One thing the Boundary Waters in Minnesota doesn’t need is a dye job. Our lakes in the BWCA are a brilliant blue and they couldn’t be more beautiful. Unfortunately the folks around Lake Delton in Wisconsin weren’t happy with …
This year we have 3 Mikes at Voyageur but one towers above the others. Mike Henderson is 6’4" and is from Rochester, Minnesota. He attends the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and wants to become a Dentist. …
I thought it was my imagination at first. Then I thought it was just the filter of my sunglasses but it’s really true, the leaves are changing color in July. The leaves on the birch, aspen and ferns …
Jennifer Thomas has been coming to the Gunflint Trail since she was a baby. Her family owns a cabin on Sag Lake Trail and she’s worked at Voyageur the past 5 summers. This year she is the Food Packer …
The Dragon Boats are in the Grand Marais Harbor ready for the Dragon Boat Races this weekend. Teams will be practicing in the harbor Friday afternoon and the teams will parade through town Friday evening. Races begin Saturday morning …
Last night was our annual staff dinner for Voyageur Canoe Outfitters. It’s a special evening and the whole crew showers and dresses themselves in something other than a bathing suit or crew t-shirt. It’s always a transformation from what …
The lakes in the BWCA are warm. Normally the surface of the water is nice but 2 feet below you reach freezing cold water. Now if I want to find cold water I have to go down about 6 …
Dana Gilbertson is from Watertown, Minnesota and attends the University of Northern Michigan in Marquette. She loves Marquette and all of the snow they get there in the winter. She is majoring in Zoology. She likes to interact …
I like living where a dark night means better viewing of the stars or possibly the northern lights. Living at the end of the Gunflint Trail we don’t see many billboards and since we don’t pay for television we …
Cars parked along the Gunflint Trail can only mean a couple of things; One is there’s a moose or two someone is berry picking. Recently the number of vehicles seen along the Trail mean the berry pickers are out …