Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness - BWCAW
shallow pond and pine trees
Side Trips
 


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The northeastern area of Minnesota offers a rather splendid outdoor landscape full of deep forests and many lakes. The most scenic part of this is the Superior National Forest. While the BWCAW is contained in this national forest, technically the area of the forest outside the BWCAW could be classified as a side trip.



Superior National Forest: This gigantic 3,900,000 acre national forest is the heart of the northwoods, stretching from Voyageurs National Park east to Lake Superior, and south to the city of Virginia. Nowhere else in the east is there a national forest as wild or as large. This is the premiere national forest in the eastern United States. It is home to much of the same wildlife as the BWCAW, and the largest per-national forest population of wolves in the lower 48. There are thousands of lakes, offering vast motorized and non-motorized recreational opportunities. Many of these include fishing, kayaking, canoeing, rafting and motor boating There are numerous hiking trails, and even the highest point in Minnesota is contained within the Superior National Forest - Eagle Mountain at 2,301 feet. If you are after the wildest place in the lower 48 in the eastern half of the United States, this is it.

8901 Grand Ave Pl
Duluth, MN 55808

Phone: (218) 626-4300
FAX: (218) 626-4398

 

 


 

 

 

 

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