Historic Sites of Centennial Trail

 Recently I went on a hike on the Centennial Trail. The Centennial Trail is a 3.3 mile loop found on the Kekekabic Trail, the same trail I hiked to get to the Old Gunflint Tower. At the beginning of the hike, you can sign in to hike the full Kekekabic trail, 41 miles, or you can grab a map for the Centennial Trail.

 The map is an excellent resource, as it will tell you what each landmark you pass stands for.

 The landmarks are labeled along the trail, so you can read about them as you go. These photos are of the test pits dug from the Gunflint Iron Company in the early 1890s.

 They were used to evaluate the purity of the iron deposits in the area as well as exploration looking for gold, silver and nickel, but only one car load of ore was removed from these explorations.

 It was pretty neat to read about these pits and the water they were filled with was such neat color, contrasts.