Happy 4th of July!
We hope you have a fun filled day with family and friends!
Year: 2017
Moose News on the Gunflint Trail
We’ve been seeing way more moose this year than we have in the past few years at Voyageur Canoe Outfitters. It’s been super fun to see them swimming and wading in the water and walking along the Gunflint Trail. The …
Favorite Places in the Great Outdoors
I recently received an email newsletter from the Conservation Corps. One of the articles in it talked about the favorite places of some of their crew. It shouldn’t have been a surprise to find the BWCA among their favorites but …
Wilderness Outfitters Closed
We are super sorry to hear the doors of Wilderness Outfitters in Ely, Minnesota have been closed. According to newspaper reports the business was shut down by the IRS for failure to pay taxes. “A search by the News Tribune …
Please Pick the Lupines
There are invasive wildflowers all over but none receive as much hatred from me as the lupine. Why does this extremely destructive invasive bother me so much? I think it is because so many people love lupines. If I didn’t …
Black Bears in the Boundary Waters
Here’s a news release from the USFS… SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST MANAGERS URGE THE PUBLIC TO BE BEAR AWARE! June 27, 2017 – Duluth,MN Superior National Forest managers urge the public to learn and practice Bear Aware principles for the protection …
Crystal Clear Boundary Waters
We’re so lucky the water in the Boundary Waters is clean. I forget about how fortunate we are to have awesome water to swim and paddle in. One look at a shallow lake elsewhere in the state reminds me of …
Rainy Day in the BWCA
A Boundary Waters canoe trip is a wonderful adventure. Every adventure needs to have a variety of highs and lows or extremes to make it even more memorable. A rainy day or two in the BWCA is a prerequisite for …
Towboat Service on Saganaga Lake
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could guarantee seeing moose on every towboat ride out to Saganaga Lake or the Quetico Park? Unfortunately we can’t guarantee it but we can say it does happen and it’s always thrilling when it …
BWCA Campsite Mess
What can a person conclude after coming across a BWCA campsite that looks like the one in the video does? The video shows a campsite on Tuscarora Lake which is normally accessed via the Missing Link entry point into the …