Each year more visitors return to the area as they hear by word of mouth from their friends or relatives about this exciting wilderness area. Even so, it doesn't take long to get out on the ice where the action is waiting. There are approximately 45 resorts in Lake of the Woods County that are open year around. A wide range of winter services is offered.
Visitors can have all the conveniences of home as they stay in a warm cabin or sleeper fish house.
The local wilderness flying service offers winter flights from the south shore to all points North. This makes the Northwest Angle and Islands area a convenient half hour away. More unusual modes of transportation are becoming the norm as hovercrafts glide over the ice on a cushion of air, and tundra buggies with huge monster truck tires conquer the terrain. Most all transportation is equipped with some form of floatation for safety purposes. Ice three feet thick during mid winter is not uncommon.