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CWC Bumper Sticker Contest Winner

CWC Bumper Sticker Contest Winner
It's hard to get further away than China. Congratulations Larew family for winning the CWC Bumper Sticker Contest.  They slapped the sticker onto a vehicle and entered a pic with a destination furthest away from their last vacation up north at Crow Wing Crest Lodge.    Voila, Shanghai.   Hey, when you get job transferred, you get…
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Playing with Pinterest

[caption id="attachment_4472" align="alignnone" width="604"] CWC is the place to be . . . https://www.crowwing.com[/caption]
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Henry Schoolcraft camped at CWC in 1832?

Henry Schoolcraft camped at CWC in 1832?
Below is an e-mail conversation with a neighbor who graciously shared some historic data with us, including a map from 1832 of a Henry Schoolcraft expedition - one of many to determine the origins of the Mississippi River - eventually deciding upon what is now Lake Itasca Park, a 35-minute drive from our resort. Our…
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CWC in the past: one owner to another

CWC in the past: one owner to another
Letter from Edna Richmond (owner of CWC from 1946 - 1969) on January 10, 1994, to Connie Converse (owner of CWC from 1987 -2001) " We bought CWC in 1946 from 2 couples who kept it 1 season. Prior to that, it was closed during the war for several years. Before that it had been…
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Albino Chipmunk at CWC- summer of 2015

Albino Chipmunk at CWC- summer of 2015
[caption id="attachment_5989" align="alignnone" width="604"] Season of the Albino Chipmunk: From first sighting in May until a feral cat got the little guy last week of August, the summer of 2015 gifted guests the magic of a connection to this red eyed creature. (He seemed to have a burrow under Cabin #14 and was fed by…
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History of Minnesota Resorts

History of Minnesota Resorts
(submitted by Kim Bowen to CMR Resorter Reporter, a state-wide resort magazine published spring 2016) I've been doing a little research this year on Minnesota's resorts. I wondered "When was the 'hey-day' of Mom & Pop family/fishing vacation resorts in our state of 10,000 lakes?" Was it 1946, just after World War II, when suburbs…
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2016 Newsletter

2016 Newsletter
OLE & LENA JOKE of the day: Ole wore both of his winter jackets when he painted his house last July. The directions on the can said "put on two coats." 2016 is off and running for us at the resort up north. We hope this note finds you healthy and happy wherever you are.…
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2017 Newsletter

2017 Newsletter
Northwoods Joke: The Roof (Am certain Bubba Kris did not follow the below example when constructing those new deck roofs on #14 or #16 last year. Or if he did, I didn't notice.) Sven and Ole are up fixing the roof. Sven picks up a nail, looks at it, and throws it away. He picks…
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Ear Candling

Detox your ears in a GENTLE, Soothing, NATURAL way Ear Candling is a natural, non-intrusive procedure that may help alleviate the painful effects of chronic headaches or sinus conditions, ear infections, allergies or vertigo, as well as minor hearing loss due to excessive earwax build up.   WHAT ARE EAR CANDLES? Also called ear cones,…
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