This is the view of the current 75-foot collapsible tower when fully extended as viewed from Seagull Lake between Seagull Creek and the public swimming beach and picnic area. The proposed tower would be permanent and therefore built beefier than…
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Proposed tower will be visible in the Boundary Waters
The last thing I want to see as I’m paddling across a wilderness lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a tower. Well, maybe not the last thing because I wouldn’t want to see a body floating or…
Dog Sled Adventure in the BWCA
Here’s another great video by Layne Kennedy. Gosh I love sled dogs! Layne Kennedy Wintergreen Dog Sled Lodge Photo Adventure from Layne Kennedy on Vimeo.
Cell phone service in the Boundary Waters
I hate to even type the title of this blog. I think allowing cell phone activity in the BWCA would be a terrible thing for our wilderness. I can just imagine portaging into Ram Lake and hearing the sound of…
Photos of Stairway Portage
I found some neat pictures online the other day. They are the property of the Cook County Historical Society and they were taken when Stairway Portage was being built. The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the new wooden staircase that bypasses…
Benny Ambrose of Ottertrack Lake
I wrote the following article about Benny Ambrose to update one of our web site pages. While I never met Benny I have heard numerous stories about him and his life on Ottertrack Lake. Benny Ambrose was the last man…
Boundary Waters trip to Rose Lake
We’ve been working on updates to our Boundary Waters canoe trip routes on our website for a number of years. It’s a time consuming task and I have the tendency to want things to be perfect. What’s that saying, “Striving…
Coming soon to Seagull Lake- 80-foot radio tower for your viewing pleasure!
WHAT? Someone decided it would be a good idea to place an 80-foot radio tower near the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department Hall #3 on Blankenburg Road near the Seagull Lake boat landing. I don’t have all of the details…
Snow in the Forecast and Ice Fishing Fun
Bring on the snow! There’s snow in the forecast and we’re hoping we get our fair share. Any snow we get now helps keep the trails for skiing and snowmobiling last longer. And it makes travel to fishing holes easier…
BWCA Winter Trek to Hegman Lake Pictographs
Just like you can’t pick your relatives you can’t choose what the weather will be like on any given day. The temperature wasn’t ideal on Saturday with a high of maybe 1 degree but that’s the day we wanted to…
- Interesting read about invasive species and how to manage them. t.co/n50BxcQqbf
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