Educational Fun Found at the end of the Gunflint Trail

 

 

Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center will host a series of naturalist presentations during 2011 summer season. U.S. Forest Service Ranger Presentations, which are part of the Becoming a Boundary Waters Family program, will be held every Thursday at 3 p.m. from June 23 through August 25. Nature Walks and Talks will be held every Sunday at 2 p.m. from June 26 through August 28. Topics of the presentations and walks include wildfire ecology, trees of the boreal biome, wildflowers, birds and human history. All presentations and walks begin by gathering on Chik-Wauk’s front porch.   

 

All presentations are free of charge and there is no need to register. There is a small admission fee for those wishing to go through the museum before or after the presentations. More information about the presentations and walks are available by calling Chik-Wauk at 218-388-9915 or at www.chikwauk.com

 

 

Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center opened on July 4, 2010. The museum features interpretative and interactive exhibits which focus on the cultural and natural history of the Gunflint Trail. Six nature trails, including two ADA accessible paths, crisscross the Nature Center’s 50 acre grounds. The museum is open daily, from 10-5, through October 16, 2011. Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center is located 55 miles up the Gunflint Trail (Cook County Highway 12). The museum is housed in the former Chik-Wauk Lodge which was constructed in 1934. More information is available at www.chikwauk.com.