We gaze down the lake, remembering what this country looked like before the blowdown pruned all of the big pines in 1999. One of us is thinking about a brook trout dinner. ADVERTISEMENT ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is closed to all visitors effective Saturday due to spreading wildfires, drought and limited resources, the Superior National Forest announced in a news ...

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 ...

Brad Lila of Hudson, Wis., caught his in Mille Lacs Lake and Brecken Kobylecky of Geneva., Ill., caught his in Basswood Lake. Basswood also was the basin that allegedly produced a mammoth 45-pound ...

With the August sun sparkling on Lake One, Chase Coyle stuffed dry sacks full of food for a four-day trip into the Boundary Waters. “It’s a great place to preserve. Once it’s wrecked, it’s ...

Father, son launch epic Boundary Waters canoe journey. ... Departing the big water of Gunflint Lake, we paddled on its eastern shore into a creek that we thought was Little Gunflint Lake.

Now that Leaf and Shaver run Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, they spend most of their waking hours within or working on behalf of the wilderness. “Once we cross this lake, we have the big portage ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is within the bounds of the forest, and a permit is required for overnight paddles. Year-round recreational opportunities include hiking, camping and fishing, to ...

A cold, clear January night revealed bright stars over Snowbank Lake in the BWCAW in this 2014 photo. The Boundary Waters has been certified as an official Dark Sky Sanctuary because it is mostly ...