We go to Ely about once a year and have found that it is best to fly into Hibbing and take a taxi to Ely. The Hibbing Taxi Company (218-263-5065) will take reservations over the phone and have someone pick you up at the airport. Since we are a family of five, they send a mini-van for us. Cab fare to Ely is $110 cash each way - it's about a two-hour trip. They will come back to pick you up and take you back to the Hibbing Airport after your stay, too.
If you need to rent a car in Ely, try calling Mike's Motors, ask for Dan: 218-365-6156.
Updated Dec 12, 2007
Drive a car to Ely, but your best transportation in the BWCA is a canoe, because they do not allow motorized vehicles in the BWCA.
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1 Review and 45 Opinions The Grand Ely Lodge is a nice place to stay. It is right on a lake, but far enough out of town that...
1 Review and 16 Opinions I liked the look of this hotel from the outside, partly because I am a sucker for wooden buildings....
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Drive a car to Ely, but your best transportation in the BWCA is a canoe, because they do not allow motorized vehicles in the BWCA.Bring or rent a canoe...
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Ely...Gateway to the Boundry Waters Canoe Area

This is the last frontier...National Geograhic Traveler has named the BWCA as one of the fifty places in the world everyone should visit in their lifetime!
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Ely - Stepping stone for BWCA and Quetico

What a pristine piece of land!! Both the Boundary Waters Park of northern Minnesota and Quetico Park of Ontario (Quetico & BWCA) Simply wonderful!! You can go by foot in some places, but if you do,...
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Camp Menogyn......Gateway to the Boundry Waters

After a cold day of dogsledding all I want is a cup of coffee and a warm fire.
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I have been Canoing in the Boundry Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) many times, but it's always exciting to go back
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Ely is a nice town in the wilds of Northeast Minnesota. Population is about 4000. Ely is in the Superior National Forest.
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