Boundary Waters Canoe Trip Permit time 2025
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?
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 …
BWCA permit reservations available?
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 …
Boundary Waters permits and education
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 …
Boundary Waters Permits for May 2020
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. …
Small fire in Daniels Lake in the BWCAW
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 …
Boundary Waters Permit System, FROZEN?
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 …
BWCA Permit System FAILURE
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 …
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 …
Lost in the Woods Advice from the 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.