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Boundary Waters Canoe Trip Permit time 2025

By Sue Prom Posted on January 23, 2025 Posted in News Tagged with Boundary Waters, BWCA, BWCAW, lottery, permit, USFS, Voyageur Canoe Outfitters

It’s that time of the year again. In spite of the frozen lakes and snow covered campsites summer will be here before we know it. We would love to see you at Voyageur Canoe Outfitters and be a part of …

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No more tow boats in the Boundary Waters?

By Sue Prom Posted on April 23, 2023 Posted in News Tagged with Boundary Waters, saganaga bwca, towboats, USFS

Wilderness Watch is suing the US Forest Service in order to remove towboats from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. They want tow boat use to end and to not allow them on the lakes when the ice melts this …

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BWCA permit reservations available?

By Sue Prom Posted on January 21, 2022 Posted in News No Comments Tagged with Boundary Waters, BWCA, permit reduction, Saganaga Lake, Seagull Lake, USFS

Reservations for the upcoming paddling season in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area will be available starting January 26th. Whether or not an overnight paddling permit for the BWCA will be available for you to reserve is another story. Last week …

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Boundary Waters permits and education

By Sue Prom Posted on February 12, 2021 Posted in BWCA No Comments Tagged with Boundary Waters, BWCAW, permits, USFS, Voyageur Canoe Outfitters

Last year saw an unprecedented number of visitors in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. A number of these visitors were experiencing the canoe country for the first time and may not have had the knowledge needed for such an …

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Boundary Waters Permits for May 2020

By Sue Prom Posted on April 16, 2020 Posted in BWCA No Comments Tagged with Boundary Waters, BWCA permits May 2020, camping trip, USFS, Voyageur Canoe Outfitters

It’s in the news the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is closed to visitors until May 5th. This isn’t too big of a deal since ice will be clinging to many of the lakes in the BWCA until then.   …

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Small fire in Daniels Lake in the BWCAW

By Sue Prom Posted on July 28, 2019 Posted in BWCA No Comments Tagged with BWCA, BWCAW, Daniels Lake, fire, Fire Ban, USFS

Hopefully the rain we received along with the storm on Friday will lessen the fire danger in the BWCAW.  Until then everyone should use caution with campfires and make sure they are dead out before leaving even if it’s just …

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Boundary Waters Permit System, FROZEN?

By Sue Prom Posted on February 1, 2019 Posted in BWCA No Comments Tagged with boundary waters canoe area, BWCA, permit reservation, Reserve America, USFS

We’re blaming the Polar Vortex on a number of things going on right now so we may as well blame the epic failure of the BWCA permit reservation system on it too. It’s really not a funny situation but sometimes …

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BWCA Permit System FAILURE

By Sue Prom Posted on January 30, 2019 Posted in BWCA No Comments Tagged with Boundary Waters permit, BWCA, permits, USFS

  The Boundary Waters permit reservation system went live this morning only to crash shortly after. Anyone who reserved a permit will have their permit thrown back into the pool and will have to re-reserve their permit. The work of …

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Benny Ambrose of Ottertrack Lake

By Sue Prom Posted on February 24, 2018 Posted in BWCA No Comments Tagged with benny ambrose, BWCA, ottertrack lake, USFS

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 …

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Lost in the Woods Advice from the USFS

By Sue Prom Posted on February 21, 2018 Posted in skills No Comments Tagged with lost in the woods, USFS

The advice about what to do when you’re lost in the woods is from 1946 but some of it might still hold true.

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