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CASTLE HAVEN CABINS on Lake Superior Modern Housekeeping Cabins Open Year ‘Round Sorry, No Pets Your Hosts: Clint & Jamie MacFarlane castlehaven.net (218) 834-4303 Dangerously good ales brewed in small batches ON TAP and in liquor stores on the North Shore! Taproom open year round 17-7 th street, Two Harbors, MN 55616 Visit website or call for hours. Two Harbors, MN 12 miles East of Two Harbors & 1 mile off Hwy 61 castledangerbrewery.com (218) 834-5800 218-834-3751 Housekeeping Cabins, Motel Rooms & Suites Clean and comfortably furnished so you can relax and enjoy. OPEN YEAR ROUND GooseberryParkCottages.com Your hosts, Ted and Kirsten 2 miles south of Gooseberry Falls State Park G OOSEBERRY P ARK COTTAGES &MOTEL on Lake SuperiorJUST UP THE ROAD FROM TWO
HARBORS IS THE TINY BURG,
which is thought to have received its
name after a boat, the Castle, that ran
aground nearby.This little hamlet is a nice
base for folks who are hiking the Superior
Hiking Trail, biking the Gitchi Gami Trail,
and rambling about Gooseberry Falls
State Park. [pictured right]
Spend the day at Gooseberry. The
Visitor Center is the hub of the park,
housing naturalist programs, interactive
exhibits, mini-theatre, excellent gift shop,
restrooms, and is the trailhead for hiking,
biking, snowshoe and cross-country ski
trails, which criss-cross the park. These
paths allow for four-season exploration
of the shoreline, river and waterfalls,
forest, geology and wildlife in the park
and include a one mile handicapped
accessible trail from the Visitor Center
to the main falls area. While spring runoff
and fall colors are grand, do not miss the
splendor of the park that comes along the wintery cross-country
ski trails.
In 1933, the area was set aside as a preserve intended to provide
the public with a park in this newly-discovered tourist area. Over
the next eight years, the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] built a
number of beautiful structures featured today in a self-guided map.
Major wood and stone structures include the 330-foot Castle in
the Park retaining wall, Lady Slipper Lodge, Lakeview Shelter, water
tower, campground shelter, Falls View Shelter, pump house, ice
house and latrine.
Want to spend more than a day? Gooseberry Falls State Park offers
a four-loop, 70-site campground tucked into the woods between
the Gooseberry River and the shores of Lake Superior. Camping is
available seasonally and includes three group sites, two accessible
sites and one kayak site. No electric sites, but the 70+ sites are all
reservable at this popular lakeside campground.
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