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The lodge's NHRP summary describes it as a "rough-cut stone lodge building" which "was once the centerpiece of a large
Gunflint Trail resort complex, which offered to tourists: lodging in rustic-style cabins, cooked meals as well as access to above-average fishing and northern Minnesota scenery." The
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The first tourist cabins were built on the
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In the 1600s to 1800s, the area around what would become Chik Wauk was occupied by groups of migratory Native
Americans who moved through the area seasonally to hunt, gather and fish. French and English
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Since 2010, Chik Wauk has been run as a museum and nature center, which includes historical displays and artifacts, and exhibitions about local pioneers. There are also five short hiking trails.
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Gunflint Trail was first created in the 1870s, and was used by the logging and mining industries. It was developed significantly in response to the discovery of silver near
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By the time it was built in 1933, Chik Wauk was one of well over a dozen such resorts in the area. It was built by Edwin
Nunstedt, a Swedish immigrant who owned building companies in
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in 2007, and was nominated for being "representative of the rustic, family-owned fishing resorts that flourished in the
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building has not been significantly altered since its original construction in 1933.
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bought out resorts in the region upon the formation of the
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