Story Portage is a non-profit, centered in Ely, Minnesota, created to foster the art of personal narrative and to promote literacy and reading here in the Northwoods. Current and future projects include: Ely, Minnesota Chapter of the League of Minnesota Poets The Maud Hart Lovelace and Star of the North Children’s Choice Book Award Program Random Acts of Poetry VCC Visiting Writers Program   Visit our website and take a look at our current projects to learn more, and contact us if you’d like to be part of Story Portage’s future! Story Portage P.O. Box 286 Ely, MN 55731

We are a small, independently-owned business that provides bicycle and kicksled rental, sales, and repair services to residents and tourists in Ely’s city center. Ely Bike and Kicksled strives to provide a welcoming atmosphere to people of all skill-levels and backgrounds. We want to revive the family bike-shop feel and to be a place where the community comes together to share in healthy outdoor recreation.

Wilderness Wind offers the opportunity for transformative nature experiences that teach listening, connection, cooperation, and environmental responsibility. Wilderness Wind offers Lakeside cabins and outfitting for trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

The Ely Echo is the weekly newspaper known as the Voice of the North Country, which was founded in 1972 by Miles Aakhus. Ownership passed to Anne Wognum Swenson in 1977 after she had worked for the paper for three years. At that time the editor was Bob Cary, a Chicago, Illinois writer. The Echo has been fortunate in attracting excellent journalists, photographers, designers and artists during its existence. It prides itself in welcoming all sides of any issue. It has had a diverse group of employees over the years. Currently, ownership is shared by, Publisher/General Manager Nick Wognum (elyecho@aol.com), Editor Tom Coombe (tcoombe@aol.com) and General Manager Cameron Weisert (camelyecho@gmail.com). Together they bring over 100 years of skill, service and training to Ely’s hometown newspaper. Their familiarity with Ely’s rich historical past gives the Echo insight into the changing times along the Canadian border. News tips are always welcome and may be sent to elyecho@aol.com. Obituaries and letters to the editor should also be sent to: elyecho@aol.com The newspaper also publishes the North Country Saver, a Total Market Coverage advertising product, and, in the summer, North Country Angler, a fishing publication. For photo printing, you can email direct to: camelyecho@gmail.com or place your order online at: elycho.photofinale.com Located at 15 East Chapman Street in Ely’s downtown business district, the office is open 8:30-4:30 Monday through Thursday, and 8:30-3 on Fridays. A variety of services are available there: Faxing, Printing, designing, area maps and guides, photo printing, Copying on paper, emailing, subscriptions, advertising and consulting. Its phone number is: 218-365-3141. In addition to print subscriptions, the Echo also offers email subscriptions anywhere in the world as PDFs. The cost is $45 for a year. The Ely Echo website is free to all to browse but it only contains a portion of each week’s news.

Steger Mukluks and Moccasins are manufactured in Ely, Minnesota. We proudly make the warmest and most comfortable winter boots and moccasins in the world right here in Minnesota! Thank You for coming back year after year to buy our wonderful footwear! Patti Steger & The Mukluk Crew

Starting a business can be overwhelming to say the least. The Social Loon Co. is here to help with the little things such as social media posting and advertising. Creating meaningful ads can be very time consuming. We take over your businesses Instagram account with your input to create social media ads that represent your product and vision. Contact us, and together, we will reach your company’s goals.

We can fulfill any of your land surveying needs anywhere in northeastern MN including property boundary surveys, subdivision layout and design, legal descriptions, easement preparation, plat development, FEMA flood plain surveys, wetland delineation, and erosion control plans. Many of our surveying clients are looking to partition property for future sales. Our knowledge of the northeastern Minnesota real estate market combined with working knowledge of county and state regulations in all aspects of land development is of great benefit to our clients.