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We are so pleased to announce the addition of a new contributor to Minnesota Reflections, the Dorothy Molter Museum in Ely, Minnesota. These images provide a glimpse of Dorothy Molter's life as a wilderness woman and nurse on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Her family, friends, and her work running Knife Lake resort are documented in these images. The addition of these materials from Minnesota's Arrowhead country helps fill a gap in Minnesota Reflections.
We are so pleased to announce the addition of a new contributor to Minnesota Reflections. Today we welcome a series of historic photographs from the Dorothy Molter Museum in Ely, Minnesota. These images provide a glimpse of Dorothy Molter's life as a wilderness woman and nurse on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Her family, friends, and her work running her resort on Knife Lake are documented in these images. The addition of these materials from Minnesota's Arrowhead country helps fill in a gap in Minnesota Reflections. We are thrilled that we can now better tell the story of life in far northeastern Minnesota.
The Dorothy Molter Museum, located in Ely, preserves and interprets the Minnesota's northwoods wilderness heritage through learning opportunities inspired by Dorothy Molter, the last non-indigenous resident of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Utilizing two original cabins moved from Knife Lake and reconstructed in Ely, and a collection of personal belongings, the museum strives to inspire the next generation of northwoods stewards through Dorothy’s legacy.
