An island idyll on Lake Minnetonka On an island where time stands still, a local couple built a new lake home in keeping with the unique, closely knit community. August 6, 2012 10:25am Text size Copy shortlink:
Paul and Mary Reyelts were introduced to tiny Crane Island and its bucolic setting years ago, when they would hop a boat and spend the day at their friends century-old yellow cottage. We never wanted to leave, said Mary.
There, they discovered a unique, close-knit community of 14 cottages dotting the perimeter of the densely wooded island on Lake Minnetonka s Upper Lake.
Even though it s only a 30-minute drive from downtown Minneapolis, the island is very much like it was when local businessman Charles Woodward founded it in 1906: a rustic summer getaway.