The Summer 2005 issue of Wilderness News is online and in the mail. Download a PDF here >
Highlights:
Woodland Caribou Provincial Park ~ Where Nature Still Rules
This is a place one is more likely to come across a woodland caribou, or hear the cry of a wolf than encounter humankind. It is an ancient, weathered landscape of haunting physical solitude and spiritual solace. A sojourn to the hinterlands of Woodland Caribou is a voyage through time. By canoe, one can follow the waterways of the Ojibway and journey past images of animals and shamans painted on stone. MORE>
Isle Royale; 65 Years Later
In a brewing controversy reminiscent of those surrounding the removal of cabins and resorts in the Boundary Waters Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park, holders of life leases to cabins in Isle Royale National Park are seeking to change sales agreements their families made with the Park Service leading to the establishment of the island park in 1940. MORE>
John S. Pillsbury, Jr. Remembers NWNL’s Ile de Bord
From the 1930s through the 1950s, today’s Boundary Waters Canoe area (BWCA) was home to a thriving community of private resorts, and Basswood Lake was a prime destination. More than 30 buildings once ringed the lake, most of which were independent lodges catering primarily to vacationing fishermen. MORE>
Book Review: Reading Rock Art
Interpreting The Indian Rock Paintings Of The Canadian Shield
by Grace Rajnovich