Otters make me happy
These fun and playful animals can be seen around moving water in the winter. Where there are rapids or falls you can look for evidence of their presence. You can also spot their slides through the snow when you are …
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Liquid on the Seagull River
It’s so refreshing to see open water in front of Voyageur once again. It’s a special time of the year when grouse drum in the woods, moose lick residual salt off of the roads and ducks drop in for a …
Voyageur Crew 2015
We love getting to know our new crew each summer. It’s fun to look back at a group and think about where they are now. It’s nice knowing four of our crew from this summer are living near each other …
Voyageur Crew 2017
I’m posting a few photos of the crew from 2018. The good news is I can remember all of them! It’s super easy to remember the folks who have worked at Voyageur Canoe Outfitters for two or three summers but …
See the Supermoons
The new year starts out with two supermoons in January. While the definition of a supermoon is when a new moon or full moon is closest to the earth only the full supermoon receives attention. We just had a supermoon …
What About the Smell?
Torn- Chapter 4? What about the awful smell this summer in Grand Marais? I know it isn’t good for tourism to complain about how bad it smells in town sometimes but it’s just another thing that makes me want to …
Oh Deer on the Gunflint
We’ve been seeing a little buck around Voyageur at the end of the Gunflint Trail lately. We haven’t seen many deer in the past few years and many of us think that is a good thing. When the deer population …
Wildlife Watching on the Gunflint Trail
I have found the secret to viewing wildlife on the Gunflint Trail. All I have to do is leave my camera and phone at home and I’ll see plenty of wildlife. Just the other day I spotted a cow moose …
Voyageur Crew Member Sarah
Sarah just graduated from the University of Minnesota with a major in Marketing. She has many talents and I’m sure she may change her mind but she says when she grows up she wants to deliver mail on the Gunflint …
Outfitter Crew Member Rachael
Rachael joins us from Shakopee, Minnesota as a recent graduate from Winona State University. You may recall Tony and Hannah as well as a few other previous crew members attended Winona and that’s how Rachael heard about Voyageur. She hasn’t …