MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
ELIASON
Cook County
Superior National Forest
62N-2E-30
Superior National Forest
62N-2E-30
1943: The 85-foot steel tower formerly located at Grand Marias was re-erected at this site
DESIGNATION - ELIASON
PID - SH0703
STATE/COUNTY- MN/COOK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - KADUNCE RIVER (1986)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (JPL)
ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND MARAIS, ON SUMMIT OF HIGH,
DENSELY WOODED HILL OWNED BY THE HEDSTROM LUMBER CO., AND UNDER
45-FOOT WOODEN DOUBLE TOWER ERECTED BY UNITED STATES FOREST
SERVICE. TO REACH FROM GRAND MARAIS, FOLLOW GUNFLINT TRAIL
ABOUT 5 MILES TO MAPLE HILL (MAIN SAWMILL OF THE HEDSTROM
LUMBER CO.), TURN RIGHT ONTO SIDE ROAD AT POINT WHERE GUNFLINT
TRAIL CURVES SHARPLY TO LEFT AND GO ABOUT 3 MILES ON ROAD
PARALLELING U.S. ROUTE 61 TO SECOND ROAD TO LEFT, FOLLOW SH0703'ROUGH WOODS ROAD 1-1/4 MILES TO POINT ABOUT 1/4 MILE SOUTH
OF SAWMILL, TURN SHARP LEFT AND GO UP GRADE ON DIM WOODS
TRAIL ABOUT 3/4 MILE TO STATION SITE. MARKED BY STANDARD
STATION DISK IN BEDROCK, ABOUT 2-1/2 FEET BELOW
SURFACE OF GROUND.
STATION RECOVERY (1956)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1956
STATION IS ABOUT 7 MILES NE OF GRAND MARAIS, ON SUMMIT OF
HIGH CENSELY WOODED HILL OWNED BY HEDSTROM LUMBER CO., AND
UNDER THE ELIASON STEEL FIRE LOOKOUT TOWER ERECTED BY U.S.F.S.
REACH FROM GRAND MARAIS, FOLLOW GUNFLINT TRAIL 5.3 MILES
MAPLE HILL (MAIN SAWMILL OF HEDSTROM LUMBER CO.) TURN
RIGHT ONTO SIDE ROAD AND GO EAST 3.6 MILES ON ROAD PARALLELING
U.S. 61 TO T-ROAD NORTH, FOLLOW T-ROAD NORTH FOR 1.6 MILES
KEEPING TO THE LEFT. STATION SIGHT IS DIRECTLY UNDER ELIASON
LOOKOUT TOWER. MARKED BY STANDARD DISK IN BEDROCK, ABOUT
2-1/2 FEET BELOW SURFACE OF THE GROUND.