Boundary Waters Canoe Area Video Podcast

With the sun still shining over head and a gentle breeze keeping us cool we continued to paddle west along the voyagers highway.  Leaving Horsetail falls we work our way across Saganaga Lake using the islands as a buffer from the wind.  Leaving Saganaga we pass through Swamp lake on into Otter Track Lake where [...]

We awoke to a beautiful day. The sun was shining with puffs of white clouds scattered across the sky. We left our campsite in Gneiss and continued west towards Saganaga Lake. We encounter a rugged portage and some beautiful scenery at Horse Tail Rapids.

We awoke to a beautiful day.  The sun was shining with puffs of white clouds scattered across the sky.  We left our campsite in Gneiss and continued west towards Saganaga Lake.  We encounter a rugged portage and some beautiful scenery at Horse Tail Rapids.

After a day of high winds and a steady rain we leave from Rose Lake on our way west along the Voyagers Highway.  The high bluffs along side the lakes makes for some beautiful scenery.  We find a campsite on North Fowl Lake right across from a Loon nest.  We get a nice glimpse of [...]

After a day of high winds and a steady rain we leave from Rose Lake on our way west along the Voyagers Highway.  The high bluffs along side the lakes makes for some beautiful scenery.  We find a campsite on North Fowl Lake right across from a Loon nest.  We get a nice glimpse of [...]

Our big trip for the summer begins on the eastern edge of the BWCAW in John Lake.  Our plan is to follow the “Voyagers Highway” through the historic border lakes as we paddle west.  We head out from John lake through the Royal River in to South Fowl Lake then northwest into North Fowl Lake [...]

Leaving Lower Basswood Falls we head south paddling up the Horse River.  Emerging from the thick vegetation along the sides of the river we catch a glimpse of a deer nibbling its way along the shore.  The glass like water made for an enjoyable paddle as we find a group of turtles sunning themselves on [...]

Leaving Lower Basswood Falls we head south paddling up the Horse River.  Emerging from the thick vegetation along the sides of the river we catch a glimpse of a deer nibbling its way along the shore.  The glass like water made for an enjoyable paddle as we find a group of turtles sunning themselves on [...]

Day three on our trip into Lac LaCroix we took off early in the morning in search of Warrior Hill and some vivid pictographs.  We paddled across calm waters and under sunny skies.  There were a couple of bald eagles chattering away in a tree nearby.