Tom's Historic Logging Camp and Old Northwest Company Trading Post is located in the heavily wooded area of lofty spruce, balsam, birch and pine, just 16 miles northeast of downtown Duluth or 2 miles southwest of Knife River, following the Scenic North Shore Drive of Lake Superior Scenic 61. We have duplicated an old logging camp with a Horse Barn, Blacksmith Shop, Harness Shop, Shoe Shop, Horseshoeing Stall, Bunkhouse, Cook Shanty and Finnish Sauna, each building authentically equipped. Ring the Dinner Bell. Visit our Gravity House. Our Knife River Fishing Museum has Old boats, nets and other equipment used during the boom days of commercial fishing.
Children especially enjoy feeding the tame deer, pygmy goats, and rainbow trout.
The Old Northwest Company Trading Post is a show place in itself with an old time atmosphere. Animal mountings of Bear, Bighorn Sheep, Deer, Bob Cat, Timber Wolf, Birds and Fish. Guns, furs, traps and a variety of other antiques are on display. The largest selection of Buckskin, Moose and Cowhide Minnetonka Moccasins on the North Shore. Pottery, Dolls, and Handicraft from the Chippewa Tribes.