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End of the blog
on Mar 3, 2007The spambots overran things, so after deleting their hard work, I thought I'd do a little spamming of my own.For more information on the Boundary Waters, please see:BWCAWiki.orgWikipediaSome great photos can be found at:Flickr.com...



Fall is fine
on Oct 27, 2005Doug Mell of the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram writes an AP article on the solitude found paddling the Boundary Waters in the autumn:It is hard to describe what it feels like to be on enormous lakes, hundreds and hundreds of acres, with bluffs rising ri...



A voyageur journey
on Oct 26, 2005The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a write-up of a voyageur-esque trip along the Border Route, from Rainy Lake in the west to Grand Portage and Lake Superior in the east:The storm was short-lived and gave way to a spectacular reddish glow in the east an...



Building of bear center begun
on Oct 26, 2005Groundbreaking on the North American Bear Center took place last week in Ely:The North American Bear Center will be built in phases and consist of indoor and outdoor exhibits, a bear enclosure and viewing area, interpretive nature trails and a mini-t...



Coming soon to a lake near you(r wilderness area)
on Oct 19, 2005From the Star Tribune:Peterson is just one of a growing number of land buyers descending on the north woods; they're streaming into the area from all over the Midwest and from as far away as Maine. The market is hot. Developable land is growing scarc...



I'd rather be swimming
on Oct 12, 2005The warm weather earlier this summer had heated up the lakes in the Boundary Waters enough that by the time we arrived in late July, they felt downright comfortable. My memories of the water temperatures up there come from my summers working at a ca...