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Boundary Waters Canoe Area

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Great glaciers carved the physical features of what is today known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) by scraping and gouging rock. The glaciers left behind rugged cliffs and crags, canyons, gentle hills, towering rock formations, rocky shores, sandy beaches and several thousand lakes and streams, interspersed with islands and surrounded by forest.

The BWCAW is a unique area located in the northern third of the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. Approximately 1.3 million acres in size, it extends nearly 150 miles along the International Boundary adjacent to Canada's Quetico Provincial Park and bordered on the west by Voyageurs National Park. The BWCAW contains over 1200 miles of canoe routes, 15 hiking trails and approximately 2000 designated campsites. Wilderness offers freedom to those who wish to pursue an experience of expansive solitude, challenge and personal integration with nature. Because this area was set aside in 1926 to preserve its primitive character and made a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1964, it allows visitors to canoe, portage and camp in the spirit of the French Voyageurs of 200 years ago.

 

BWCA 2007   Eight days on the water with the Groningers and Bruckners for the Lac la Croix circuit

BWCA 2008   Eight days on the water with the Groningers and Bruckners for the Horse Lake circuit + Badlands NP visit (Rev 12/24/13)

BWCA 2013   Eight days on the water with the Groningers and Wayne Bruckner for the Snowbank Lake circuit  (Rev 09/23/20)

BWCA 2020   Six days on the water with the Kent Groninger and the Bruckners for the Disappointment Lake camp  (Rev 09/23/20)

BWCA 2022 Part 1  BWCA 2022 Part 2  Six days on the water with the Kent, Tom, Dave, Peter for the Sawbill Lake  (Rev 09/17/22)

Voyageurs NP

Voyageurs NP 2011   Eight days on the water with the Bruckners, Stu, Susan  (Rev 09/23/11)

River Trips

1990_Colorado River Canoe  Loma to West Water

1991_Colorado River Canoe  Loma to West Water

2021_Wisconsin_Canoeing St Croix National Scenic Riverway, Bass Lake