What a special place that Peg & Tim have created for all to enjoy. The drive up on scenic 38 sets the stage for the surroundings you’ll enjoy while staying at Buckhorn on Caribou Lake. A short drive on well maintained gravel roads winding through the beautiful Chippewa National Forest and you find yourself arriving at the shore of Caribou Lake.
We stayed in cabin 7, a beautiful log cabin with plenty of room for adults to relax, kids to play, and the whole group to come together and eat. The bedrooms are all spacious enough for luggage, the bathrooms all have showers and/or tubs, there is a sauna big enough for a large group, and a downstairs area with plenty of room for ping pong and a seating area to relax and play board games. The kitchen has lots of room and worked great for every meal. The kids loved sitting at the kitchen island and the adults enjoyed the unique dining table with a huge tree stump for a pedestal base.
Outside, we loved spending time on the huge deck overlooking the lake, and enjoying the spacious backyard with fire pit and plenty of room for yard games.
The walk down to the lake gives you glimpses of the water through the trees, then you reach a large wooden platform and take in the whole view of pristine Caribou Lake. The lake is wrapped in dense forest, treating you with nature’s finest views.
Our kids loved the little island just off shore, they dubbed “kid island”! They used the provided paddle boat to reach it and they truly felt they were charting undiscovered territory!
The rest of us enjoyed canoeing and kayaking (also provided), and we brought a fishing boat, managing decent success with smallmouth bass, but not getting those elusive Lake Trout!
We took nature walks and hikes right down the driveway from the cabin, as well as going to nearby Suomi Hills.
Peg is a gracious host and answered any and all questions we had. The beauty of the cabin inside and out can be credited to Tim and Peg for building and decorating/furnishing it.
If you want a true north woods experience in a beautiful cabin, on a pristine lake, in some of the best forest area nature can offer, then Buckhorn on Caribou is where you should go.