gunflint in English
noun
1
a small piece of flint that is used to ignite the gunpowder in a flintlock gun.
There's a pub there, close both to the huge Neolithic mines of Grime's Graves and the Lingheath pits that supplied gunflints to army, navy and buccaneers, called The Flint Knappers.
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1. We are happy to accommodate trips leaving from any Gunflint Trail area entry points, but are especially convenient for groups using the East Bearskin, Crocodile River,Clearwater Lake, and Poplar Lake area entry points.
2. “Of the many lodges strung out along the Gunflint, north of Grand Marais, Bearskin most elegantly combines the pleasures of wilderness and luxury, creatures and comfort” — Minnesota Monthly “Bearskin Lodge, outside Grand Marais on the Minnesota border is, in fact, peace on earth” — “Less Doing, More Being,” Brava Magazine.