Question: I’m a city slicker, but I can’t seem to shake the idea of going canoeing in the Boundary Waters (BWCA). How should I prepare–other than canoeing and camping around here? Thanks. Adventure ...

Question: I understand there are some great places to canoe north of Duluth, Minnesota, but I haven’t been able to find them. Also, is there any rafting available for beginners? I am a 50-year-old ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is closed to visitors for the next week as crews fight growing fires in the area, according to Superior National Forest officials. The ...

The Superior National Forest has extended the closure in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness until Sept. 3 due to active and increasing fire activity, extreme drought, and limited resources. The ...

I recently completed a seven-day Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness trip, guided by Boundary Waters Journal publisher Stu Osthoff. Joining us was another Minnesota native and avid outdoorswoman, ...

There are tough portages, and then there are portages like the one Jim Kurz is undertaking. Kurz, 63, is walking from his hometown of Ladysmith, Wis., to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...

Twin Metals wants to build an underground copper-nickel mine, processing facility and tailings storage facility several miles ...

On Wednesday the Biden Administration dealt a potentially fatal blow to a proposed mining project near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. The administration made a ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has approved a plan for exploratory mineral drilling just outside the Boundary ...

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. – Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just a few hours earlier, I ...

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. (AP) — Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just a few hours earlier ...