Be Warned!!!

The campsite is great but the General Store nearby is very shady and is likely scamming tourists!

There is a guy at the General store 5 minutes down the road from Pete's Lake that will rent you a boat to take out on lake Superior if you like. He doesn't put his stuff online or do reservations.

During a busy season like when we were there, it felt like we were in luck to find a rental at all. But that's what I believe they want you to think.

We rented a large pontoon to take out on to Superior, not too many questions asked, it was all very easy and the return went well.

However, a couple days later, we got a message from the rental guy saying that we damaged the front of the boat and that there was exposed metal that could hurt a child (what?). He then billed our credit card an extra $150 for repairs to a front plate that he said was dented up and had popped out.  He said that we'd lied and if we had told him about it he'd have only charged us $50.

This struck me as odd since I had no reason to think we had damaged the boat in any way. It caused me to look back and check our photos that we took on the boat. It turns out that the front plate had already been all bent up and popped out of the sides and screwed in with metal screws when we rented it.

It really seemed like he had everything pre-planned and he even stated that he knew that the front pops out easily (as though it had sustained damage many times before) and that he had a standard fee for it. We're convinced that he's running this scam to get extra money out of vacationers with a part that is already damaged on the boat and trying to make them feel like they're in the wrong.

We are disputing the charge but he placed it on the card before talking with us.

The campsite is great though! Lots of stuff to do nearby and very clean. Some interesting characters around but we didn't feel like our stuff would walk away so chalk it up to Summertime in the UP!