Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes — although there are technically 11,482. One of the best places to experience lake life is a remote wilderness in northern Minnesota called the Boundary ...

Discover why Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area is the ultimate wilderness escape for summer 2025. Canoes, solitude, and serious wow factor.

The Boundary Waters is a region that extends from Canada through the United States border lying somewhere between Ontario and Minnesota. ... Ely, MN 55731 (800) 223-6565 piragis.com.

Ely, Minnesota was once a thriving iron mining capital, whose modern identity is now synonymous with the largest wilderness area east of the Rocky Mountains: the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

The Boundary Waters offer some 1,500 miles (2,414 kilometers) of canoe routes and 2,000 secluded campsites; in other words, it's the perfect territory in which to disappear for a while.

ELY, Minn. — Kelly Murphy’s muffled voice came from inside his fishing shelter not far from the Canadian border on Knife Lake.

Stretching along the Canadian border, Minnesota’s entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been named the 13th Dark Sky Sanctuary by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA).

A fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness about 12 miles northwest of Ely continued to slowly grow on Tuesday.The Cummings Lake fire is now estimated to have burned across about 40 acres ...

Nine Minnesota businesses that rely on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area have sued the Interior Department, challenging its decision to reinstate the federal mineral rights leases for the planned ...

This week, federal agencies responsible for the stewardship of America's public lands did the right thing: They took a hard look at science and public opinion and made a sober decision to protect ...

The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow to a copper-nickel ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber, R ...