Welcome to Bear Island Surveying, Inc., your Ely, MN land surveyors located on the edge of the BWCA in northern Minnesota. We are a sister company with Bear Island Land Co., the largest real estate company in Ely, MN. Both companies are owned by B.R. (Charlie) Chernak, Broker/ Licensed Land Surveyor. Charlie has 13 years of surveying with the U.S. Forest Service in Ely and 14 years in the private sector. No other land surveying office in northern Minnesota can offer this combination of surveying and real estate expertise as well as 80+ years of combined surveying experience.