The northern lights are visible north of the Fall Lake Campground on Sept. 12, 2024, just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Ely, Minn. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

The northern lights are visible north of the Fall Lake Campground on Sept. 12, 2024, just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Ely, Minn. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Northern Minnesota’s classic ... “Woman of the Boundary Waters,” is engraved on the mantel. ©2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune. Visit startribune.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency ...

Minnesota's million-acre (400,000-hectare) Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the second largest wilderness east of the Rockies and surprisingly easy to access. Bill Forsberg, Jr., owner of ...

From the northern tip along the Canadian border to the state's southern prairies, read on to discover the most fun things to ...

Growing up in Minnesota, I swam in Lake Vermilion, visited the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area and developed a deep love for our state. But now, over half of Minnesota’s waters are too ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota is one of the last untouched natural beauties in the world. The BWCA is the premier destination for people to get away from the concrete jungle ...

For Mondale, it was canoeing and casting for walleyes in northern Minnesota lakes. Mondale said he discovered the Boundary Waters at the age of 21 and strove to paddle in that wilderness every ...

The backstory: The Boundary Waters Wilderness Act was a massive piece of legislation for northern Minnesota. The act banned logging, mining, snowmobiles use, boat use in some areas, and created a ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is America's most-visited federally designated wilderness area. This 1.1 million–acre expanse is located in the northern third of the Superior National Forest ...