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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jacob Skorloken caught one of the biggest pike in Minnesota history while fishing the Boundary Waters in May. It won't qualify as a record because of a DNR rule around photographs, but Skorloken ...

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 ...

Anyone who has camped in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness knows that looking up into an unimpeded night sky is one of the joys of the trip, whether it’s to see the Milky Way, the Big ...