MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
KEKEKABIC
Lake County
Superior National Forest
Superior National Forest
January 12, 1937: "What probably is the most isolated lookout tower in northern Minnesota has been completed on the Kawishiwi ranger district in the Superior National Forest.
The tower is accessible only after crossing nine lakes and nine portages by canoe--or hydroplane.
It is called Kekekabic tower after the lake near which it is located. Buried deep in the heart of the wilderness area, it has no telephone communications with the outside world. It will be operated by radio, the tower man sending messages to the ranger station at Elk. Structural steel for the 100-foot tower was hauled into the site last winter over frozen lakes and the concrete and lumber was flown in later by hydroplane." (Bakersfield Californian)
The tower is accessible only after crossing nine lakes and nine portages by canoe--or hydroplane.
It is called Kekekabic tower after the lake near which it is located. Buried deep in the heart of the wilderness area, it has no telephone communications with the outside world. It will be operated by radio, the tower man sending messages to the ranger station at Elk. Structural steel for the 100-foot tower was hauled into the site last winter over frozen lakes and the concrete and lumber was flown in later by hydroplane." (Bakersfield Californian)