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Boundary Waters Blogger
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Boundary Waters Blogger shares boundary waters photos, stories, skills, humor, and naturalist insights from living and guiding in and
around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) near Ely, Minnesota.
- Added on: May 10th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Jason Zabokrtsky
- Listed in: Adventure Travel Outdoor Activity
- Tags: guide Boundary Waters BWCA canoeing bwcaw boundary waters canoe area
Recent Posts
Boundary Waters Bus
Before restrictions on motors in the BWCAW, land-based motorized vehicles made their way into some remote places.For example, this old International Harvester bus is believed to have transported passengers across the Four Mile Portage between Fall L...
Pine Marten on the Hunt
This frisky Pine Marten is hanging around the cabin, eating birdseed from the feeders and chasing wildlife. I photographed him today.Recently I watched him chase a Red Squirrel up a spruce tree, and then give up on the chase to await an easier ambush...
Last Boat Ride of 2009
Most folks had their motorboats winterized by the end of October. Virtually all other boats were tucked away by mid-November. But, this photo shows how one motorboater can lay claim to the title of last boater on Shagawa Lake in 2009. To say the lea...
Northwest Passage Dogsled Expedition - Why They Do This
Tomorrow Chris and Lisa start driving north. The accompanying photos show the sparkling new 14' sledge which they will christen once arriving in Inuvik. Why do they do this, and why is this expedition unique?This is nothing less than an epic journey....
Northwest Passage Dogsled Expedition
Note: This is part one in a series about Chris and Lisa's Northwest Passage Dogsled Expedition.Chris Maher, of Ely, and Lisa Strom, from Sweden, are making final preparations for an epic dogsled expedition of the Northwest Passage - from Inuvik, Alas...
The Beginning of Some Ice
On Thanksgiving Day 2008, we put off the turkey dinner due to ideal ice skating conditions. We had thick ice - maybe five inches - in the bay of Moose Lake, and it froze smooth. The same bay on this Thanksgiving would support only swimming recreatio...
