Black River Harbor Lodgings

See also:Ironwood, Hurley, Bessemer, Wakefield.

BEAR TRACK CABINS
(906) 932-2144
The original Bear Track Inn is the largest rental unit in this little complex. It's a log house built in the 1930s as a tavern for loggers from those lumber camps and mills still operating in the nearby woods. The setting, among large maples and hemlocks, has a real presence. Sandstone Falls is across the road. Rainbow, Potawatomi, and Gorge falls are within half a mile. Over the years, innkeeper/builder Norm Bishop has fashioned 3 pleasant housekeeping cabins: the original inn, made brighter and airier, and 2 newer cabins behind it. Behind the cabins, trails connect with an extensive network of cross-country ski and mountain bike trails. Norm rents snowshoes and can spend a couple hours snowshoeing with guests.
The cabins are furnished in casual, appropriately woodsy style. They have lots of interesting touches, including handsome wood-burning stoves. Each cabin has a grill and a picnic table. A Finnish wood-fired sauna is a separate building. The one-time inn sleeps 7 comfortably and rents for $165 in summer, more in winter. One smaller cabin sleeps 2 to 4, the other 2 to 5. Rates for these two are $90 for 2, plus $17/extra person. Ages 3 and under free. Call in August or earlier for good winter weekend availability. Summer is more flexible.

Near the end of CR 513, 1 mile from Lake Superior and Black River Harbor. Handicap access: call. Well-behaved dogs: $15.

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BLACK RIVER HARBOR
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Black River Harbor. The site of an old fishing village, this harbor was transformed in the 1930s into a pleasant park, with stone changing house and pavilion, a beach, campground, and suspension bridge across the mouth of the Black River ... more

Great Conglomerate, Potawatomi, Gorge, and Rainbow Falls. Five memorable, very different waterfalls in one area testify to the power and varied character of water. A swinging footbridge reaches Rainbow Falls (via the North Country Trail) and a delightful Lake Superior swimming beach by a pretty CCC-era harbor. Four other waterfalls are accessed by individual trails from CR 513, or by a North Country Trail segment. ... more

Manakiki Falls & Maple Creek Falls. An exceptionally fine short walk along Maple Creek takes you to a string of four waterfalls ... more

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