For a list of IGBC approved bear resistant containers, click here. Click for examples of food hanging diagrams. Keep containers tightly fastened and hung properly. Learn more about the BWCAW Act of 1978 Notifications and Alertsīe vigilant with your food storage! Never leave food storage containers unattended in camp or on portage trails. The BWCAW Act of 1978 added more acreage and specific management direction with the purpose to protect, manage, enhance and restore the area. The 1964 Wilderness Act created the National Wilderness Preservation System that included the BWCA. The BWCAW Act of 1978 In 2018, we observed the 40th anniversary of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act (PL 95-495). The BWCAW allows visitors to canoe, portage and camp in the spirit of those travelers that came before them centuries ago. For the most current, comprehensive information on planning a trip to the BWCAW, please review the BWCAW Trip Planning Guide (PDF). Wilderness offers freedom to those who wish to pursue an experience of expansive solitude, challenge and personal connection with nature. This area was set aside in 1926 to preserve its primitive character and made a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1964 with subsequent legislation in 1978. The BWCAW contains over 1,200 miles of canoe routes, 12 hiking trails and over 2,000 designated campsites. Over 1,098,000 acres in size, it extends nearly 150 miles along the International Boundary adjacent to Canada’s Quetico and La Verendrye Provincial Parks, bordered on the west by Voyageurs National Park with Grand Portage Monument to the east.
Click the "Show Notifications" arrow in the upper right corner of this page to read the latest alerts for BWCAW permit reservations.Ī Place Worth Preserving The BWCA Wilderness is a unique area located in the northern third of the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. More information about Ward’s trip can be found at. Canoe records are much faster than stand up paddleboard, with most solo and team records under 70 hours. Since then, many records on the same course have been set and broken by solo canoe paddlers, tandem canoe teams, and stand up paddleboards. In the modern day, a paddling team consisting of Verlen Kruger and Clint Waddell found a record of a historic speed attempt by fur trader Sir George Simpson and recreated the route in the 1970s. The route taken, known as the Border Route or Kruger-Waddell Challenge is a historic indiginous travel corridor used for centuries, and a well-traveled fur-trading route for voyageurs transporting furs from the North American wilderness. Ward also raced in two paddling events and made two shorter simulation trips to the BWCA over the summer. To train, he paddled on Lake Superior, portaging his gear from his East Hillside Duluth home to Leif Erickson Park. Ward used a 14-foot racing-style stand up paddleboard along with lightweight camping gear and food to make the traverse.
Florida stand up paddleboard athlete Baste had set a time of 7 days, 10 hours in September 2020 and lowered his time in 2022. This time beat the existing stand up paddleboard record from Scott Baste by 18 hours, about six later from when Baste’s time of 6 days, 5 hours was recorded earlier that same day. and paddled on average 42 miles per day along the border of the US and Canada for six days, finishing with a 12 mile trip on the Pigeon River and 8.5 mile trail hike on the Grand Portage Trail by Friday, Sept.
Ward started at Sha Sha Resort outside of International Falls on the western edge of Voyageurs National Park on Sunday, Sept. 10, Duluth paddler Mike Ward completed a 250-mile traverse of the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness from near International Falls, MN eastward to Lake Superior via the Grand Portage in 5 days, 10 hours and 31 minutes.
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