The tower, used from 1935 to 1956 was removed in 1976.
Source: Nina's North Shore guide: Big Lake, Big Woods, Big Fun, By Nina A. Simonowicz, Betsy Bower pg 147.
Trees obscured any view. A few artifacts remain.
A square cab with a ladder instead of stairway.
First telephone pole of the line which connected with civilizaton
This box held the electrical and radio components. Inside I could see a couple of old batteries.
I'm guessing this held fuses.
A photograph of the tower from the 1960's
Newly completed Lima Mountain lookout cabin, north of Grand Marais. Log cabin shown in the woods. This CCC project was complete in May of 1936. Cabin used on the top of Lima Mountain as forest service lookout station. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
CCC crew transports materials using 'modern transportation' as they climb up Lima Mountain north of Grand Marais, MN
Five CCC enrollees are shown pushing what looks like a stove on a wheelbarrow up the trail to the top of Lima Mountain. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
Date of Creation 1933 - 1942