Discover why Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area is the ultimate wilderness escape for summer 2025. Canoes, solitude, and serious wow factor.

INSIDE THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS -- When we shoved off from the portage trail between Lake One and Lake Two amid a gentle breeze and high spirits, I knew we had succeeded.

Leaf (left) and Shaver land a lake trout. Lee Thomas Kjos Civilian War. Winter in the Boundary Waters isn’t exactly peak season, but it’s still popular for skiing, snowshoeing, and ice fishing. Summer ...

With the August sun sparkling on Lake One, Chase Coyle stuffed dry sacks full of food for a four-day trip into the Boundary Waters. “It’s a great place to preserve. Once it’s wrecked, it’s ...

The Best Fishing Lures For The Boundary Waters and Quetico fishing video by Chop With Chris educates you on the lures and techniques for catching walleye, small mouth, lake trout, and northern pike.

An all-female team is more than a month into a self-supported 1,900km kayaking expedition from Grand Portage on Lake Superior ...

ELY, Minn. — A wildfire in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has grown to 27 acres, causing the closure of more areas and portages. According to the U.S. Forest Service, there ...

2 / 4: Ken Hupila augers a hole in a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Lake before a day of brook trout fishing. The ice is a couple of feet thick this time of year.

The Boundary Waters were parched, too: the period June 1-19 was the driest ever in northeast Minnesota, contributing to explosive fire conditions that were doused by timely rains — this time.