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234 6th Street in Copper Harbor, Phone 906-201-1588 Email wiseoldmanofisleroyale@gmail.com

Wise Old Man of Isle Royale provides three services:

• Guide Services for backpacking Isle Royale
• Sporting Goods Store
• Take-out food counter

Food Storage Container Rentals: 10 & 20 Liter Ursack bags ($20/$30 for up to 7 days. An additional charge for longer). ISRO compliant

Gear Package Rentals: full gear package or any part thereof, from sleep systems, to shelters, to hydration systems, to cooking systems.

Food Counter Peak Season Hours: 6:00 to 11:00 AM for breakfast and 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM for lunch/dinner. We are primarily take-out and seat 6 persons.

Food Counter: Breakfast pasties (ham or sausage), regular, chicken, and veggie pasties, Brew Haus pizza, rotisserie hotdogs, soda, coffee, tea, chips, juice, soft serve cones (vanilla and Keweenaw Berry) and sundaes (Thimbleberry, Keweenaw Berry, blueberry, and more).

Sporting Goods brands

• Gear: EXPED, Mountain Hardware, Sea to Summit, MSR, Gear Aid, Firemaple, Coghlan’s, Norfin, and more
• Clothing: Mountain Hardware, Kavu, Maloja
• Fishing: Acme (Little Cleo, Kastmaster, Phoebe), Kalins, Reef Runner, Beaver Dam, Rapala, Eagle Claw, Shakespeare, Zebco, Detroit Bait, Uncle Josh, Tom’s Tackle, Daiwa, Frogg Toggs waders / hip boots
• Backpacking Food: Peak Refuel, Go to Go, Rec Pak, Greenbelly, GU, IQ, Clif
• Local Brands: Volwerth’s (jerky, maple syrup, jams, honey, cinnamon rolls), Sayklly’s Candies, Pasty Oven, local fudge

Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiseoldmanofisleroyale and check us out on YouTube.

Find the official rules and updates from the NPS: Superintendent’s Compendium

Wise Old Man of Isle Royale holds a Commercial Use Authorization from the National Park Service to offer guided backpacking excursions on Isle Royale National Park.

Peak season hours: 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily. Off-peak season from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM daily, closed on Tuesdays.