Windigo Systems

BLACK BUTTE FIRE AREA CLOSURE IS LIFTED
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/11/2009; 420 words; ...allows the public to use National Forest system roads and trails that were closed during...such as the Black Butte and Metolius- Windigo Trails for non-motorized recreation...vehicles is only permitted on the main system roads, as designated in the Deschutes...

Isle Royale park inspires daydreams
Post-Tribune (IN); 8/3/2008; 893 words; ...greeted us on the dock at Windigo, the marina and ranger station...day cycle. After it stops at Windigo, it circumnavigates the island...least-visited park in the system, with 17,000 annual visits...two-hour walk north from Windigo. Late summer sun flooded the...

DREAMS OF A WILD ISLAND; Isolated in Lake Superior, Isle Royale gratifies the souls of adventure-seeking daydreamers.(TRAVEL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/22/2008; 1795 words; ...greeted us on the dock at Windigo, the marina and ranger station...day cycle. After it stops at Windigo, it circumnavigates the island...least-visited park in the system, with 17,000 annual visits...two-hour walk north from Windigo. Late summer sun flooded the...

ANSWERING CALL: GUNFLINT FIRE DEPARTMENT, OTHERS SAVE LIVES, STRUCTURES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/20/2007; 1109 words; ...could by setting up sprinkler systems and spraying foam on and around...started in 1992 after the Windigo Lodge fire in 1991 killed...install and maintain sprinkler systems, create evacuation plans...1990s, the communications systems along the trail were so primitive...has a radio communications ...

Gunflint Trail closed; fire sparks evacuation of mid-trail.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN); 9/15/2006; 1026 words; ...Center in Grand Rapids. Charlotte Eckroot Nelson, owner of Windigo Lodge on Polar Lake just south of the area being evacuated...situation. The National Weather Service used its emergency alert system today to notify people of the evacuation. The mid-trail...