Joe Fellegy

There are several big reasons why many “mom and pop” resorts have closed in Minnesota. But media coverage of this important topic rarely includes the multiple reasons why so many traditional resorts are now gone.
One of the major reasons behind the shutdown of many resorts, especially in central Minnesota, is simple enough: modern modes of travel. Back in the 1920s, 1930s, and for several decades later, anglers did not travel to Lake Mille Lacs, the Aitkin and Brainerd lakes areas, and surely lakes north of there, just for an afternoon or evening of fishing.