History of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Anyone who has visited the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) can tell you that it is a special place. Bordering Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park, the BWCAW is a vast wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. It began in 1964 when the US Congress designated this unique border region as a protected, natural wilderness. Continue reading “History of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness”