Boundary Waters Canoe AreaThe Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) is a wilderness area in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. It is under the administration of the U.S. Forest Service.
Geography
U.S.-Canadian border in the Arrowhead Region
1,090,000 acres
The BWCA includes the highest peak in Minnesota, Eagle Mountain. 2,301 feet high in elevation.
Communities around the Boundary Waters: Ely, Winton, Grand Marais, Isabella, Buyck, Crane Lake
FORMATIONThe BWCA was formed from glaciers melting and developing over the past two million years. The last one was 17,000 years ago.The lakes were formed from the glaciers’ water.
The rocks are made mostly fromgranite, basalt, greenstone, and gneiss
Trees
Maple
Red Pine
Eastern White Pine
Jack Pine
Balsam Fir
White Spruce
Black Spruce White-Cedar
Birch
Ash
AnimalsThe American black bear Gray Wolf
Moose White-tailed deer
Bobcat North American Beaver
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Great Northern Loon
Red Fox
Canada Lynx
FISH
Lake Trout
Northern Pikeike
Walleye
Large-Mouth Smallmouth
BassYellow Perch
Whitefish
Weather EventsBoundary Waters – Canadian Derecho
$3 million in Damage
One person was killed and 60 injured
Estimated that 25 million trees were blown down
An international derechothat occurred during the afternoon in the BWCA on July 4th, 1999
Pagami Creek Fire
Biggest Minnesota fire in 93 years
traveled as far east as Poland, Ukraine, and Russia .
Smoke plume has
On Thursday August 18th, 2011 lightning struck a tree. A week later the fire started next to Lake One
Over 100,000 acres have been burned
Canoes
The most common canoe in the BWCA are wood-and-canvas and aluminum.
75% of the BWCA water area is reserved for non-motorized boat travel
1,000 miles of canoe routes
Carrying a canoe over a portage can be hard depending on the height and strength of the person. The way the portage is built and length matters too. Canvas are light so they are easier to carry.
Popular Entry Lakes
PortageCampsite
Lake One, Two, Three, and Four are very popular lakes on the Kawishiwi River.
Trout Lake
Mudro LakeMoose LakeSnowbank Lake
Saganaga Lake
Seagull Lake
Sawbill Lake
Where I got my information fromWikipedia
BWCA Wiki
MN DNR Website
Boundarywaters.com
Elyoutfitters.comGoogle Maps
Rook.org
Wilderness.net
Inciweb
National Weather Service Website
Minnesota Public Radio Updraft
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