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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

Here is a link to the 2026 Greenstone with the food storage regulations.

Food Storage Container Rentals: 10 & 20 Liter Ursack bags ($25/$35 for up to 7 days. An additional charge for longer). ISRO compliant to store in Bear Boxes at Campgrounds.

Hard-sided containers for sale: We offer Bear Vault 450, 475, and 500 for sale.

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, pizza, rotisserie hotdogs, soda, coffee, tea, chips, juice, soft serve cones (vanilla and Keweenaw Berry) and sundaes (Thimbleberry, Keweenaw Berry, blueberry, and more).

Peak season store hours: 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily. Off-peak season from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM daily, closed on Tuesdays.

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), Sayklly’s Candies, Pasty Oven, homemade 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.