Giants Ridge Golf
Also Giants Ridge is 25 minutes away - great golf and
hiking.
 FISH
DNR Fishing Information
Fishing Guides
 BOAT
Bringing your own Boat
For the Weekend:
If you are bringing your boat for the
week or weekend, call in advance to reserve your dock. A small fee is charged.
Permanently:
You
may keep you boat at the Community dock for a small fee per foot of boat.
Please call to reserve. You may also
keep your boat at Aronson’s’ Boatworks and they will valet it to you when you
want it. Call John or Gretchen for more
information at 218-753-4190 or visit www.aronsonboatworks.com
**New Mooring at Waters of Vermilion**
Additional mooring
facilities have been granted by Greenwood
Township. We are engaged in an environmental assessment
worksheet to assure proper implementation and placement of the dock plan.
Our goal is to
have mooring rights available to each owner.
Boat Launches
Vermilion
Houseboats - The
nearest boat launch is about 1 mile away at Vermilion Houseboats. It is open dawn to dusk and the fee is
$5.
DNR
– The nearest public launch is 1 mile north of Tower at HooDoo Point. See http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/showreport.html?downum=69037800
Boat Rental
Click here to view rental info
RIDE THE MAIL BOAT!
This is a must do and a great way to see Lake Vermilion -- Lake Vermilion is a large lake with
over 365 islands and 1200 miles of shoreline.
Many homes are on the islands and are only accessible by boat -- so the
local mail is delivered by boat and YOU CAN RIDE ALONG ON THE MAIL BOAT!
This needs to be booked in advance - $16 for adults, $8 for kids. It books up quickly in the summer because the
maximum passenger load is 6. If the
weather is inclimate, you can always cancel and do not pay until you actually
board the boat. For more information
click here.
The Native American
Heritage Center
Located just down the road. Learn the story of the local
Native Americans, their lifestyles and customs. Click here to view.
BEAR WATCHING!
The
Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary operated by the American Bear Sanctuary in
Orr is also a neat place to visit – It has a great story on how it was founded!
Ely Wolf
Center
The International Wolf Center is in Ely MN, just
25 minutes away.
The Quaint North Woods
Town of Ely
The town of Ely is really cute too...great outdoors gear
shops and it is the gateway to the BWCA. Check out http://www.ely.org/
BWCA
A
true wilderness experience named one of the 50 Destinations of a Lifetime by
National Geographic.
http://www.bwca.cc/
http://www.bwcaw.org/
Fortune Bay Casino
and Resort
If you are into gaming, check out http://www.fortunebay.com
Old Steam Train in Tower
Visit the steam locomotive and old passenger car that have
been a museum of the history of the Tower/Soudan area at McKinley Park
in Tower.
Soudan Underground Mine
The Historic Tour of the Soudan Underground Mine: The tour leads
visitors through the world of underground mining. Visitors wear hard hats and
enter a "cage" for the descent into the mine. The 1 1/2-hour mine
tour will take you half a mile down into the earth. Once underground you will
be treated to a 3/4 mile train ride to the last and deepest area mined. Public
tours run from Memorial Day through the end of September.
Physics Tour: The Soudan Underground Laboratory is the leading deep underground science and
engineering laboratory in the United
States today. Scientists from around the
world have been working at Soudan for 25 years trying to answer basic questions
about the Universe in which we live. Learn about our first neutrino events using
the neutrino beam from Fermilab and see the massive MINOS detector (Main
Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search). Learn about CDMS (Cryogenic Dark Matter
Search) and its continued search for a WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive
Particles). Soudan
Underground Laboratory
For More
information click here.
Winter Wonders:
Cross Country on Wilderness Golf Trails – Free!
Down
Hill Ski at Giants Ridge
Snow
Shoe on WoV Community Trails
Dog
Sledding - Link
Snowmobile on the Iron Trail
Central Region - Link
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