The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

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 ...

Permits for summer trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year go on sale Wednesday. Why it matters: ...

As Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness trips go, this one had a little of everything. Up and down fishing, up and down weather, and enough moments that get lodged in the long-term memory bank.

Erik Grams saw he was at a point of no return. Then, in an instant, he was swept past it. His canoe pulled into the mouth of a 30-foot waterfall, he was tossed into boulders and cascading current, on ...

I've paddled wild rivers in Alaska and northern Canada, hiked mountain ranges from the Beartooths to the Cascades and explored scenic wonders ranging from Yellowstone's mudpots to Costa Rica's ...

Heading into the boundary waters is undoubtedly daunting, especially if you haven't been. Inherent risks stalk any trip into the wild, especially when you venture beyond the reach of cellphones and ...

Do you remember your first trip to the Boundary Waters? Bits and pieces, I bet. I wanted to tell you the story while it’s fresh. It was August 2014. You were 3-going-on-4, and the Boundary Waters was ...

U.S. Forest Service officials on Monday said they will reopen the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for day trips starting Tuesday but will continue to ban overnight trips and camping until at ...

A trip to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has come and gone, offering an annual opportunity to try new gear that adds to the wilderness experience. The gear you bring in has to keep ...

I take a drink from my CamelBak, sucking down the cold ­water, then puffing it back up the tube and into the reservoir so it doesn’t freeze. The rest of the crew has stripped away their jackets to ...