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

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.

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