Published by the Oberholtzer Foundation Marshall, Minnesota (2000, 128 pages, $50.00-Hardcover) Reviewed by David Pelly, author of six books about Canada’s Arctic, including Thelon: A River Sanctuary. Note: This review by …
Just an easy paddle from the Sawbill Landing you may find one of the Boundary Waters’ hidden mysteries. Dolmen stones are usually a natural boulder supported by “peg” stones. They are …
A Canoe of Wood From the deep north words I come. From the tall cedars and spruce old as time my ribs are bent. From the peaceful land of Hiawatha I …
[Part I of this story appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Wilderness News] The Big Resorts – Basswood Lake, Crooked Lake Throughout the 1930s, tourism spread rapidly into the roadless …
by Joe Paddock Published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press (2001, 341 pages, $27.95 Hardcover) Imagine that a doctor gives you only one more year of life. Would you head for …
The Spring 2004 issue of Wilderness News is online and in the mail. Click here to download a pdf. What’s Inside: The Historic Lodges of …
The Winter issue of Wilderness News is in the mail and online. Download a PDF here. Highlights: Special Burn Issue: Fall Burning Increases in BWCA, Remains Short of Goal …
The US Forest Service, partnering with the Ontario Fire Service, carried out two successful prescribed burns within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) on October 10th and 11th. The Arc …
If you’ve paddled Basswood Lake to Crooked Lake, you’ve travelled an ancient route— favored by indigenous tribes and the Voyageurs, through a wild and peaceful chain of lakes, leading you to …
His canoes are used as part of a wilderness experience that teaches respect and integrity to young adults. By Timothy Eaton I had the pleasure of visiting with Joe on numerous …
Ted Hall – a force for local activism and wilderness preservation A Quetico Superior Foundation board director for 32 years, Edward (Ted) Hall passed away September 23, 2003, at age 82 …
The Fall issue of Wilderness News is in the mail and online. Download a PDF here. Highlights: Special Feature Part I: The Historic Lodges of the …
These historic native illustrations are thought to be some of the clearest examples of pictographs in the BWCA/Quetico wilderness. The figures include a bull moose, another four legged animal, several canoes …
The Minnesota Land Trust uses conservation easements to protect tracts in three high-visibility lakes of canoe country. The Minnesota Land Trust, with funding from the Quetico Superior Foundation, has completed three …
Results of the prescribed burn that took place on Three Mile Island last September. With the completion last September of the Magnetic Lake and Three Mile Island prescribed burns, the Forest …
We were privileged to have Wally Dayton on the Quetico Superior Foundation Board for more than two decades. Wally died at his home on October 27, 2002 after a prolonged illness. …
The U.S. Forest Service entered the fall burn season determined to carry out as many prescribed burns as possible in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), including several that they were …
The Nature Conservancy of Minnesota is making two land purchases that will help preserve the scenery, history and unusual ecosystem of the Pigeon River border area between Minnesota and Ontario.
Named for an early explorer, LaVerendrye Provincial Park offers backcountry camping, and a walk on the Canadian side. LaVerendrye is a Waterway Provincial Park spanning the distance from Saganaga Lake at …
