Northerly Park The Lower 48s most Northern Park

Northerly Park The Lower 48’s most Northern Park NW Angle, Minnesota

Unique Attributes • All necessary design work, construction labor, equipment and most materials will come from the immediate local area, supporting a small community of 110 permanent residents and 500+ part-time residents • Master log-cabin builder, licensed contractors, heavy equipment operators, landmovers, concrete workers, maintenance and upkeep • Park would be centrally located in the self-sufficient tourism-based family owned resort-community. Less than ¼ mile from US/CA Border Remote Reporting Station. • Could serve as a rest-station • Local economy would benefit: • • • Day Use Only would not impinge on resort business More traffic to General Store, Mainland Restaurant and Resorts Increased visibility to available real-estate More opportunity for hired Boat Tours and Island Passenger Service Future opportunity for flight tours

Northerly Park Day Use Area • Gravel drive and 20 -car gravel parking lot • Approx. 2 acres semi-cleared, grassy area with large and medium shade trees • 30 x 50 cedar log pavilion picnic structure built from existing logged cedar • Cement floor and steel roof for longevity • 6 cedar log picnic tables • Grand stone fireplace for cooking and heat

Day Use Area cont. • 10 green-treat uncovered picnic tables + 5 metal grill stands • Children’s play structure area • Rugged log outdoor fitness equipment (push-up log, sit-up plank, pullup bar, etc. )

Day Use Area cont. • Log structure stage and small grass amphitheater • 2 outhouses • 8 -10 trash and recycling receptacles

Trail System • No current walking trail system at the Angle. Exercisers, wanderers, bird watchers are subjected to gravel road dust and traffic or minimally maintained logging roads • Park would include approximately 4 miles of perimeter and central intersecting trails • Central Trail from Jim’s Corner to Observation Tower would be ATV & Snowmobile friendly for all-purpose accessibility • Remote secluded picnic areas offer walking destinations and rest areas

Trail System cont. • Remote and secluded “pack-in/pack-out” picnic areas • ATV/foot bridge across drainage ditch behind Jim’s Corner • Central diagonal trail would be ATV/Snowmobile trail for all-purpose accessibility to Observation Tower

Trail System Highlight • “Walk of the Cedars” – inspired by Glacier Nat’l Park’s boardwalk • Provides better accessibility for elderly and all ages • Built from the logged cedar

Destination Highlight: Observation Platform • Overlooking muskeg wildlife and Lake of the Woods with a vantage of the most northerly point in the lower 48 • Most visitors cannot physically get to the most northerly point. They could, however, stand atop a platform and POINT towards it • 3 -5 stories tall. Protected staircase. Viewing platforms at each level • 2 green treat picnic tables, outhouse, bat houses • ATV access down central trail • Accessible to all • Construction and maintenance purposes • Warming Hut location

Destination Highlight: Muskeg Boardwalk • Muskeg Wildlife area floating dock system boardwalk and fishing platform • Winter warming hut (Edgerider’s Snowmobile Club)

Historical Markers • Ft. St. Charles • European exploration • Homesteaders & loggers • Native American/First People populations • Modern-day life, including one-room school house

General Infrastructure & Maintenance • Park Signage, Trail System Signage • Day Use Area • Two outhouses, Bat houses, Trash & Recycling • Gravel road and 20 -car gravel parking lot • Observation Tower • One outhouse, Bat houses, Trash & Recycling • Edgerider’s sponsored warming hut • County maintained and/or part-time Park Host funded position • Honor System Day Use fees to help pay maintenance costs