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Your Guide to Ely, Canoe Country & the BWCAW - Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Downtown Ely, Summer '08

Ely Resorts and Ely Outfitters for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness welcome you to Ely and to ElyMinnesota.com, your virtual gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the BWCAW. Summer in Ely has finally begun. We almost missed Spring in Ely this year with a very late snow fall and cool weather until recently. The early Ely fishing season was fantastic and reports of large walleyes being caught regulaly continue. The Ely Minnesota webcam popularity continues to grow. We have just passed a usage milestone with demand for the webcam images exceeding the capacity of two T-1 lines. We will be moving the image servers to fiber which should help the download speeds.

How Do Bears Make Friends?
A very unique event was witnessed, photographed, and captured on video at the new North American Bear Center here in Ely. The following article, by Dr. Lynn Rogers explains what occurred. The video of this event is being shown at the Bear Center this winter.
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Milkweed, a 'perfect plant'

If a science fiction writer were to imagine what the “perfect plant” would look like and how it would grow, protect itself and reproduce, whatever she came up with probably wouldn’t be as good as the real life common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).

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City Council Minutes Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak. PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (7) ABSENT: None (0)
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City Council Minutes Tuesday, March 18
Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Acting Mayor Warren Nikkola. PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Acting Mayor Nikkola (6) ABSENT: Mayor Novak (1)
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City Council Minutes Tuesday, March 4th
Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak. PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (7)
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