Last Night on the Trail
Mike Fossum: Troop 1598 Four-time canoe trip leader with North Country Canoe Outfitters As a youth, I enjoyed BSA’s high adventure programs as the ultimate [...]
St. Cloud Times: Here’s what you should ask a Boundary Waters outfitter
Here's what you should ask a Boundary Waters outfitter By Ann Wessel St. Cloud Times May 29, 2015 Choosing a [...]
When Should I Visit Ely, Minnesota and the BWCA?
Well, it depends on why you would be coming. Do you like to fish? View our Peak Fishing the BWCA and Quetico Park chart. Is [...]
Additions to Our Canoe Outfitting Packages
Here are some additions and changes we've made to our outfitting line-up in recent years. While all of the offerings are detailed in our brochure, [...]
The Chicago Tribune – The Trip North: Doing it the right way
By John Husar We were heading to the airport from a five-day sojourn in the U.S. - Canadian boundary wilderness when I asked our outfitter [...]
Fly-Fishing through Mid-Life Crisis
By Howell Raines Chapter Three (Excerpt) Sometimes we need to be close to the earth and feel its true age and contemplate its real history. [...]
Fly, Rod & Reel: Boundary Waters Bass A pristine smallmouth heaven – two days from anywhere
BOUNDARY WATERS BASS: by Howell Raines In northwestern Ontario, not far from where the Tuck River empties into Crooked Lake, there is a large shallow [...]
The New York Times – Finding A New Affection For Pike
By Howell Raines ELY, Minn. -- For the third year in a row, my sons and I ventured into the wilderness lakes north of this [...]
New York Times – Outdoors: A Paradise Found In The Minnesota Wilderness
NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - OUTDOORS By Howell Raines Over the years, I have learned the hard way that from the standpoint of the [...]
About the Pagami Creek Fire
You may have heard about the forest fire near Ely, Minnesota in the BWCA in the fall of 2012, the Pagami Creek Fire. The Forest [...]