The Striking Loon

Ray Thielbar from Ely, Minnesota captured these stunning pictures of loons with their babies riding piggyback. He has taken quite an interest in loons and I've enjoyed a lot of his other loon photos through the years. There is a large loon population on the lake where he lives. I think these would make great poster pictures. Good job Ray!

Showy Pink Lady Slipper

Recently a native Ignace resident found a rare beauty hidden in the foliage beside a lake in our area. It is called a Showy Pink Lady Slipper. I love to enjoy the creativity of our God. Each creation is so unique.

Sign In

Our guests will notice something new when they come to camp this year. Kara Polyner of Border Country Signs in Ely, MN was the artist who beautifully crafted our logo into a new sign at the entrance of our camp. Nice job, Kara.

Dynamic Duo

Our sweet little puppies are steadily growing. Leia and Vader are having such fun playing together and really have sweet dispositions. Joanna often takes them on walks to help expend all that pent up energy. They are learning what water is like and investigating all parts of the camp. With championship bloodlines, they should prove to become great leaders on Joanna's racing team.

Fishing Fun

John, Joanna and I have been working quite steadily since opening fishing either cleaning cabins or improving the looks of the camp in various ways. Recently we had a friend from Ely come to visit for a few days, so we gave ourselves permission to put a hold on the work schedule and have some fishing fun ourselves. John graciously held down the fort allowing us girls some time to relax and get out on the water. The weather was perfect and we caught plenty of fish as we enjoyed each others company.

While we sat in our boat one evening on Indian Lake, I was thinking about a comment one of our guests made. He said even though the spring fishing is great, the fall fishing is possibly his favorite. It's not nearly so crowded and you get a lot more sleep. When fishing the clearer lakes, you need to fish early before sunup and after the sun goes down, which is quite late in the spring. But in the fall the sun comes up later and goes down earlier. So, I think I agree with him- fall is a good time to fish.

Gorgeous Sunset

About a week ago, we had a very beautiful sunset here at Agimac River. Joanna went out to take some photographs of it with her camera and we received another picture on the same day from one of our guests on the lake.

Deer in Distress

Some recent guests were fishing on Indian Lake when they saw a strange sight. A deer was swimming across a large expanse of water which was about 100 feet deep. It surprised Scott Skrzypcak and his son Tyler who happened to have a camera on hand to record the event.
You can see the progression of the tale in the series of pictures above.
In the first picture you see Tyler on the right watching the deer crossing the lake. In the second picture, the deer is nearing land, but unfortunately, it is a rock wall. They are wondering how he is ever going to get out of the lake. In the third picture, in the center of the picture, you can see some splashing. He is trying hard to get up on the rocks and onto higher ground. In the fourth picture, he finally made it up out of the water and to safety. They figured there must have been some wolves after it to make it flee in such a way. It is quite unusual to even see deer around here, because we tend to have a higher Moose population in this area. What an interesting experience to add to the fishing fun.