BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. (AP) — Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just a few hours earlier ...

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. – Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just a few hours earlier, I ...

This would be Bob James’ final paddling trip, the last among many, though he had no way of knowing that when he picked up a solo canoe from an Ely outfitter on May 8. James first paddled in the ...

A 62-year-old man on a solo camping trip in northern Minnesota has been found dead near a partially sunken canoe, officials told news outlets. The man, later identified as Duluth resident Mark Ham, ...

FARGO — Many people pledge to get out and see the world after they retire. Berlin Nelson Jr. got his start as a teen and never stopped. "I was raised in the state of Washington. We spent a lot of time ...

“It’s wild country you’re going into,” said Bob Bull, a SERE trainer. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) is training for people whose work might take them into potentially hostile ...

It's been more than a two weeks since he paddled the 430-mile length of the Wisconsin River in an unofficial record time. It took Kyle Parker five days, 19 hours and 57 minutes to paddle down the ...

That contrast is the essence of the wilderness experience in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters. The physical effort required to explore its off-the-grid remoteness — including carrying a canoe solo on ...

A man on a solo camping trip has been found dead at the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota, officials say. Lee Vue via Unsplash A 62-year-old man on a solo camping trip in ...

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