DOROTHY, THE LADY OF KNIFE LAKE Traditional Cache
DOROTHY, THE LADY OF KNIFE LAKE
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PERMISSION BY MUSEUM DIRECTOR. East of Ely,MN, along Hway 169. The parking lot adjoins the city cemetery which has a NO DOGS policy- please do not allow your dogs to go into the cemetery. Unless new, the staff is aware of the cache. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ENTER THE MUSEUM TO LOG THE CACHE OPTIONAL:IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL STORY ABOUT DOROTHY, please write it IN THE LOG OR ON THE CACHE PAGE. I WILL DELETE ANY LOGS or SPOILERS(DETAILS OR PICTURES) SHOWING THE CONTAINER or its LOCATION. BYOP.
Dorothy Molter was the last permanent resident in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a roadless area on the USA-Canadian Border in Northern Minnesota. She lived alone on the Isle of Pines in Knife Lake, which was 18 miles and 6 portages from the closest road, for over 50 years until she died in 1986 at age 79. Throughout the year people (as many as 7000 a year) would travel by paddle-canoe, skis or dogsled to visit this woman of the wilderness. Dorothy, a registered nurse, would administer first aid to those in need, as well as offer visitors homemade root beer, thus earning her the nickname “THE ROOT BEER LADY.” In 1987, Dorothy’s family gave her cabins to the City of Ely. They were moved to this current location and a Dorothy Molter Museum was founded as a memorial to her. The grove of trees in which the museum stands is the "Joseph Rozman Memorial Forest." Joseph was a legendary conservation warden. In 1950 he, with a group of Ely youth, planted this grove. He died in 1951 and that same year the grove was named for him.
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