Baudette

Baudette is a small city in Northwestern Minnesota, on Rainy River south of the Lake of the Woods. It is a county seat of Lake of the Woods County and is known as the Walleye Capital of the World.

Get in

By car

Baudette is a US/Canada Port of Entry. The Baudette port is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Baudette is the eastern portion of MOM's Way (MOM is an acronym for Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota), an alternate route that connects Winnipeg and Thunder Bay through northern Minnesota.

By plane

It has an airport, 1 Baudette International Airport (BDE  ^IATA), for general aviation.

Sleep

• 1 Sportsman's Lodge, 3244 Bur Oak Rd NW, ☏ +1 218 395-0414. One of three lodges under common ownership; operates Lake of the Woods Passenger Service as a 27' passenger charter across the lake to the Northwest Angle, as well as operating as a local fishing outfitter, charter and lodge. (updated Jun 2021)

Go next

• Rainy River, in Northern Ontario, Canada, is just across the bridge. Since it is in a different country, have your passport ready.

Routes through Baudette

Drayton ← Warroad ←	W  E	→ International Falls → Voyageurs National Park
Thunder Bay ← Rainy River ← becomes ← ←	N  S	→ Big Bog State Recreation Area → ENDS at