What is that Sound?
A person can hear all kinds of sounds when out camping in the canoe country. The call of a loon, the howl of a wolf, the splash of a fish, the hoot of an owl and the unwelcome buzz of …
Category: wildlife
Forests are Great
Call me a tree hugger if you like but I love trees, the more the better. Lots of trees that make up a forest provide places for wildlife to live and tree huggers to play. I always knew forests were …
Bear With Us
Another night of the bear intruder and possibly a second, smaller bear. There’s a tiny window on the back side of our outfitting building, 12″ by 24 or 36″. A bear broke through the window, cut its paw and ate …
Unwanted Customer at Voyageur Canoe Outfitters
Every business owner has them. The customer who you put up with because they are paying good money but you really don’t enjoy having them around. When they don’t pay it makes it all the more difficult to put up …
Playing in Puddles
This time of the year a person can spot many different species of butterflies flying around on the Gunflint Trail. You can also spot them on the ground where there are mud puddles but according to this website it is …
Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks or Black Bear?
I have a strange feeling we are living in a warped Fairy Tale. We don’t have any pigs living in our house but we do sometimes have oatmeal(porridge) for breakfast and we definitely have bears. Once upon a time there …
Welcome to the Gunflint Trail Loon Chicks
We usually don’t start seeing loon chicks until around the 4th of July. Guests haven’t reported seeing them in the Boundary Waters yet but there are a couple of loon chicks in our neighborhood. The loon nesting platform in the …
The Loon Whisperer
On Saganaga Lake the other day I decided to start a conversation with a loon. This conversation went much better than any previous discussion I’ve had with a loon. Take a listen for yourself.
Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful
That’s the best way to describe how this summer has been so far, wonderful. Our guests staying at Voyageur are catching fish, the bugs are mild, the weather has been gorgeous and our Voyageur Crew is amazing. Combine all of …
Dragonflies
We’ve had some beautiful weather on the Gunflint Trail this past week. The sun has been shining, the temperatures warm and dragonflies are flittering about everywhere. I’ve always heard they eat mosquitoes and found this interesting article about dragonflies online. …