Boundary Waters Canoe Trips
Our Voyageur summer crew has been getting out into the Boundary Waters on canoe trips. It’s so nice to have them take advantage of where they live and make the most of their time on the Gunflint Trail. We’ve had …
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Wet Weekend in the Boundary Waters
Over the past 24 hours we’ve received almost a half of an inch of rain at the end of the Gunflint Trail. It looks like it might be done raining for now as the sun has finally appeared. The forecast …
Boy Scouts Saved in the BWCA
Luckily the Boy Scouts involved in a recent capsizing followed their motto and were prepared. They were wearing their life vests while paddling in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Whether or not they should have been paddling in the first …
Riverside Cabin Waiting For You on the Gunflint Trail
Do you have some vacation time coming to you? If so, then take it now because our Riverside Cabin is available until the 15th of June. This is a great cabin that is perched on the edge of the Seagull …
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Bears in the Burbs, BWCA and Beyond
There’s lots of talk about bears recently. This is the time of the year when the black beauties are most hungry and tend to frequent places they might find an easy meal. One of these such places is Voyageur Canoe …
What Kind of BWCA Bird is That?
You mean the bird that goes, “insert my best whistling here.” “It’s the White Throated Sparrow.” According to the Cornell Institute it’s song is, “A pretty, thin whistle that sounds like Oh-sweet-canada-canada or Old-Sam-Peabody-Peabody. The whistles are even but typically …
Water is Our Greatest Attraction
With a place name like the “Boundary Waters” people know water must be very important to us. Even though we sometimes complain about our water being frozen too many months out of the year we know how lucky we are …
Memorial Weekend in the Boundary Waters
There are plenty of BWCA paddling permits available for Memorial Day Weekend. I wish I were planning to paddle and camp but there are still too many things I need to work on for the season. There are still tackle …
Operation Ice Out
Friday night’s low temperature dipped to 22 degrees and the high on Saturday was 62 degrees. We certainly don’t need any more freezing temperatures and would welcome more sunshine. We’ve been able to get out onto Saganaga Lake and near …
Lake Ice Status on the Gunflint Trail
Mark was out on Saganaga this morning to check out the ice conditions. Unfortunately there is still ice out there on the big part of the lake and some hanging on in other parts as well. You can’t quite make …