Category: BWCAW

Boundary Water Canoe Area is in northern Minnesota and northern Canada (Quetico). It is a series of lakes with portages offering some serious off the grid backcountry experiences. I have been going since I was a young man and many of my favorite life memories were made on these trips.

loon taken on 2016 BWCA trip

The "Big Trip" in the Boundary Water Canoe Area (BWCA)

Chances are this trip will be the greatest back country trip of my lifetime. I have done about 15 trips, all in the one week range from age 14 onward. Cousin Bob used to talk about traversing the entire BWCA, and that dream always stuck in my head. It came...

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