ELY, a city of St. Louis county, Minnesota, U.S.A., on Long lake, 117m. N. by E. of Duluth, at the entrance to the Superior national forest. It is served by the Duluth and Iron Range rail road, and is the northern terminus for motor travel in the "Arrow head country." The population was 4,902 in 1920 (37% foreign born white) and was 6,156 in 193o by the Federal census. There are five underground iron mines, employing 1,5oo men the year round. The city is a centre for tourists and sportsmen, situated as it is in the midst of millions of acres of primeval wilderness and surrounded by a network of beautiful lakes. It is headquar ters of the Superior national forest service. Ely was settled about 1886 and was incorporated in 1891.