In Ely, you can learn about wolves while watching a live pack. Browse through the outfitters, nibble a luscious caramel roll, and discover shops known for fine crafts and north country art. A day's adventure nearby might include a scenic flight in a pontoon plane, a hike to an abandoned wolf den, golf, tennis, or an underground iron mine tour.

• International Wolf Center: see its live wolf cams. Visit and watch a pack of six wolves, then tour the award-winning Wolves and Humans exhibit, Little Wolf children's activity room, and the Wolf Den store.
• Fire danger: up-to-the-minute reports on the Ely and Boundary Waters areas. See photos of the July 2005 fire on nearby Ripple Island.
• DNR Fish information: see details from an unimpeachable source about Lake Burntside fish.
• Rook maps and descriptions: a great resource for planning a canoe trips.
• Lake Water Quality Database: check the famous clarity of Lake Burntside, past and present.
• Check Ely air quality (updated daily), and compare it with the Twin Cities.
• North American Bear Center: learn the status of this new center; information on black bears.
• Ely: explore the town.
• Weather: current information.
• Live webcam: To see Sheridan Street, go to the top navigation bar-->View
  Ely-->Live Webcams-->Sheridan Street. On the thumbnail photo, be sure to use the "click here to enlarge" feature for a better look.

For tips from our favorite Burntside guru, Jim Maki, give Jim a call at his Great Outdoors bait shop in Ely (218-365-4744).

It's time to come to Camp and rent a boat and motor for the day ($50 plus gas) or our new pontoon, which seats 12 ($45 an hour or $145 a day), to get out on the lake. Canoes and kayaks are also available. P.S.: We don't allow dogs on the pontoon.

Get your tackle ready and come fishing with us!

Our sandy beach makes swimming in Burntside's clear, cool water a treat. Bring your own watercraft or rent an aluminum fishing boat and motor, canoe or kayak to explore the nine miles of waterway dotted with 100 rugged and forested islands. Anglers catch small mouth bass, northern pike, walleye, crappie, and lake trout in Burntside and neighboring lakes.

Hiking trails, picnic spots, berry patches, Sigurd Olsen's Listening Point, and a portage trip to ancient Indian pictographs will lure you onto the lake and into Superior National Forest. On any outing, guests commonly spot loons, white-tailed deer, beaver, otter, black bear, fox, moose, egrets, osprey, or bald eagles

Camp's WiFi capability has its own log cabin just across the road from the lodge. Get the password from Nancy, sit on the bench to check your e-mail on your laptop, or use the desk and outlets inside. But don't tarry. Wouldn't you rather be canoeing?