Our family-owned and family-oriented, Crane Lake resort caters to your every need. You can ask for assistance when you need it and enjoy peaceful solitude when you don’t. Find adventure in fishing, boating, ATVing, hiking, swimming, and exploring. Marvel at the view, read a captivating novel, or relax by the campfire.
Building on the foundation established by his parents, Rob Scott is devoted to the hands-on running of SPVR’s daily operations while focused on each guest’s northern Minnesota experience.
A Navy veteran, Anna Scott is a 3rd generation owner of Scott’s Peaceful Valley Resort who promises to continue the family tradition to continually do our best to ensure our guests’ vacation experience is their home-away-from-home destination.
J.C. and Linneta Scott founded Scott’s Peaceful Valley in 1941. Crane Lake is the Southern Gateway to VNP’s Minnesota & Canadian boundary lake. A perfect area to start a family business at a time when anglers drove hours along winding gravel roads to adventure out into the wilderness.
Early visitors, as well as the local people in the area, realized just how pristine and beautiful the area was and identified the need to preserve and protect the land for generations to come. In the early 1960s, discussions began regarding the establishment of two wilderness areas. The first was the Boundary Water Canoe Area (BWCA) established in 1978, and the other was the establishment of the Voyageur’s National Park, established in 1975.
Crane Lake is THE Southern Gateway to Voyageurs National Park (VNP). We are also the western entry to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), Quetico Provincial Park and shares a border with Superior National Forest.
Crane Lake, Minnesota is where the country’s highways literally ends! Pristine wilderness waterways begin. An area so vast, so unspoiled that it has been designated a permanent remembrance of America and the way it appeared centuries ago to the Indigenous people and fur traders. Here you can experience the true wilderness and the tranquility of nature. Whether it is a leisurely cruise in search of wildlife, an afternoon trip, or a week-long adventure in Voyageurs Park, Crane Lake is sure to provide something unforgettable. Come explore today!
Crane Lake’s unique position makes it interconnected and affords access to all the lakes within VNP as well as an entryway into Canada. There are one hundred miles of border lakes – Sand Point, Namakan, Kabetogama, Rainy, Little Vermilion, Loon, and Lac La Croix.
Crane is a 3,088 acre, 80-foot-deep lake located twenty-eight miles northeast of Orr, MN.
Established in 1975, the park is named in honor of the French-Canadian voyageurs— the fur traders and explorers who helped open the region during the 18th and 19th century. Consisting of 218,200 square acres, the park itself is mostly only accessible by boat or canoe. That includes the Kabetogama Peninsula, which is the largest landmass within its borders.
Much of the park is only accessible by boat, canoe, kayak, ATV, snowmobile, plane, skiing, or snowshoeing. This makes Voyageurs a dream destination for year-round outdoor adventures.
Remote and rugged, Voyageurs National Park is 40 percent composed of water, and several of its most striking natural attractions — as well as a lodge and campsites — are accessible only by boat, plane, or snowmobile.
There are a variety of fish species to please anglers. Primarily walleye, sauger, crappie, pike, and bass. An experimental walleye regulation (all walleyes from 18 to 26 inches must be immediately released. One over twenty-six inches allowed in possession) is in effect for Crane Lake as well as other lakes of the Namakan Reservoir.