Bed, Breakfast and Birding in the Boreal- June 28, 2008 Bird watchers will find an astonishing variety of birds, both migratory and resident along the Gunflint Trail's Boreal Forest where Poplar Creek Guesthouse B& B and Cabins are located. Also you are sure to see many more birds at the feeding station located around the property. These bird-feeding stations are maintained year-around.Further up the Gunflint Trail a few miles is the site of the Ham Lake fire of 2007. Venture into the burned over area and you are likely to catch a glimpse of...http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/06/bed-breakfast-and-birding-in-boreal.html Residents History of the Gunflint Trail's Poplar Lake- June 25, 2008 Nancy Olmen-The history of Poplar Lake is diverse as the people who reside there and something that should be saved. For this reason, it is important that all Poplar Lake cabin and resort owners complete a history of their property. Your cabin or business history can now be save in the PoplarLake History blog. A few histories are now posted. These can be used as a model for your history or please feel free to express yourself in any way that you please. Some of the histories on this blog are.http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/06/residents-history-of-gunflint-trails.html More Moose along the Gunflint- June 19, 2008 With this years young moose calves now old enough to get around. People are spotting moose regularly around the Gunflint Trail. A great sequence of picture of a mother moose and her calf were taken by Sarah Hamilton, Trail Center lodge the other night. To view click on Moose and Calf.http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-moose-along-gunflint.html Local Man Held Captive on Impromptu Wildlife Spotting Adventure- June 17, 2008 Lisa Wagner, Gunflint Trail, MN On Monday night, Gunflint Trail resident Ted Young was taken against his will on an impromptu wildlife spotting adventure sponsored by his wife, Barbara Young, who was piloting the family Subaru home from a delicious dinner at the Gunflint Bistro. (Mrs. Young had drawn the short straw, and as such was the designated driver of the party of three, which included Lisa Wagner who was visiting from St. Paul).The first indignity suffered occurred as Mrs. Young passed..http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/06/local-man-held-captive-on-impromptu.html June- Wet and Cool on Poplar Lake; Grand Marais Floods- June 16, 2008 Halfway through June, the month is shaping into one of the wettest and coolest in years. It has rained everyday but four since the beginning of the month. A total of 5.41 inches has fallen to date at Poplar Lake. This put us well on the way to topping the highest monthly total in the past ten years of 5.7 inches of rain set in 2003.The greatest rainfall for this month of 2.2 fell on June 6. This is the same day that at the Grand Marais Ranger Station 6.5 inches of rain was recorded. In...http://boundarycountry.blogspot.com/2008/06/june-wet-and-cool-on-poplar-lake-grand.html |