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The National Park Utility is seeking applicants for a job that puts a new spin on the phrase remote work The agency is looking for people or groups interested in managing the -room Kettle Falls Hotel in northern Minnesota a historic hotel along a wild stretch of the Canadian limit accessible only by boat or float plane Related Articles Bluebells and other spring flowers can be nature s antidote to stressful times Central Minnesota collision kills black bear injures motorist Wisconsin Trollhaugen s Adventure Park feature closing permanently See the grandeur of our nation during National Park Week Skywatch A crow a cup and a water snake The Kettle Falls Hotel was built in to accommodate fishermen lumberjacks and construction workers who built a nearby dam It s the only lodging facility located within Voyageurs National Park The historic site also includes camper cabins and villas marinas a portage between Rainy and Namakan lakes and a restaurant and bar locally famous for a dramatically tilted floor caused by the settling of the building s foundation over the years The floor is affectionately called the Tiltin Hilton announced Christina Hausman Rhode executive director of Voyageurs Conservancy the nonprofit that advocates and fundraises for the park They say When the floor is looking level you know you ve had enough to drink The Park Institution bought the historic site in shortly after Voyageurs National Park was created The Vermilion River winds underneath the wing of Voyageurs National Park s floatplane just outside the park near Crane Lake The National Park Amenity is seeking applicants for people or groups interested in managing the -room Kettle Falls Hotel a historic hotel along a wild stretch of the Canadian frontier accessible only by boat or float plane Built in to accommodate fishermen lumberjacks and construction workers as the built a nearby dam it s the only lodging facility located within Voyageurs National Park Evan Frost MPR News It s located on the roadless Kabetogama Peninsula on the eastern tip where Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake meet The closest boat launch is miles away at the Ash River Visitor Center The site is a historic crossroads Ojibwe people have fished the waters for centuries They were followed by fur traders commercial anglers lumberjacks who ferried millions of board feet of timber over Kettle Falls between and even bootleggers who distilled liquor in the area during Prohibition Voyageurs National Park Superintendent Bob DeGross explained the current concessionaire Rick Oveson has run the site for the past years Oveson s contract expired at the end of The Park Organization put out a call for a new operator But there weren t any takers So the agency extended the contract until the end of If we don t get any interested business operators in the contract that means that the building would be closed down declared DeGross There s nothing worse than having a historic structure not being used because it deteriorates It s also the largest part popular visitor destination in the park About three-quarters of all park visitors excursion to the site announced DeGross Boaters visit for a walleye sandwich and a beer or to hike the trails The concessionaire also provides central spots for boaters to fuel up and portage boats between Rainy and Namakan lakes It is an essential facility that we definitely want to see continued into the future explained DeGross The current concessionaire communicated in revenues in from lodging bar and restaurant and other operations Annual park visitation has ranged between and over the past decade although it dipped to a -year low in A lone motorboat cruises through island channels in Voyageurs National Park The National Park Institution is seeking applicants for people or groups interested in managing the -room Kettle Falls Hotel a historic hotel along a wild stretch of the Canadian margin accessible only by boat or float plane Built in to accommodate fishermen lumberjacks and construction workers as the built a nearby dam it s the only lodging facility located within Voyageurs National Park Evan Frost MPR News But DeGross and others see untapped expected The Park Utility is now completing four camper cabins to add options for overnight visitors You d have to be adventurous and creative and it s definitely remote explained Hausman Rhode It s not presently open in the winter But there is a lot of opportunity there as well The Park Provision is asking for interested individuals educational institutions nonprofit groups businesses and other entities to indicate their interest by April A site visit is planned for May Find more information at https www nps gov voya getinvolved dobusinesswithus htm Related Articles International students in U S MN see legal records restored with fed reversal Convicted rapist who cut off GPS tracker and fled Minnesota identified dead in Texas Minnesota academic leaders among hundreds condemning Trump overreach Arctic Cat sold to former exec with plans to build snowmobile brand Winona woman arrested in death of newborn located in Mississippi River We really want to introduce operators to the probable of the system and get ideas from them on how they feel the provision might be tweaked to make it more of an fascinating business opportunity revealed DeGross Then there will be an official call for proposals from interested operators toward the end of the year The Park Function is looking to sign a lease ranging from to years
