Recent Posts by Kim Bowen

10% off Week: June 19 – 25, 2027

This is our first official week of prime-time summer and our "trial run" of scheduled activities. School's OUT and summer is HERE! [caption id="attachment_4827" align="alignright" width="284"] Photo op in Akeley, MN with biggest Paul Bunyan statue in the world[/caption]       Top 10 reasons to choose 10% off Week: Warmer Weather than you might…
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Big John Bowen likes to catch fish.

Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, May/June 2015 Cast Into the Past Tucked into the woods, this little fishing lake is a nearly untouched hideaway. by John Myers It seems almost everything about Big John Bowen is big. He stands 6 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 320 pounds. He has a big voice and big hands and…
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Mid-August $200 Off Week

August 14-20, 2027 $200 off all weekly cabin rentals.  (Excludes camping and Sleeping Cottage.)     Top 5 reasons to choose $200 off Week: Warmer lake temperatures, as surface waters have been baking throughout July and early August.  Average outdoor temps are 79 degrees for a high, 55 degrees for a low (based on 91…
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August Discount Week

August 21-27, 2027   Save up to $820!   Rates drop on all cabins, from prime-time summer rates to off-season discounted rates.    Weekly rate includes 6th night FREE.  (Weeks are 7 days/6 nights.) Summer vacation at off-season prices in mid-August, what's not to like? Minnesota public schools should not be starting before Labor Day (by law.) …
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Labor Day Week Specials

Best deal of the year! FOUR FREE NIGHTS! 9 nights for the price of 5.  Choose any cabin at the already discounted off-season weekly rate, and you may stay the normal week of Sat-Fri, plus Labor Day Weekend (to Monday.)   August 29 - September 7, 2026   Pre-Labor Day Short-Stay Deal: Stay 3 nights, get…
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Off-Season Weekly Savings

In May, and AFTER Labor Day, weekly cabin rentals are a great deal: based on 5 nights at discounted off-season rate, with a 6th night free. Choose: Saturday - Friday Sunday - Saturday Monday - Sunday Tuesday - Monday Wednesday - Tuesday Thursday - Wednesday Friday - Thursday   (Summer Prime Time weeks are limited…
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Fall Couples Special or Private-Cabin-for-One Special

Intended for 1 person, or two persons using one bed/one bedroom. Couples Rate/Private Cabin for One Individual!  in May (or AFTER Labor Day) Pick most any cabin*** $149/night for three+ nights $169/night for two-night stay (two-night minimum, or $300 and use only 1 night if you wish) 7th night FREE! ($70/night for 3rd person, or…
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2015 Newsletter – January

We hope this greeting from the northwoods finds you healthy and happy . . . Are you succeeding at your New Year's resolutions for 2015? I am amazed to report that Big John and I have been doing rather well at a purification diet. We've gone totally organic for the moment (who knew quinoa and…
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CWC originally a lumber camp – what must it have been like?

Posted by Akeley, MN, resident ELODEE JOHNSON 11/15/2008 "We know that lumbering in Minnesota reached its peak in about 1905. The federal census was seven times more than at the close of the Civil War, (1865). Yet in Minnesota, flour and milling were still half of the invested industrial capital. Railroads had been built in…
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No wonder why you have so many repeat visitors!

Hi Kim & crew, THANK YOU so much for a wonderful stay at your resort over the weekend!  We thoroughly enjoyed our time at your peaceful resort and the lake was perfectly serene. Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I discovered your resort through TripAdvisor reviews (perfect 5 stars…
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