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Published July 02, 2011, 12:00 AM

Scrambling along the Shore during shutdown


The last ones out of the campground at Gooseberry Thursday were Leah Burch and Arben Polo. Burch said she knew when they checked in Wednesday the odds were they’d have to leave earlier than they had planned. “We went and checked out the falls,” she said. And then it was time to go.

  • The last ones out of the campground at Gooseberry Thursday were Leah Burch and Arben Polo. Burch said she knew when they checked in Wednesday the odds were they’d have to leave earlier than they had planned. “We went and checked out the falls,” she said. And then it was time to go.
  • An eery sight is Gooseberry Falls State Park, in the middle of summer, completely devoid of people. Save for a few staff and at least one family from Michigan enjoying some final moments on Lake Superior, most of the park was empty past the rest area. One couple from Wisconsin leaving the Lady Slipper Lodge (doors locked as shown) area wondered aloud what had made them so lucky to catch the popular park on such a slow day.
  • “Ghost town,” that’s what Gooseberry Falls State Park assistant manager Shawn Donais called the park’s campground late Thursday afternoon. All 69 sites had been cleared of campers by 4 p.m. as well as most areas of the park near Lake Superior.
  • Cones blocked the entrance to the Gooseberry Falls State Park camping loops Thursday.
  • Kelly Kluver found himself camping at the Burlington Bay Campground in Two Harbors after being sent out of state forest land north of the city.