Flag Island Resort is located in the beautiful northwest angle of Minnesota on Lake of the Woods. Our location gives you easy access to both MN and Canadian waters. Guests can get to Flag Island Resort via vehicle by driving through Manitoba, Canada and back into Minnesota at Jim’s Corner to Young’s Bay approximately 60 miles from Warroad or Roseau, MN. Once you have arrived at Young’s Bay we can pick you up and transport you to our docks or you can drive your own boat in the summertime or vehicle on the plowed ice road in the winter out approximately 3.5-4 miles. Guests can also get to Flag Island via boat in the summer time or snowmachine in the wintertime from the south shore, which we can accommodate for you. If you are using GPS it works well to use Young’s Bay Resort as a destination. For more information on crossing the border please visit www.cic.gc.ca for Canada or https://www.cbp.gov/ for the US. If you have any questions about Canadian or US customs, please call or email.
Jim’s Corner:
Once you have arrived at Jim’s Corner, the U.S. customs reporting site (a small white shack you will see straight ahead of you when you reach a stop sign on a four corner gravel road) you will need to call the border on the phone provided. Be prepared to provide your name, date of birth and passport number as well as for everyone that you’re traveling with. You will also have to provide your license plate number. We now have a reporting kiosk here on the island with the new CBP OARS App that you may use instead. Another option is downloading the app on your smartphone or tablet. For more information on this go to https://www.cbp.gov/.
If you need a pick up at Young’s Bay please call us once you arrive at Jim’s Corner so that we can send a boat over and arrive on time.
Parking/ launching
Once you arrive to Young’s Bay report to the Young’s Bay Resort Office by the gas dock to pay and receive a parking pass, please note that they do not accept credit cards.
Daily Parking and Launching Rates:
Vehicle $2 per night
Vehicle and Trailer $4 per night
Launch $10
In the winter time watch for signs directing you to the ice road and then to Flag Island Resort, there is a $5 fee for using the ice road.
If you have any questions or concerns about our location, getting to us or about crossing the border please call or email. To find out more information on border crossing visit https://www.cbp.gov/ for US customs or http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/menu-eng.html for Canadian Customs.