Certain places have extraordinary restorative powers. Naniboujou Lodge, on the North Shore of Lake Superior, is one of those places and reminds me why I continue to live up here on the Far Edge of Minnesota.
Naniboujou Lodge.
Built in the 1920s as an ultra-exclusive private club (Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and Ring Lardner were charter members), Naniboujou seems frozen in time.
Naniboujou Lodge eastern property.
The Cree believe Naniboujou was a great god who dug Lake Superior and then created the Cree people. After making the great lake and the people, Naniboujou taught the Cree how to sustain themselves in the harsh environs. In return, all Naniboujou asked was that the people live in peace. To the Ojibway, Naniboujou was a trickster born of the wind and a human mother.
Naniboujou shoreline to the east.
Naniboujou shoreline to the west.
The Naniboujou Lodge dining room is decorated in traditional Cree design and retains the brilliance as first painted by Antoine Gouffee. Individual rooms have neither telephones nor televisions.
Naniboujou Lodge dining room looking north.
Naniboujou Lodge dining room looking south.
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