The Gnarly Varulfr is Ely’s gnarliest leisure shop featuring skateboards, skate gear, incense, clothes, shades, hats, bags, an art gallery, vinyl, camp gear, and more. Stop in an learn about the Legend of Gnarly Varulfr!

Gracie’s Garden is an entirely woman-owned and locally-operated garden center in Ely, Minnesota. Founded in 2011 by Kathy Cyriacks, we are one of the largest growers of organic herbs in Northeastern Minnesota. Every year our greenhouses are filled with organic, heirloom tomatoes and vegetable starts, flowering annuals, and perennials. Nursery stock (trees and shrubs) and ornamental edibles such as raspberries, currants, blueberries, and strawberry plants are available each spring/summer/fall. You’ll find a wide array of organic fertilizers, pots, and garden tools in the potting shed. Our gift shop is filled with garden-centric gifts, pillows, napkins, tools, rain chains, soaps, books, chimes, garden art, and wrought iron metal garden structures.

If you like my bags, you have my husband to thank. I mean, I sewed them of course. And dreamed them up and sketched them out and chose the fabrics….but my company began when my big doof of a husband misheard “Kitchenaid mixer” as “sewing machine” one Christmas. Gotta love husbands sometimes. I thanked him as graciously as I could through gritted teeth (because KITCHENAID!), and slapped away not-so-fond sewing memories of cutting, pinning, and basting with my mother and thought: No thank you. But with the birth of my neighbor’s beautiful daughter that year, I was inspired to make a sensory toy and a few doodads. That poor stuffed giraffe patiently absorbed gallons of tears and listened to my naughty words, but by God! I learned how to sew! My own beautiful daughter was born nearly seven years ago, and I found myself, mid-winter, with a carrier AND a giant diaper bag AND a baby AND wearing a puffy coat. Just leaving the house became a Sisyphean task. I zeroed in on the diaper bag as the source of my woes. Really, what is with these diaper bags? Do we really need four pockets for bottles? Hundreds of dinky compartments? And how many blasted diapers does a normally-intestined baby really need? And lo, my first bag was born: a slim wristlet big enough for a diaper or two and a few essentials. As my child grew, so did my line of bags: a peepee pouch for her peepee pants at daycare. A slightly bigger bag for days at the beach. Snack bags for the THOUSANDS of crackers and apple slices that sustained my daughter through all of toddlerhood. I always chose flexible cotton laminate in colorful fabrics that made me laugh and were easy to clean. My friends noticed and put in orders…THEIR friends noticed and put in orders…and so it went. My baby just finished kindergarten. It was her childhood that inspired these bags, but there’s room enough for a bit of my own as well. Right there on the label, from the game every kindergartner in northern Minnesota knows, including my daughter: Grey Duck. Grey Duck Bag Co. donates 3% of EVERY sale to youth programming in Ely. In the Fall and Winter we are creating, shipping and answering emails 8 am – 2 pm Tuesday through Friday.  Our Summer hours are sporadic, please email if you want to stop in for a tour or to see what is new!

We offer custom screen printing and embroidery! Our full time artist on staff can digitize your design or create a new design for you. We have been providing high quality silk screening and embroidery services for over 25 years in Ely.

Join us and be apart of a healthy, positive environment for individuals and families. Try training for sports you always wished you had tried, or train intensely for the sport you are currently in. Focusing on Cross Training, Core Strength Training, Calisthenics and TRX. 24 HOUR ACCESS FOR MEMBERS

Since 1973 Henry’s Shoe Repair has been supplying hand-made quality outdoor gear for Loggers, Trappers, Mushers and Miners that stands up to the rigors of outdoor work and lasts for years, not just a season! All products are guarantee to be the most durable, practical, finest quality available. We specialize in: Moosehide Chopper Mittens Work Gloves Copper Riveted Moosehide Belts Custom made Kilt Belts Handmade Leather Wallets and Checkbook Covers Custom Dog Collars   Open Weekends, some Holidays and by Appointment

J & L Hardware is a family owned Hardware Hank that includes a Ben Franklin craft store and full service equipment rentals.

Kekekabic Studios has extensive experience in Art Glass Creation and Restoration. Rosemary Shepherd and John Bowe are craftspeople living and working in Ely, Minnesota. Stained glass creation, restoration, and fine woodworking have been their life’s passions. They learned their craft through traditional studio apprenticeships and hands-on training. They have done work all over the country and have been fortunate to have restored some very significant windows. Some examples that stand out are “The Gift of the Magi” by Maitland Armstrong, Faith Chapel, Jekyll Island, Georgia, and The Fox Memorial Window, by Louis C. Tiffany, Kelsey Museum, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Kekekabic Studios is the culmination of their 30+ years in the stained glass business. Their love of the wilderness brought them from Michigan to northeastern Minnesota, where they have relocated and set up their showroom and workshop on Chapman Street in beautiful downtown Ely, Minnesota. When they aren’t busy in their workshop, you will find them exploring this extraordinary place: hiking, camping, and occasionally paddling out to their favorite, Kekekabic Lake (and the namesake of the business), in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Providing appliance sales & service to the Ely community. Delivery, installation, and service available. Contact us for details and quotes.

Kondos Outdoors was born in Ely, MN in 1980 out of a need of the outfitters to have gear that could withstand the rigors of being on trail all season long. With a roll of fabric, some thread, and the determination of crafting the best gear, began the course for the next 40 years. Since then with our own experiences on trail and the constant input from guides and mushers, we have created a line of no-frills, but everything you need gear for mushing across the snowy tundra or venturing into the wilderness.