Nov 25, 2024 | 1 Times Supplement
A new feature for this issue Here is additional information for the 2024-25 issue of the Ely Winter Times including a video of a lynx kitten, books about tracking mammals and birds (some by local authors) and online tracking resources. Online Resources...
Apr 8, 2023 | Food & Drink
The Ely Summer Times began with a 28-page booklet in 1996. To quote the first issue, “There’s no place like Ely, MN for creating summertime memories. Whether you’re here for the fishing and paddling, swimming and picnics, blueberries and northern lights, or shopping,...
Jan 30, 2022 | Books for Blizzards, Ely Commerce, Northwoods Ecology
This content was originally published in the 2021-2022 Ely Winter Times. We like to claim author Sarah Stonich as our own, partly because she lived in the area for many years, but even more because she creates scenarios and characters that feel local in the...
Jan 24, 2022 | Food & Drink
This gingerbread cake is simple to make, and pairs well with any good book in the coziest snuggery in your house. Cake Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus some for dusting the pan 1 tsp baking soda 1.5 tsp cinnamon 1.5 tsp ground ginger Zest of 1 lemon 0.5 tsp...
Dec 13, 2021 | BWCAW, Calendar Sidebar, Community, From the Archives
Resonant words from the archives: Dear Calendar Owners, As I write this it is Memorial Weekend, 2007. I have just returned from working at the Ham Lake Fire on the Gunflint Trail, where sadly we lost homes and witnessed the destruction of wild places that were special...
Dec 6, 2021 | BWCAW, From the Archives, Northwoods Ecology
Let It Snow! was first published in the 1998-1999 Ely Winter Times: Snow is pretty amazing stuff. Did you know that a light powder snow cover is 92% air? It has a higher R-value than fiberglass insulation. Just nine inches is enough to keep the soil from freezing even...
Dec 3, 2021 | Community, Food & Drink
This recipe was submitted to an Ethnic Eats of Ely cookbook that was compiled and published by the Slovenian Union of America Branch No. 23 in Ely, Minnesota. Makes 3 braids Ingredients: 2 cups scalded milk 10-12 whole cardamom seeds, shelled and pounded with a...
Dec 3, 2021 | Community, From the Archives
This article was first published in the 2019 Ely Winter Times. The first thing you need to know about a sauna is how to pronounce the word. It’s Finnish, a language in which each vowel is pronounced independently. So instead of an “aw” sound like “autumn” the “au”...
Dec 3, 2021 | Community, From the Archives
From the archives: The Winter Sauna by Becca Brin Manlove, 1999-2000 Ely Winter Times We scurried quickly over the path of ice, clad in nothing but soggy wool socks and the steam roiling from our skin. “Hurry, Dayna! My socks are sticking!” “Well, mine are stuck!”...
Nov 16, 2021 | BWCAW, Calendar Sidebar, Food & Drink, From the Archives
From Cache Lake Country by John Rowlands, a 1947 book full of poetic descriptions and practical directions: The Chief and I have been dressing the skin of his first buck which will make fine moccasins later on, although he wants to get a moose, too, for its hide will...
