Burntside Lodge is a resort located on Burntside Lake

Burntside Lake

Burntside Lake is a lake located northwest of Ely, Minnesota, in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Its western boundary adjoins the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Tamarack Creek....

 several miles out of Ely, Minnesota

Ely, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,724 people, 1,912 households, and 916 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,369.5 people per square mile . There were 1,912 housing units at an average density of 703.2 per square mile...

. The resort has been in operation for nearly one hundred years.

Founding

Burntside Lodge was originally known as the Brownell Outing Company and was established as a hunting camp in the early 1900s during which time part of the main lodge was built. About 1913, two brothers, William A. and Lyman Alden, purchased the property and created Burntside Lodge.

Since 1941

The resort was purchased from the Aldens in 1941 by Ray and Nancy LaMontagne who actively owned and managed the resort for forty-two years. Sixty-two years later it continues in the LaMontagne Family where the philosophy of preserving the past while facing the future continues.

National Register of Historic Places

In June 1988, Burntside Lodge was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The following is a quote taken from the official nomination:

"Burntside Lodge is significant from two important vantage points: historically it is the earliest full-scale commercial resort operation in this part of the county...Burntside Lodge is also significant because it contains the largest collection of log resort buildings of high integrity in northern St. Louis County. Built of local materials by local craftsmen, these buildings are a remarkable architectural achievement in an outstanding state of preservation."

The Resort

The resort consists of 23 cabins, the cabins at Burntside Lodge vary in design, size and location. Many were constructed during the 1920s of native timbers, and all have wood floors and knotty pine interiors.

External links

• Burntside Lodge - official site

2. OutpostUSA.org. Extensive photos and text on lodge, lake and area