Food & Canoe Trips

Available all summer

This package is for guests who have their own tents, bags, and personal gear. We include canoes and tasty meals to cover the rest of your needs. Everything will be packed and ready for you when you arrive, so we can be timely in orienting you to your canoe route and getting you on your way. When you are making your initial reservation with us we will personally visit with you in helping select a specific canoe route that fits your interests, ambitions and skill level.

You can select from two types of canoes- Royalex or Kevlar. The Royalex are quieter than aluminum canoes and about the same weight, while Kevlar are the lightest but they require more care from you.

Includes: canoes and all meals from our extensive menu, cook kit, eating utensils, clean up items, special food packs, PFD vests, hot showers, free car parking, and a complete route briefing. Complimentary bunk house accommodations are available the night before and after your trip if desired, and the dining rooms at the main
lodge offer full meal and beverage service. Transportation to and from your entry point is additional.

$49.00 per person per calendar day, with a Royalex canoe
plus your BWCAW permit, user fees and sales tax 

$59.00 per person per calendar day, with a Kevlar canoe
plus your BWCAW permit, user fees and sales tax   

Canoer Cabins and Canoes

Available all summer

If you would like to make Gunflint your base, staying in one of our rustic cabins with hot showers nearby, and taking day trips out into the wilderness, this might be just the package for you. We will plan your days adventures with you, and transport you to and from the put in point of your daily adventure. In addition we
have a variety of hiking trails that you might also enjoy. You are welcome to cook your own meals in our pavilion, or treat yourself to a meal in our Red Paddle Bistro or Justine’s Fine Dining at Gunflint Lodge. We also have daily guided naturalist activities and you are welcome to join in them as well.

Includes: Rustic canoer cabin accommodations, Royalex canoes, naturalist activities, hot showers, hiking trails, and car parking. You provide your own bedding.

$39.00 per adult per calendar day
$29.00 per child (4 thru 12) per calendar day
plus bed tax and sales tax

Canoer Cabins, Canoes and Bistro Breakfast and Dinners

Available all summer

Same as Canoer Cabins and canoes plus complete breakfasts and dinners in the Red Paddle Bistro. You may select anything on the menu, with breakfasts choices ranging from homemade oatmeal, eggs any way, homemade pancakes (including blueberry), French toast, omelets, bacon, and sausage. Dinner choices include
big bowls of homemade chowder, homemade chili, various types of huge deli sandwiches, 1/2 pound hamburgers, soft drinks and desserts.

$69.00 per adult per calendar day
$59.00 per child (4 thru 12) per calendar day
plus bed tax and sales tax, and you provide your own bedding

4 Night Super Family Package in a Canoer Cabin

Available from June 1 to Labor Day
You and your family are invited to enjoy all the activities around the lodge, including all the nature programs, while roughing it a bit around the edges by staying in one of our canoer cabins. Your beds will be made up before your arrival along with daily towel service. All your meals are in the lodge Bistro or Justine’s Fine Dining. Depending on your preferences and the ages of your children, they are welcome to eat in the Bistro while mom and dad eat in Justine’s. The naturalists usually offer 4 to 5 activities every day that range from woods hikes to boat or canoe trips to animal searches, etc. On top of all that you also have a boat and motor every day and a 1 hour horseback ride (every day if you choose).

Includes: 4 nights accommodations in a canoer cabin with linens, meals at the lodge, boat, motor, canoes, kayaks, the entire nature program, and a 1 hour horseback ride per person per day.
Horseback riders must be a minimum of 7 years old and not over 240#.

$495.00 per adult, plus sales tax, service charge and bed tax

$295.00 per child (4 thru 12), plus sales tax, service charge and bed tax

5 Night Beginners Family Canoe Trip

Your first night in a rustic cabin, 2 nights/3 days camping out, and 2 nights in a modern lodge cabin

Available all summer

This is a great trip for the family who wants to try a wilderness trip but would still like some of the amenities and comforts around the edges.  You spend your first night with us in a private rustic canoer cabin with meals at the main lodge Bistro.  After you pack your personal clothes and go through our trip briefing, we take you to a nearby canoe landing and set you in for your 3 day canoe trip.  You have an easy route with modest paddling and portaging as you go into the wilderness, spending both your nights at the same campsite.  The next day gives you a nice day to explore, fish and work on your camping skills.  On your third day you paddle back out where we pick you up and bring you back to Gunflint so you can get checked into a modern cabin with all the luxuries—bathrooms with great hot showers, luxurious beds, a nice living room with fireplace, etc. You have your last two nights in this cabin, and you can enjoy our naturalist program, go horseback riding, or relax as you wish.

Includes: Overnight accommodations in a bunkhouse before your canoe trip and 2 nights in a modern cabin at the end of your canoe trip, 2 nights/3 days of complete outfitting, transportation to and from your canoe landing, all maps, a one hour horseback ride per person, breakfasts at the main lodge all other meals in the lodge Bistro, showers and a complete route briefing. Horseback riders must be a minimum of 7 years of age and weigh less than 240 pounds.

$795.00 per adult, plus your BWCAW permit, users fees
and sales tax, using Royalex canoes

$495.00 per child plus user fees and sales tax
and sales tax, using Royalex canoes

Family Canoe Trip Package

You and your family are invited to enjoy all the activities around the lodge, including all the nature programs, while roughing it a bit around the edges by staying in one of our canoer cabins. Your beds will be made up before your arrival along with daily towel service. All your meals are in the lodge Bistro or Justine’s Fine Dining. Depending on your preferences and the ages of your children, they are welcome to eat in the Bistro while mom and dad eat in Justine’s. The naturalists usually offer 4 to 5 activities every day that range from woods hikes to boat or canoe trips to animal searches, etc. On top of all that you also have a boat and motor every day and a 1 hour horseback ride (every day if you choose).

Includes: 4 nights accommodations in a canoer cabin with linens, meals at the lodge, boat, motor, canoes, kayaks, the entire nature program, and a 1 hour horseback ride per person per day.
Horseback riders must be a minimum of 7 years old and not over 240#.

$495.00 per adult, plus sales tax, service charge and bed tax

$295.00 per child (4 thru 12), plus sales tax, service charge and bed tax

Family Package (staying in a bunkhouse here at Gunflint Outfitters)

5 nights/6 days

Available from June 12 to Sept 8

This package is somewhere between a camping out trip and a luxury vacation at the lodge. You have a private rustic bunkhouse accommodation with nearby showers, canoes, guided daily naturalist activities, hiking trails, and your dinners in the Red Paddle Bistro. You bring your own bedding and manage your own breakfasts and lunches. This vacation gets your entire family into the wilderness on a fairly tame basis, with a dry secure base of operations to work from. We will be glad to plan any day canoe trips you would like and provide you with
transportation to and from the appropriate starting point.

Includes: 5 nights accommodations in a bunkhouse, canoes, naturalist activities, and dinners in the Bistro. Also available, but not included in the package are boats, motors, horseback riding, breakfasts and lunches in the Bistro, and massages.

$165.00 per adult
$115.00 per child (ages 4 thru 12)

Gunflint Green Up Weekend

May 7 - 9

We invite you to join us as we gather for a community conservation project. Each spring, since the 2007 Ham Lake wildfire, our community partners with the US Forest Service in replanting some of the lands that were burned in that fire. Around 400 people gather for this event and contribute a few hours on Saturday to become stewards of the land and give a helping hand at getting a new forest started growing again.

Includes: 2 nights of bunk house accommodations, breakfast Saturday and Sunday mornings, hot showers. You commit to joining us from 9 a.m. to mid afternoon on Saturday for the tree planting.

$59.00 per adult: $39.00 per child (6-12), plus taxes

** Making your reservation is a two step process—first, you make a reservation with us, and secondly, you make your reservation for the event. You can accomplish the second step by going online to: www.gunflintgreenup.com and making your reservation, which includes Friday and Saturday dinners, Saturday lunch, and the coordination of the entire event.

Spring Work Weekend

This Spring weekend is a bit of work and a bit of fun. Come on up anytime on Thursday and enjoy the afternoon as you wish. On Friday, everyone joins us with some spring opening chores from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (stacking canoes, getting equipment out, and cleaning up the yard). The rest of the day is yours to enjoy—
canoes are available to use on Gunflint Lake or we will transport canoes to the Ham Lake landing if you would like to take a early season excursion on that route. Saturday is all yours to enjoy—fishing, hiking, or relaxing. Various hiking trails start right from our back yard, and the new Centennial Trail is just 4 miles away. You are
also welcome to recreate Sunday before you head home.

Includes: 3 nights bunk house accommodations (bring your own warm sleeping bags as the bunk houses do not have heat), dinner in the Bistro Saturday evening, canoes, hiking trails, and hot showers.

$79.00 per adult, plus taxes

We have charcoal grills in the pavilion area for your use. The Red Paddle Bistro and Justine’s Fine Dining will be open in the lodge as another option for you.

May 16-18 A special 3 day/2 night completely outfitted canoe trip for Work Weekend guests.

$149.00 per person, plus taxes and fishing licenses

434 Women's Package

Available from May 12 to Sept 10

Four women, three activities, and four nights accommodations—This “girls getaway” is a few days of fun in the north country with your friends. You have a rustic canoer cabin, with nearby showers for simple accommodations (bedding is included). Your three play days include one day of horseback riding (one
ride in the morning and one in the afternoon), one day of canoeing, and one day of hiking. Dinners in the Bistro are included. We have charcoal grills in the pavilion area or you are welcome to bring your own camp stove, or join us in the Bistro.

Includes: 4 nights of canoer cabin accommodations, 2 horseback rides, canoes, 4 Bistro dinners, hot showers, and the hiking trails.

$249.00 per person, plus

8 Night Voyageurs Canoe Trip - from Gunflint Lake to Lake Superior

6 nights/7 days in the wilderness, plus your first and last night in a bunk house

Best in late Spring and early Summer

This longer more adventurous trip is along the route taken by the Voyageurs as they headed into the wilderness from Lake Superior. This trip follows the border on lakes from Gunflint Lake to Pigeon River and the Grand Portage. The route has quite a bit of paddling and a couple of the portages are on the long side. As a result this is a route not often paddled which means it is great for energetic canoeists looking for a more challenging, lesser used area of the wilderness.

Includes: Overnight accommodations in a bunk house before and after your canoe trip, plus 2 breakfasts and 2 dinners at the lodge Bistro, 6 nights/7 days of complete outfitting, all maps, pickup at Grand Portage on your last day, showers, and a complete route briefing.

$819.00 per person, plus your BWCAW permit,
user fees and sales tax, using Royalex canoes

Available All Summer!
We are just a few minutes away from the Saganaga landing, which is the starting point for those interested in a canoe trip to the Quetico Park of Ontario. The Quetico is considered more remote than the BWCAW and you are more on your own. You may select your own campsites, which do not have a fire grate or wilderness latrine
as in the BWCAW. The Quetico abounds with smallmouth bass and walleye, and most canoeists see eagles, ospey, moose, beaver and loons. You have four entry point choices when entering the Quetico from Saganaga, and each has a very limited number of daily permits.

8 Night Quetico Park Package - with Saganaga tow

6 nights/7 days in the wilderness, plus your first and last night in a bunk house

All summer

Canoe trips into the Quetico Park of Ontario are even more remote than the BWCAW, frequently with better fishing. The Gunflint area is the one location that you can enter the Quetico Park without any portaging, so you have a fast access to this area. We package up our outfitting with a tow on Saganaga Lake so you can be dropped off fairly close to the ranger check-in and be on your way. We custom plan your trip, you can pick from several loops or base camp choices. Since this is a Canadian trip you will need your remote border crossing permit. Please go on-line to download the application at: www.cbsa- asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf386-eng.pdf. Plan on doing this at least 4 weeks before your trip starting dates. Starting this year you will need to bring your passport for trips into Canada.

Includes: Overnight accommodations in a bunk house before and after your canoe trip, plus 2 break-
fasts and 2 dinners at the lodge Bistro, 6 nights/7 days of complete outfitting, all maps, showers and a
complete route briefing.

$735.00 per person, plus your Quetico permit, camping fees and sales tax, using Kevlar canoes

Add $60.00 per person if you want a round trip tow on Sag per person.

Quetico Completely Outfitted Canoe Trips Pkg

6 nights/7 days completely outfitted canoe trip

Available All Summer

This is the high adventure of canoe trips in our vast area of lakes and woods, part of the largest canoeing wilderness in North America. We will custom plan your route, reserve your Quetico Park permit, and have all your equipment and food packed and ready for you when you arrive. All trips to the Quetico from the Gunflint Trail start on Saganaga lake, which is a quick 15 minute drive from our base. We can either arrange to set you
in at the landing or arrange for a tow boat ride across most of the lake, dropping you at American Point which is about 2 miles from the Canadian Ranger Station and your check in point.

Includes: 6 nights and 7 days of complete outfitting with canoes, all equipment and your custom selected menu, all maps, hot showers and a complete route briefing. Complimentary bunk house accommodations are available the night before and after your trip if desired, and the dining rooms at the main lodge offer full meal and beverage service.

$575.00 per person with Kevlar canoes plus your wilderness permits, user fees and sales tax

If you wish a tow boat service, it is $60.00 per person each way. We are the only outfitter in Minnesota selling Canadian fishing licenses, so we can take care of that for you if you are a fisherman.

Quetico Tow and Canoe Pkg

6 nights/7 days trip

Available All Summer!

For guests having most of their own gear, we include your canoe, PFD vests, paddles, maps, complete route briefing, tow boat service on Saganaga Lake round trip, car parking, and transportation to and from the Saganaga Lake landing. Complimentary bunk house accommodations are available the night before and after your trip if desired, and the dining rooms at the main lodge offer full meal and beverage service. We will be
glad to reserve your Quetico Park permit for you as well.

Includes: 6 nights and 7 days of canoe rental, all maps, transportation to and from your entry point, tow boat service, hot showers and a complete route briefing.

$235.00 per person with Royalex canoes plus your wilderness permits, user fees and sales tax

$299.00 per person with Kevlar canoes plus your wilderness permits, user fees and sales tax

Quetico Tow, Canoe and Food Pkg

5 nights/6 days trip

Available All Summer!

You can select any meals you wish from our extensive menu and we will have it all packed and ready for you when you arrive.

Includes: 5 nights and 6 days of canoe rental, all maps, food for all your meals, transportation to and from your entry point, tow boat service, hot showers and a complete route briefing.

$435.00 per person with Royalex canoes plus your wilderness permits, user fees and sales tax

$485.00 per person with Kevlar canoes plus your wilderness permits, user fees and sales tax

Additional days at: $49.00/Royalex or $59.00/Kevlar