The Board announced the 2013 dates today to be February 1-10, 2013.  The sculptors will begin carving on Thursday, January 31, 2013, but the main events of the Festival will begin on Friday, February 1, 2013.  2013 marks the 20th Annual Winter Festival in Ely, so the Board is busy planning ways to mark the [...]

Follow Chris as he talks to Nancy Scheibe about her carving history, her design plan and methology, and her unique snow carving tools.  Very interesting! And, progress…

Do you love the Ely Winter Festival?  Do you have skills in any of the areas listed below that you would like to contribute?  The Festival needs your brain power and a few of your hours! The Chair is currently performing many of the duties listed below and the plan is to  recruit  managers for [...]

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Etched in stone But what these Indian drawings depict isn’t by John Husar “On the Outdoors” Duluth News Tribune Date written:  unknown, but approx 1996 Ely, Minn. – For many of the thousands of wilderness canoeists who venture here, the height of a summer voyage into the U.S. – Canadian boundary waters includes a rare [...]