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Banquets
May 1: Red River Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 31st Annual Big Game Banquet, Alerus Center Ballroom, Grand Forks. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. Info: Paul Eslinger, (701) 202-0196.
May 7: Lake of the Woods Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society 30th annual conservation banquet, Springsteel Resort, 38004 Beach St., Warroad, Minn. Social hour and raffles 5:30 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $65 individual, $95 couple and $35 junior (17 and younger); all include one-year membership in the Ruffed Grouse Society. Info: Jared Olafson, (218) 242-1005; jaredolafson@gmail.com.
May 8: Roseau/Lake of the Woods Sportsman Club fish fry and membership drive, 4 to 8 p.m., Warroad Eagles Club-Aerie 4195, Warroad, Minn. Raffles, games, door prizes for members. Single, family and ATVAM (All Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota) memberships available. Meals $15 per person, $8 for 12 and younger.
To get an event in the Outdoors calendar, contact Brad Dokken at (701) 780-1148, (800) 477-6572 ext. 1148 or by email at bdokken@gfherald.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesdays.
Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road on Lake of the Woods closes for the season
A total of 966 passes were sold to use the road, according to the Facebook post. Partners put in 675 hours of plowing and spent $130,000 in building and maintaining the road, in addition to hundreds of volunteer hours handling other aspects of the project. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
A pickup towing a snowmobile on a single-place trailer crosses the bridge over a pressure ridge Friday, Jan. 29, on the Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road south of Stony Point. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
It was a successful endeavor, a way to jumpstart winter tourism on Minnesota’s Northwest Angle after a disastrous summer, but a winter road from the south end of Lake of the Woods to the remote area at the top of the state has closed for the season.
Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road on Lake of the Woods closes for the season
A total of 966 passes were sold to use the road, according to the Facebook post. Partners put in 675 hours of plowing and spent $130,000 in building and maintaining the road, in addition to hundreds of volunteer hours handling other aspects of the project. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
A pickup towing a snowmobile on a single-place trailer crosses the bridge over a pressure ridge Friday, Jan. 29, on the Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road south of Stony Point. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
It was a successful endeavor, a way to jumpstart winter tourism on Minnesota’s Northwest Angle after a disastrous summer, but a winter road from the south end of Lake of the Woods to the remote area at the top of the state has closed for the season.