Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) and Quetico Park

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness provides abundant habitat for fish and wildlife and unparalleled opportunities for hunting, fishing, and other recreation. This area is currently protected from the threats of a copper mine, but the House of Representatives is about to vote on a proposal that will forever remove those safeguards. Please speak up and tell your congressional representatives to keep the protections in place. We can’t let the Boundary Waters be the next victim of a toxic che

How to Ice Fish in the Boundary Waters - Tuscarora Lodge & Canoe Outfitters

There are more than 2,000 campsites in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). He’s been to them all. Mark Zimmer, more commonly referred to as the ‘Barefoot Paddler,’ recently completed a goal to visit and digitally mark with GPS coordinates every campsite accessible by canoe across the BWCA Wilderness. Zimmer completed the mission Monday, Aug. 11. The final campsite he marked was on Topper Lake near the Gunflint Trail. Zimmer is in the middle of his 13th year exploring the BWCA Wilde