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WELY

WELY and WELY-FM are a pair of simulcast radio stations based in the town of Ely, Minnesota, United States.

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WELY and WELY-FM are a pair of simulcast radio stations based in the town of Ely, Minnesota, United States. WELY serves the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, which Ely is a popular gateway to, and surrounding towns and areas of northeastern Minnesota. The stations were sold to Wisconsin company Civic Media as of February 2025.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around WELY

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    State Theater

    The Ely State Theater is a historic movie theater in Ely, Minnesota, United States. It was designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan in Streamline Moderne style and built in 1936.

    1 km · movie theater in Ely, Minnesota, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Minnesota North College – Vermilion

    Minnesota North College – Vermilion, formerly known as Vermilion Community College, is a public community college campus in Ely, Minnesota, adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Superior National Forest. It offers several niche programs focusing on natural resources, natural sciences, and outdoor education.

    2.3 km · community college in Ely, Minnesota, U.S. · Wikipedia

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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for WELY. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,688 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,823 km
  3. 03
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,283 km
  4. 04
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,313 km
  5. 052,322 km

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