A Look Around Big Bear Lake
Loons on the water, sunsets through the cedars.
Big Bear Lake sits 33 miles north of Duluth, tucked inside the Cloquet Valley State Forest in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It is 142 acres of clear northern water with only 21 private parcels touching it — the rest is state land. Lakes like this don't come up for sale very often, and when they do, they rarely come ready to build on.
Big Bear Lake Company, LLC was formed to change that. Over several years, the team brought in surveyors, soil testers, and road crews to turn one of the largest remaining private holdings on the lake into 14 fully prepared lakeshore lots — the Ursa Major plat. Every corner is staked, every lot has a driveway entrance, every parcel has electricity at the property line. The road that connects them was built to St. Louis County standards.
“It has been a pleasure working with you and your team. Your leadership created a great roadway that will benefit many people in the future.”
Victor Lund, PE, PTOETraffic Engineer, St. Louis County Public Works Department
Big Bear Lake is 142 acres, minimally developed, and surrounded on almost every side by the Cloquet Valley State Forest. With only 21 private parcels on the entire shoreline, your nearest neighbors are mostly trees, water, and wildlife.
Anglers find walleye, northern pike, perch, and crappie. Paddlers have a quiet lake at home and the Cloquet River Water Trail a short drive away. Sailors, kayakers, and canoeists all have room. In winter you can go cross country skiing on the lake. Also, the lake connects to grant-in-aid snowmobile trails and Minnesota state trails, with miles of country open to UTVs, ATVs, and dirt bikes the rest of the year.
142
Acre Lake
21
Private Parcels
14
Lots in Ursa Major
33
Miles N. of Duluth
Loons on the water, sunsets through the cedars.
Fourteen lakeshore lots, averaging 3.6 acres and over 350 feet of shoreline. Every parcel was professionally surveyed with corners marked, soil tested, and reviewed for wetlands. A new access road and individual driveway entrances were built to St. Louis County standards. Electricity runs to each lot. Starlink covers the area for high-speed internet.
The plat was named for Ursa Major — the Great Bear constellation — for the obvious reason: this is bear country, and this is Big Bear Lake.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of public land, right out the back door.
Moose, wolves, loons, swans, beaver, pine martin, fisher, and otter share the woods with you. Bald eagles work the lake.
Walleye, northern pike, perch, and crappie in the lake. Deer, grouse, and bear seasons in the surrounding forest.
Snowmobile and cross-country ski trails in winter; ATV, UTV, dirt bike, mountain biking, hiking, and snowshoeing the rest of the year.
Tony Vatalaro, broker of Evergreen Real Estate, Inc. is your first call for more information.
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