NORTH OF TOFTE - It was a damp and drippy August morning at Sawbill Canoe Outfitters nestled among the pines at the tip of the Sawbill Trail north of Tofte. A group of Twin Cities canoeists portaged ...
ON THE SAWBILL TRAIL -- Bill Hansen's sweatshirt was water-splashed Tuesday afternoon, and not from rain. Hansen, 58, and his wife, Cindy, own Sawbill Canoe Outfitters north of Tofte. Hansen had spent ...
The U.S. Forest Service has expanded closures in the BWCA due to the Whelp Fire. It was caused by lightning, detected on Aug. 14, and has grown to 25-30 acres as of Friday afternoon. It is burning 4 ...
NORTH OF TOFTE - It was a damp and drippy August morning at Sawbill Canoe Outfitters nestled among the pines at the tip of the Sawbill Trail north of Tofte. A group of Twin Cities canoeists portaged ...
Ice cover hung around very late this spring in northeast Minnesota. The ice pulling away from the shore on Sawbill Lake north of Tofte, Minn., as seen at sunset on May 5.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Parts of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are closed due to a new wildfire in northern Minnesota. The U.S. Forest Service says the Whelp Fire was caused by a lightning ...
Hi all.<P>My wife and I arrived home today from an awesome canoe/hiking trip in the BWCAW and Minnesota north shore. This was our second trip to the BWCAW. The first was last summer. We camped, canoed ...
Some 23,000 fewer people will be allowed to enter the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) this year under a 13% reduction in the availability of entry permits, the U.S. Forest Service ...
Bill Hansen, who with his wife, Cindy, owns Sawbill Canoe Outfitters at the end of the road north of Tofte, experienced what he called "the sighting of a lifetime" Saturday evening. He was headed to ...
A former Minneapolis high school football and wrestling coach died in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after he attempted to right a capsized canoe. Niles R. Schulz, 75, of Minneapolis was ...
From her outfitting business on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), Clare Shirley can't help but think the U.S. Forest Service went too far in reducing permit availability for the ...