$110,000
Remote, secluded, yet 1.5 hours from the Cities.

40 Acres with a 22' x 20' (inside dimension) hand-scribed log cabin with a 1/2 loft located on the North End of McGowan Lake in Pine County MN.

Contact
Jon Anderson
651.494.4166
Jon60anderson@gmail.com

Property has lake frontage and is generally located on a bluff 50' above McGowan Lake.  Kenny Brook Creek runs through the property.  The cabin is located approximately center-line near the northern boarder of the 40 acres.  There are many additional building sites, both in the woods or with a lake-view.  There are no building codes, except setback from the lake.  There are two other cabins on McGowan/Lena Lake, most of the surrounding area is WMA, which prevents additional building in the area.

Access to the property is via canoe, kayak, or light-weight boat from the public landing located on the east side for McGowan Lake.  Property can also be accessed via hike in from Horseshoe Road.  Hike in access crosses State, County, and WMA properties.   At one time, I had an ATV path that accessed the property from Horseshoe Road; , this path has not been used for about 5 or 6 years.

Cartway is an option in MN.   Or, you might be able to work out an easement or informal agreement with adjacent land owners (no guarantee by the seller).

I can arrange temporary access to get additional equipment back to the property (tractor, dozer, generator, etc).  This would be a one time access arrangement over a specified weekend.

Cabin is furnished.  Furnishing are mix of antique collectibles, hand-made pieces, and a few items acquired at estate sales.  Property includes an outhouse, old bunkhouse/shed (needs work) and an 880 Oliver Tractor with Front End Loader (needs work).

Property is adjacent to WMA, County Land, and State Land which expands the areas that could be hunted.  Deer, Black Bear, Turkey, etc.  in the area

There is extensive mature Aspen and  Red Oak on the property.   Selective logging would be an option if you worked out access agreements.   There is quite a bit of blowdown timber on the property that can be cut up for heating if desired.

Hand-scribed log cabin.  Lateral grooves were insulated.  Metal roof installed.   I used a live edge Red Oak board to trim out the roof edge.  This board should be replaced with something that stands up to water a little better.  Cabin was designed to keep the water off the logs.  Logs are all in great shape.  When not in use, cabin is boarded up to protect windows.

Main foundation support is Oak.  Foots were dug below the frost line (48" and filled with concrete

Outhouse is located 100' from the cabin.  There is no running water on the property.  An adjacent property found water at 18' with a sand point.   Or, you could set up a pumping/filtering system from the lake.

View of McGowan Lake. There are fish in the lake.  A few locals fish in the warmer months. And, we see a few more folks ice fishing in the winter.   The lake is accessed from a public landing on the I West side of McGowan Lake.   You can land a canoe, kayak, or lightweight boat on the property.  However, there is hike up the bluff to access the cabin.  Installing a dock would be an options. Floating might work best as the lake is a big boggy at the edges.

Another view of the lake.  I frequently see eagles, deer, porcupine, and beavers in the area. Occasionally, when the wild berries are in season, I see a black bear.

Kenny Brook Creek runs North to South through the property.  There is nice section of  land West of the creek; however, it is difficult to access.

A view of the lake from a flats spot that would work great for deck or a small cabin.

On the bluff on the South-East Corner of the property, there is large field that overlooks the lake.  There is plenty of room for a large structure (if you can work out access arrangements to get equipment into the area).  At one time this area was a  turnaround for a sawmill.  Additionally, there are the remains of an old sod house that was built into one of the banks and occupied about 60 years ago.

Much of the property is wooded with Aspen and Red Oak.  There is a little bit of Maple.  A lot of the new stuff coming in is Maple.  I do have a property management survey from about 10 years back, if interested.

View from another good spot for a deck or small structure.

Another shot of the trees.

More trees.



Even more Trees.



This is the original bunk-house.  We built this to have a place to stay while building the cabin.  It is set on grade (no footings). The roof is sound.   However, it has a plywood exterior as was never finished.   Checked things out this week; it looks like a porcupine has infiltrated the bunk house and called it home for some time. Therefore, some substantial cleanup is needed.   I am researching how to relocate a porcupine and will attempt my next time out.  This is sort of an "as is" thing!

Rear Window.  The interior photos are taken with windows boarded up on the outside.  All the windows are high quality and keyed to allow for log settling.

Front Window, trimmed out in Red Oak.

2nd Front Window.

Sitting area.   Many of the stools, tables, and benches are handmade from local materials.   My preference is using a more natural live edge style.  Furnishing  and cabin equipment stay with the cabin.

Restored Ice-box, designed cool with block ice.   Need to run a drain from the box out of the building.

Antique apartment stove converted to run on Propane.   The stove is in excellent condition.

There is a 1/2 loft with about 5' of headroom.  We use this for storage.  We tried a bed, then determined we liked the bed on the first floor better.

View of sitting/dining area from the kitchen.

View toward the wood stove from the kithcen.

Another view of the dinning ara.

View of the kitchen.

Handmade table.

Handmade tables and stool.

View of the kitchen and handmade loft ladder.  Ladder designed for minimal space, yet easy access.

View of the bedroom.  The bed frame is hand made.   It is time to replace the bedding due to mice.   There is minor mice cleanup needed in the cabin.  One thing to remember about this area is there are always mice.  So when away food and bedding need to be boxed up.  Mice poison and repellents help, but in this area, no cabin is mice-proof. 

Oliver 880 was used to build the cabin.   It comes with the property it has a front end loader.   The engine runs great.   Currently the machine has a flat tire and the gear shift popped out of the shifting plates. To get this running you would need to adjust the gear shift (1 hour job), install an new battery.  Then, figure out how to get the tire replaced.   Tire replacement would take all day.  Getting off the wheel weights, freeing up the logs, blocking up the tractor, and then getting the wheel to civilization.
If you don't have a use for the tractor, you could, likely, sell it as is to one of the neighbors.

Front end loader works great.  We welded a few hooks into the bucket so that we could chain up and lift logs onto the building.

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