Won’t Be Long
In a blink of an eye the ice will be gone and the water will be ready for paddling. Are you ready to canoe or kayak the BWCA? Every spring I think about taking an early season trip when the …
Year: 2015
Fewer Folks in the Boundary Waters
There have been quite a few changes in the over 20 years we have owned Voyageur Canoe Outfitters. A few of these changes have been documented by the USFS. Visitors to the BWCA are on average older than they used …
Migrating Bald Eagles
Keep an eye on the sky in the upcoming weeks in search of migrating bald eagles. Along the shore of Lake Superior is a great place to see bald eagles because there is open water. Once the eagles make their …
BWCA Photo Almost Famous
A photo of the Boundary Waters taken by a Duluth woman is competing in the Smithsonian.com photo contest. Dawn LaPointe entered a beautiful photo of her husband paddling into a sunrise on a lake in the BWCA. The photo is …
Brewery Grand Opening
We’re celebrating the Grand Opening of Voyageur Brewing Company in Grand Marais this weekend. We’re giving away door prizes on the hour every hour and we have a big drawing at the end of the weekend. If you’ve thought about …
Spring, Spawning and Sap
Spring is coming and the first official day is March 20th. There will be 12 hours of sunlight on that day and the days will continue to get longer and longer until the summer solstice. With the warming temperatures and …
Flying Planes and Killing Calves
Last night I had the strangest dream. I was attempting to fly a small plane and I couldn’t get the nose of the plane up high enough to get past the towers that were stretching up into the sky. No …
And then it was Spring
When the temperature gets up into the 40’s in Northern Minnesota it makes everyone believe Spring is here. As people watch the snow melt and bare earth appear their brains start to imagine winter is over. Thoughts of raking and …
ARMER Tower on the Gunflint Trail? NIMBY!
A radio tower dotting the scenic views at the end of the Gunflint Trail? No thank you, Not In My Back Yard. There is no need for this additional tower because we have good enough coverage without it. In the …
Bittersweet More Sweet than Bitter
It’s bittersweet. I’m not sure I even know what that means to tell you the truth. But I do know that today would have been the 9th Annual Mush for a Cure Dogsledding FUNdraiser on the Gunflint Trail if I …