This is an incredibly unique experience within the NPS and the best way to really experience Voyageurs NP. Voyageurs is a water park with few roads and fewer places for you to access the park without a boat. In fact, the vast majority of the park, 3 of the 4 lakes and entirety of the Kabetogama Peninsula, cannot be accessed from a car. So, if you don't have a boat, one of the only places you can stay is Kettle Falls which is a hotel located on the very end of the Kabetogama Peninsula between Namakan Lake and Rainy Lake. For over a hundred years is has served as a lodging for visitors, loggers, bootleggers and hundreds of National Park guest. This is an experience; it is not luxury lodging. It is camp style lodging with common restroom over a cozy lobby and boarding house dining room. There is a nice, covered porch and the local bar for the park. It is nicer than a tent, but without internet or TV, it is oddity more like the early history of the park where you engaged total strangers in face to face conversation. Again Kettle Falls is not the destination but the experience, and it is one you cannot get anywhere else. One of the great things about Kettle Falls is the stay gets you a boat ride to see the park. Ok, it is a $45 charge, but with a room at $70, I preferred to look at it as a normal hotel room with a boat ride into the park included. On that ride we saw several bald eagles which was so cool. As the electronic entertainment amenities are low, this place is made to get outdoors with hiking, kayaks and boat rentals and more. Unfortunately, the day of my visit was steady rain so I did not get to take the kayak out, but I did some hiking to the dam and see the spot where you can look south into Canada from the US. The last part of traditional entertainment of the hotel is the bar for people all around the park to come to and it is a bar you will want to see. The original foundation was not on stable ground, so the porch and bar floor began to sink, so much that there is a visible and pronounce lien in the building. When the NPS stabilized the building, they kept the slope in the bar and porch, so you can still experience this. The best part is the pool table that rises above the floor on one side to keep it level, adding to the uniqueness of this visit. Again for me this is all about the experience and while my experience did not have the best weather, it did not stop me from enjoying this stay greatly.…