"Is the Boundary Waters as fun as sugar?" asked Annie. "Better!" I answered with false brightness. Our family unit had just loaded into the Suburban with seven backpacks (Annie was only required to ...

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. – Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just a few hours earlier, I ...

Northern Minnesota is home to some of the most pristine wilderness canoeing areas in the world! Chance goes on a scenic canoe day trip in Superior National Forest with wilderness canoe guide Eliza ...

Dave and Amy Freeman return to their 19-foot Wenonah Itasca canoe to attempt an amphibious ice-to-lake transit while still dealing with wild weather. Ice-out in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

Guides Dave and Amy Freeman spent 12 months paddling, skiing, and dogsledding in the Boundary Waters. It drove home a key ...

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) visitors are preparing for summer visits and planned trips now that the calendar has flipped to June. Some visitors are occasional anglers, utilizing ...

There are tough portages, and then there are portages like the one Jim Kurz is undertaking. Kurz, 63, is walking from his hometown of Ladysmith, Wis., to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...

Fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) was better than this six-man crew dreamed it could be. Submitted photo Fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) was ...

Rescue crews were dispatched to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Sunday morning, October 6, after they received the report of a capsized canoe on Big Shell Lake. The Minnesota State Patrol and ...