Contact Us

Office

6008 London Road
Duluth, MN 55804
Phone/Fax: 218-525-0001
sugarloaf@boreal.org

Nature Center

9096 Hwy 61
Schroeder, MN 55613
(This is not a mailing address - please use office address for mail)
Phone: 218-663-7679
Directions

Hours

Sugarloaf Cove trails are open every day, dawn to dusk.

Building hours vary according to season.

Board of Directors

• Allison Eklund, Roseville, President
• Vacant, First Vice-President
• Bill Miller, Duluth, Second Vice-President
• Margit Berg , Minneapolis, Secretary
• Jerry Meigs, St. Paul, Treasurer
• Tom Becken, Lake Elmo
• Mike Kennedy, Two Harbors
• Greg Koschinska, Schroeder
• Dave Carlson, Little Marais,
• Skip Lamb, Schroeder
• Barb Liukkonen, Mounds View
• Mark Magney, Chanhassen, MN
• Jim Mullin, Minneapolis
• John Paulson, Duluth
• Andrea Peterson, Grand Marais
• Elaine Ruzycki, Duluth, MN
• Dale W. Ulrich, St. Paul
• David Vose, Duluth
• T.J. Yokum, South St. Paul

Who is Sugarloaf?

Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. We operate Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center, near Schroeder, Minnesota and we offer forest stewardship learning opportunities for residents - seasonal and year round - and visitors of the North Shore.

Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center, located on Highway 61, 73 miles north of Duluth and 4 miles south of Schroeder, is the natural place to escape the crowds and relax. The Cove is renowned for its 1.1 billion year old lava flows and its beautiful cobblestone beach. The Center offers a breadth of nature oriented activities and learning opportunities for families and individuals:

• Guided Nature Walks and Programs
• Self-guided one mile Nature Trail
• Unique Geologic Formations
• Historic Logging Operation Artifacts
• Interpretive Center with exhibits

Sugarloaf relies on membership dues, grants, and donor gifts to continue operating.

Mission

To inspire the preservation and restoration of the North Shore’s unique environment through education and exemplary stewardship, especially at Sugarloaf Cove.

Our current goals are:

1. Preservation and restoration of the Sugarloaf Cove site and Scientific and Natural Area for public enjoyment and understanding.
2. Interpretation and education throughout and about the entire Minnesota North Shore, especially its natural and cultural heritage

Organization History

Sugarloaf was founded in 1993 by a group of citizens concerned with a proposed safe harbor or marina at historic Sugarloaf Cove in Schroeder, Minnesota. Although the initial successes of the organization were at the Cove, the mission of the organization, first known as the Sugarloaf Interpretive Center Association, has always been inclusive of Minnesota’s entire North Shore of Lake Superior. Under the critical early guidance of the late governor Elmer L. Andersen, Sugarloaf succeeded at “win-win” activities on the shore, including the successful preservation and restoration of Sugarloaf Cove and early efforts to coordinate environmental and interpretive groups on Lake Superior’s North Shore.

Sugarloaf has had tremendous success preserving, restoring, and interpreting Sugarloaf Cove. What had been a heavily used industrial site is now a thriving natural preserve, with restored native habitats and over 3000 people per year visiting to enjoy and learn from the setting.

However, the need for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of Lake Superior’s North Shore is far broader than Sugarloaf Cove. Fifteen hundred private landowners are the stewards of 80% of the shoreline. Without sufficient outreach and assistance, even the most well intentioned landowner struggles to be part of restoring native habitats.

In 2005, Sugarloaf expanded its mission to include outreach to Minnesota’s entire Lake Superior North Shore. This is reflected in the new name, adopted in 2006: Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association.