Origins: Retreating glacial ice sheets paved way for landscape of lakes, streams, forests. Indigenous people soon followed as chronicled in pictographs, often made on prominent rock walls by natives ...

Jeremy Dickson knows well the sound of a phone not ringing. The owner of Canoe Canada Outfitters in Atikokan, Ontario, Dickson until two years ago oversaw a business that flew 1,500 anglers into ...

Some nights Denise Morris dreams about a full, low-hanging moon reflected in the darkness of a still lake in the northern woods. Pine needles glimmer in the moonlight, and loons wail across the water.

ELY, Minn. — The big bull moose was on the portage trail, mere feet from where Miles Larson and three buddies were walking while portaging their canoes on a trip that took them through portions of ...

Last week in this space I published a packing list for boundary waters trips and similar canoeing adventures. I also asked readers to send ideas to be added to the list. Those additions appear below, ...

Real people and the boats they love. A 21-year-old canoe that’s seen its share of action in the Boundary Waters and Quetico. Michael Teach, 50, a telecommunications engineer in Piqua, Ohio, has ...

The night fire burns low in our camp high above the water on Conmee Lake. A few of us are gathered there on this June night, watching the sky fade to a deep blue through the boughs of Norway pines.