Podcasts about Quetico Provincial Park

We're back in the field in our favorite place on earth: Quetico Provincial Park!  It's only taken us seven years but its all happening.  Join us on the journey. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

Fishers of men are what they call these monsters and demons that haunt rivers, lakes and the ocean! Enjoy these 11 HORRIFYING Things Seen on Fishing Trips! Pre-order the Freaky Folklore Compendium! https://eeriecast.com/freak SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:53 If You See Anything, Say NOTHING from Petrichor 12:06 It Changed Us Forever from Mryeetusfeys 17:14 Out of Place from Redscarecrow99 20:31 Tree Stalker from Wesley G. 23:40 Hellhound from Lillyrunawaystar 30:25 Fire on the Mountain from Anonymous 33:00 Umbagog Occurrence from Larrence 37:43 A Cajun's Encounter from backwoods_fisher 43:22 The Umpqua Thing from 3_GAR_3 48:16 The Man by the River from JayneJ89 53:41 Attacked at Quetico Provincial Park from Rapsconion Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Join EERIECAST PLUS to unlock ad-free episodes and support this show! (Will still contain some host-read sponsorships) https://www.eeriecast.com/plus Get some creepy merch at https://eeriecast.store/ Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Follow us on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/3mNZyXkaJPLwUwcjkz6Pv2 Follow and Review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darkness-prevails-podcast-true-horror-stories/id1152248491 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Get Darkness Prevails Podcast Merchandise! https://teespring.com/stores/darknessprevails Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the summer of 2023 Aurora Gallagher spent 19 days canoeing and camping in Quetico Provincial Park as part of a YMCA Camp Menogyn trip. Aurora shares what the experience was like, from one week in, then two weeks, and finally how it felt to return home. It's all here--complete with foraging, fishing, traversing over multiple beaver dams, making blueberry crisp and all of the lessons learned along the way. Plus a new segment of Keep it Wild, our monthly check-in with the US Forest Service. This month's topics are augers in the Wilderness and summer jobs in the BWCAW. (Photo by Kian McDonough, 2023)

Summary “Getting Unstuck” host Jeff Ikler reflects on recent messages of remembrance that prompt him to consider life's impermanence of life and how he wants to be remembered. The Universe sends us messages to consider and, if we're open to them, to act upon. Facing the task of decluttering after his sister's passing, Jeff embraces "death cleaning" to downsize personal effects. Cherishing artifacts from his parents, Jeff displays them as a tribute, shifting his perspective on imperfections and upbringing. The impermanence of life becomes evident, leading to a contemplation of how objects and memories shape one's legacy. Meaningful items, like a metal cup from wilderness adventures, hold sentimental value, prompting thoughts on how he'll be remembered. Jeff's experiences at Quetico Provincial Park in Canada significantly influenced him, inspiring the naming of his coaching company after the place. Referenced Jane Duncan Rogers – Before I Go: The Essential Guide to Creating A Good End-of-Life Plan  Margareta Magnusson – Dostadning: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

It's been a journey. 100 episodes. In this milestone episode, it goes back to the beginning, with Gaby, the German paddler who was featured on Episode One of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. Over the past 100 episodes, hosts Joe Friedrichs and Matthew Baxley have learned so much about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park. This learning has come, largely, through the stories shared by those who've appeared on the podcast. That learning continues in a deep way with Gaby's return to the podcast. Also featured in this episode is Rick Slatten, the captain of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad. Slatten also appeared on Episode 91 of the podcast, talking with Joe about a capsizing event from May 2023 where the podcast duo faced their most intense experience in the BWCA. Other voices familiar to podcast listeners appear in this episode, including Bear Paulsen, Kevin "The Kman" Kramer, Jana Berka, Aubrey Helmuth Miller, Erik Dickes, Dave Freeman, Shug the Hammock Camper, Josh and Kaylan Dix, Adam Mella, Jason Zabokrtsky, and Ian Tamblyn.

There are new rangers at the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park. For the first time since the passing of Janice Matichuk, the new rangers could become something of a fixture on what is known as Her Island. Matichuk, the longest serving ranger in the history of Quetico, passed away in August 2020. The new rangers are Peter Kranenburg and Stacey Hofer. Both in their late 30s, the young couple celebrated their first year at Cache Bay this summer. They also got married in July, making for a summer Peter and Stacey say they will never forget. Their plan, Peter and Stacey say, is to return to Cache Bay for years to come. The Boundary Waters podcast duo, Matthew Baxley and Joe Friedrichs, visited the Cache Bay Ranger Station in August 2023. They share a full report in this episode.

Today we're joined by our special guests Dave Dombrow and Kevin Fallon, the creators and founders of Speedland. A unique trail shoe with the high end components with a unique running experience.Dave DombrowExecutive Creative Director / Co-founder / Entrepreneur Dave Dombrow is currently consulting. teaching and launching a new hyper performance trail brand called Speedland. Mr. Dombrow has a passion for Athletic Performance and is constantly looking tochallenge the status quo and progress the industry. Mr. Dombrow has over 20 years of experience including positions at Under Armour, Nike, GBMI, Puma and Salomon. Most recently Mr. Dombrow served as Chief Design Officer at Under Armour where he oversaw all Design / Design Strategy. Previously, he was Performance Creative Director at Puma, held various Design roles at GBMI and was a member of the Basketball Footwear Design Team at Nike. His introduction to Footwear Design began whileinterning at Salomon in Boulder, Colorado Notable Accomplishments: Throughout the last 20 years, Mr. Dombrow has worked on many great teams, been featured in publications and received various Design / Innovation Awards fromRed Dot, Runner's World, Outside, Nike, and Competitor. Additionally, Mr. Dombrow helped grow Under Armour businessfrom approx 750 million to approx 5 billion during his tenure. Mr. Dombrow is originally from San Diego where he was often found drawing and developed his love for gear and all things performance. He attended Wake Forest University in North Carolina but ultimately followed his passion for Desian and araduated withHonors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife, two kids, cat and dog. You can usually find him spending time with his Family, obsessing Footwear, or out on a Trail.Kevin Fallon has spent 26 years within the footwear industry, working for such brands as Nike, Puma and Under Armour before co-founding the footwear brand Speedland.  Kevin is a problem solver to his core, blurring the lines between engineering and design throughout his career.  With over 20 design and utility patents to his name, as well as several design awards, Kevin is a footwear professional dedicated to making technical performance products for elite athletes. Kevin started his career at Nike in 1997 as a soccer footwear designer.  There he learned the attention to detail necessary to create footwear that is an athlete's main piece of equipment.  During his nearly 10 years at Nike, he played an integral part of the massive surge for this key category, driving growth from #4 in soccer market share to becoming #1 globally.  From Nike, Kevin went to Germany to work for Puma where he lead the soccer, motorsports, and kids footwear design teams, and designed product for the 2012 World Cup.  Under Armour was Kevin's next career move, taking him from Nürnberg, Germany to Baltimore, MD for the unique opportunity to turn an apparel company into a footwear brand. Hired as a Director, and  later promoted to Vice President of Footwear Innovation, Kevin lead a 20-person team across three countries from 2010 to 2019.  During this time, UA footwear grew from $80m to nearly a $1.5 billion business. Kevin is a native of Minnesota, where he spent summers canoeing the Boundary Waters of northern MN, the Quetico Provincial Park in Canada, and even exploring as far north as Hudson Bay.  He was captain of his ski team, and could always be found either drawing or tinkering with something mechanical.  A car and airplane fanatic, Kevin attended Brown University and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation, Kevin went on to attend the Art Center College of Design, where he fell in love with product design, and found his way into the footwear field  He now lives in Lake Oswego, OR with his wife of 16 y

Just ahead of the upcoming paddling season, there was news of a court case that could end the longstanding practice of using motorized towboats to help Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness visitors get started on their wilderness trips at least temporarily. A national organization, Wilderness Watch, is seeking an injunction to halt the towboat permit system as soon as the ice melts. The US Forest Service allows the use of towboats are used to assist canoeists starting their BWCA journey, dispersing visitors deeper into the million-acre BWCA. Some outfitters at the end of the Gunflint also use the towboat service to help paddlers reach Quetico Provincial Park via the Cache Bay Ranger Station. The towboats typically drop paddlers at American Point on Saganaga Lake, which is partially inside the BWCA. If the federal judge reviewing the injunction rules in favor of Wilderness Watch, it could disrupt the plans of thousands of Minnesotans who have already booked towboat-assisted trips with BWCA and Quetico outfitters. Here in Cook County, the ruling could impact Tuscarora Lodge and Outfitters, Seagull Outfitters, and Voyageur Canoe Outfitters. The ruling would have a much larger impact on the Ely area, where many canoeists receive a tow across Moose Lake each season, among other lakes in the Ely area. The organization Wilderness Watch claims that the Forest Service is not upholding its self-imposed restrictions and limitations of towboat services. The Forest Service's most recent figures showed that in 2019, there were 4,817 tow boat trips, and 3,815 total trips in 2020. These figures amount to nearly “tripling the level that the Forest Service pledged that it would limit the total to,” according to officials from Wilderness Watch. We asked officials from the Forest Service to comment on this story and the towboat situation, including if the towboat services can operate while the judge considers a ruling on the injunction. Forest Service spokesperson Joy Liptak VanDrie said the agency does not comment on current litigation. However, she did say that since a current ruling has not been issued in the case, there is no change in towboat services at this time. In this episode, guest contributor and Grand Marais journalist Rhonda Silence speaks with Matthew Ritter of Voyageur Canoe Outfitters. Also featured is an interview with Kevin Proescholdt, the Minnesota-based conservation director for Wilderness Watch.

For the first time in several years, there will be a park ranger at the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park for the full season in 2023. Due to the pandemic and additional restrictions regarding Remote Area Border Crossing Permits, there has not been a full-time ranger at the island in Cache Bay since 2019. There was a ranger there for part of the paddling season in 2022. That means the last ranger to serve full-time at Cache Bay was Janice Matichuk, the longest serving ranger in the history of Quetico. Matichuk died from brain cancer in August 2020. Her voice has been featured many times on the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. The story of her time in Quetico was shared by Boundary Waters Podcast host Joe Friedrichs in the book "Her Island." In this episode, the podcast team shares some of the 'Lost Files of Matichuk.' In the early stages of shaping "Her Island," Friedrichs and Matichuk recorded some 14 hours of audio. The clips shared today are the first in what will be a series of stories Matichuk shared about her time in Quetico. Topics range from the ethics of fishing to stories of being charged by a moose. Also featured in this episode is a preview to Canoecopia 2023! The world's largest paddling expo is from March 10-12 in Madison, Wisc. The WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast team will be back in Madison for this year's expo! Sharing information about the upcoming event is Chloe Machula, one of the event organizers for Canoecopia.

Welcome to Season Six of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast! To start the season, we get to travel once again with the father/daughter duo Scott and Emilie Burditt. Scott and Emilie are Wisconsin residents who make an annual trip to Quetico Provincial Park. In 2022, they took their Canadian paddling adventures to new terrain and paddled Wabakimi Provincial Park. Along the way, the share their stories about a love for the outdoors and paddling in canoe country, and how this bond keeps them connected throughout the year. They also talk about the realities of backcountry travel, including injury. It's the start of a new season on the podcast! It begins!

In this interview, Megan Bond talks extensively with Greg Laden about the importance of the watershed to Minnesota's Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park as well as the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario; but more importantly, the watershed flows out from a contintal “trivide” to Hudson's Bay, The Atlantic Ocean's East Coast through the St. Lawrence Seaway and to the Gulf Of Mexico through the Mississippi River. More information at Ikonokast.com https://ikonokast.com/2022/10/28/episode-30-protecting-the-watershed-with-megan-bond/

It's the 'all news episode' of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast! There has been so much news in and around the Boundary Waters in recent weeks, hosts Joe Friedrichs and Matthew Baxley use storytelling and interviews to sum up some of the biggest topics coming from the BWCA and Quetico. Among them are the return of Remote Area Border Crossing Permits, the completion of the Stairway Portage redesign and the retirement of the forest supervisor who oversees management of the BWCA. The photo supporting this episode is of Connie Cummins, the forest supervisor for Superior National Forest. The massive Superior National Forest, headquartered in Duluth, covers nearly 4 million acres, about 1.9 million of which is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. After leading the expansive Superior National Forest for the U.S. Forest Service for the past six years, Cummins is set to retire at the end of the month. Her last day is July 30. In this episode we hear from Cummins about her tenure on Superior National Forest. Also featured are Willie Bittner talking about the Stairway Portage redesign and Kevin 'The K-man' Kramer shares an update from the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park.

Superior National Forest officials confirmed with the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast they have extended the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness closure through at least Friday, Sept. 3. Tofte District Ranger Ellen Bogardus-Szymaniak confirmed the closure extension. The choice to keep the BWCA closed for at least another week was widely expected. “We considered the weather, historically dry conditions, fire behavior and the resources that we have and decided to go for another week,” she said. “Nothing has changed since the day we put it on.” Wildfires continue to burn both inside and outside the BWCA wilderness line as of Aug. 25. Canadian wildfires burning inside Quetico Provincial Park continue to burn and could jump the BWCA unless conditions change, according to the Forest Service. Podcast hosts Joe Friedrichs and Matthew Baxley recorded this update as smoke and ash from Canadian wildfires fell near Grand Marais Wednesday night.

The Boundary Waters is 1.1 million acres of incredible glaciated terrain way up in northern Minnesota on the Canada border, and yet is the most-visited Wilderness Area in the United States. Because it is so good. Even if YOU have never been there! "Boundary Waters is as remote as it gets. Alex had everything dialed - those people are hard-core canoists - they paddled over two hours to get to the support locations!" - Clare "This is an incredible idea Alex had - he combined his ultra running passion with his passion to protect this place." - Clare "This is one of the most pristine places on planet Earth - you just dip your bottle into the lake or stream and drink without any filtration". - Alex "It was next level! I've never seen anything like it - it's the most wet I've ever been on land - it was so hard-core Minnesota!" - Clare Please listen to Clare, and support Alex and this fabulous wilderness The Boundary Waters is under threat from a proposed massive sulfide-ore copper mine that, if built, would generate acid mine drainage in the form of sulfuric acid and flow straight through the heart of the Wilderness and also into Canada's Quetico Provincial Park and Voyageurs National Park. The mine site and waste rock tailings would perpetually pollute turning this world class wilderness and pristine watershed into a polluted chain of lakes, rivers, streams and marshes forever. Website with full information Sign this petition! (Corrections from the audio:) Joni Mitchell's 'advice" to Clare: "Wild things run fast" Isle Royale is the least-visited National Park, with 18,216 annual visitors Special thanks to onX Backcountry for supporting Fastest Known Time. onX Backcountry is “All in for Outdoors” during the month of June; you can plan that next FKT and navigate offline with a year-long subscription to the onX Backcountry mapping app for only $10 in June with all net proceeds going to support Leave No Trace. Learn more at onxmaps.com/greatoutdoors

The WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast team spent the final days of April and start of May 2021 in Ely. Hosts Matthew Baxley and Joe Friedrichs were selected for an 'artist residency' by the Listening Point Foundation. This is property owned by Sigurd Olson that is now managed and owned by an organization in Ely known as the Listening Point Foundation. Olson was an author and a dedicated advocate for wilderness, including the Boundary Waters, but many areas across the country as well. The podcast duo recorded and produced this episode at Listening Point. The theme of the episode is 'a rite of passage' and includes interviews with paddlers sharing their love of the Boundary Waters with their children, friends and the next generation of canoeists, and where Baxley and Friedrichs fit within that concept of people who share stories about the wilderness. Up first we hear the story of Myron Klesner. Myron was introduced to Quetico Provincial Park in 1977 during a class trip. It was the first of 30 years of trips taken from Quincy Jr. High (Illinois) to Canoe Canada Outfitters and into Quetico. Myron continues to visit canoe country and he has now gone with his two boys, the history teacher who started the school trips and others who have experienced Quetico over the years. In part two of this episode, Cook County resident Hazel Oberholtzer talks about ‘her soul place,’ the Boundary Waters. Hazel frequents the BWCA and talks about her own rite of passage to wilderness travel, from camps to family trips to now paddling with her friends through canoe country. Hazel talks about the value of gaining self-awareness on trips to the Boundary Waters, learning from her mentors about strength and leadership both inside and outside of the wilderness. The episode is shared through the lens of Listening Point and the work of Sigurd Olson to protect the Boundary Waters region, with the full understanding that the torch needs to be carried from generation to generation to protect these treasured waters.

A love of the land is the theme in this milestone episode of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. Up first in episode 40, we hear a feature about remote lakes waiting across the border in Ontario. Canadian trapper Mark Deans tells podcast host Joe Friedrichs about a collection of lakes just east of Quetico Provincial Park and just across the border from the border lakes above the Gunflint Trail. Mark and his family run traplines in this remote border country, and some of the lakes in this region are rarely, if ever visited each year by human travelers. Also in today’s episode focusing on a sense of connection with the woods and waters of the BWCA, the podcast team ventures out for one more ice fishing trip of the season. Eric Glasson is a manager at Piragis Northwoods Company in Ely. He is also the host of an outdoor adventure and fishing platform he calls ‘Farwater.’ Eric joined Matthew Baxley and Joe for a ‘lake trout redemption’ trip to the BWCA in March 2021. Fish were found, as was an extraordinary day on the ice to slowly wind down the winter season.

Episode 268 ~ April 1, 2021 Podcast Info / Topics Luiza Moczarski joins us from the Quetico Foundation to talk about the Foundation, the #QueticoPortageChallenge, and her experience paddling in Quetico

Episode 268 ~ April 1, 2021 Podcast Info / Topics Luiza Moczarski joins us from the Quetico Foundation to talk about the Foundation, the #QueticoPortageChallenge, and her experience paddling in Quetico

Brad And Josh host Mike Teach to talk about smallmouth fishing, Boundary waters, Quetico Provincial Park, and his mind blowing story about 9/11 while he was in the wilderness. Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/paddlenfin Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/paddlenfin Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Yak Gadget- www.yakgadget.com 153 Baits- www.the153anglers.com Pelican Professional- www.pelican.com Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com Bioenno Power- www.bioennopower.com

The depths of winter rolled over the Boundary Waters in February 2021. Temperatures plummeted and overnight lows often measured 30 degrees below zero during the first full week of the month. That being the case, the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast team embraced the cold snap as an opportunity to share stories from the wilderness. Podcast Host Matthew Baxley opens the episode with a story about the longest serving interior ranger in the history of Quetico Provincial Park, Janice Matichuk. Matthew speaks with three men who credit Janice with saving their lives when they fell into the frigid waters of Cache Bay in 2019. Their story is not unique in the sense of a heroic tale involving Matichuk, but it stands out if for no other reason than it was one of her final rescues in Quetico. Janice died in August 2020 from brain cancer. In the second part of the episode, WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast Host Lindsey Gau chats with Maggie Friedrichs about the joys of winter camping in the BWCA. Lindsey and Maggie recently took a winter camping trip and share a full report, including how to stay warm and dry while winter camping in the wilderness.

Plug-in to unplug. This episode captures the tagline of the podcast. Did you know that the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in MN expands over a million acres and over 2 million acres when combined with the Quetico Provincial Park in Canada, making it one of the largest wilderness areas and the most visited? Explore all of the details shared in this podcast in the blog post. There are over 1200 miles of canoe routes, over 2000 campsites spread over 1 million acres of wilderness. In this episode, we chat with Steve Piragis, who moved to the small recreation town of Ely, MN in the 70s on a research project and has spent over 40 years guiding and helping people explore the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. We chat about so many things including: - what makes the Boundary Waters unique compared to other wilderness areas or backpacking trips - what the best times to visit are, learn the permitting process - what to bring and what you can rent - how has the wilderness area changed over the last 40 years and what it was like to take a canoe trip in the 70s and 80s There is so much to see and explore in the BWCA, we hope that you find inspiration in this episode to take a trip up to the glacial lakes of Minnesota and feel the beauty of this wilderness first hand. To get ready for your trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area visit us at TripOutside.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tripoutside/message

Every summer there are a number of storms that roll through the Boundary Waters that generate campfire conversations for years to come. On occasion, such as the epic 1999 Blowdown Storm, these storms become the stuff of legend. Such is the case with a storm from July 8 this summer where nine people found themselves entangled in a vicious weather event. The heart of the storm was on Trout Lake in the BWCA on the western side of the wilderness. Jason Busch and David Bell were among the group camped out as the storm ravaged their campsite. WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast Host Matthew Baxley talks with the duo about their experience from the summer of 2020. Also in this episode, Baxley and podcast co-host Joe Friedrichs discuss the recent passing of Janice Matichuk, the longest serving ranger in the history of Quetico Provincial Park and a dear friend of the WTIP and paddling communities.

Janice Matichuk is the longest serving ranger in the history of Quetico Provincial Park. She is on medical leave from Quetico at this time and the Cache Bay Ranger Station is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and border closures with the U.S. and Canada. During a special program that aired live on WTIP July 11, Boundary Waters Podcast Host Joe Friedrichs spoke with Matichuk about her health and some reflections on the Gunflint Trail community. Also featured in this special episode are updates with canoe outfitters from across the BWCA. We hear from the teams and Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, the Ely Outfitting Company and Tuscarora Lodge & Canoe Outfitters. It’s all here on this bonus track of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast.

It’s Adams turn to read his trip journals from a month spent in the vast wilds of Quetico Provincial Park almost ten years ago now. Another perspective will birth questions on what did and did not happen to us out there. At the very least an argument cannot be made that adventure was not had. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud Twitter Contact: The Answering Machine: (218) 481-0649 Facebook tumblehomecast@gmail.com

It’s the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast update to the 2020 paddling season amid the COVID-19 situation. Host Joe Friedrichs shares today’s audio update on the podcast. What we know: As of April 21, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will be open for the 2020 paddling and hiking season starting Tuesday, May 5. In a press release sent to WTIP and the podcast on April 16, the US Forest Service says that in order to help lessen impacts to local communities while Minnesota’s Stay-at-Home order is in place, and to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will be closed for both day and overnight use from April 15 through May 4. Reservations made through May 4 will receive a full refund including reservations fees. The temporary closure should have a minimal impact on travel in the BWCA. Many of the lakes in the wilderness are still locked in ice, with some lakes in the Mid-Gunflint Trail area still holding more than 20 inches of ice as of April 15. A traditional start to the paddling season often coincides with the start of the fishing opener in Minnesota. This year that date lands on May 9. When the season starts on May 5, and in alignment with current federal, state and local guidance for social distancing and to ensure health safety of its employees, partners and members of the public, the Superior National Forest will temporarily change permit pick-up requirements for all BWCA quota permits. As part of this, visitors will have two options: 1) They can print their BWCA reservation confirmation email at home and use this as their permit. 2) They can pick up the permit in person at a cooperating business that remains physically open and that is under an agreement with the Forest Service. A list of these local cooperators on the Gunflint and Sawbill trails and in Ely and Grand Marais is expected soon. This will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by allowing for social distancing in the permitting process, according to the Forest Service. Campsites in the BWCA will be open for those who have overnight permits starting May 5. Day use, either canoeing or hiking, will also be allowed starting that same day. Campgrounds on Superior National Forest, including those near entry points here in Cook County, were not mentioned specifically in the press release. All campgrounds on the Superior National Forest are closed until at least May 1 out of coronavirus concerns. These include campgrounds at Baker Lake, Sawbill Lake, among others. Quetico Provincial Park is closed at this time. There is no official word on if the park will open in May at its normal time. Learn more in this interview with the Quetico park superintendent: https://www.wtip.org/wtip-talks-covid-19-impacts-2020-paddling-season-quetico-officials Furthermore, the international border separating the United States and Canada is currently closed to non-essential travel. This means canoeists aiming to enter Quetico through Cache Bay or Prairie Portage are not allowed to cross the border to enter the park until this border restriction is lifted. Quetico Park would also have to open independent of the border reopening. The travel suspension, or access closure also applies to cabin owners on the Canadian side of Saganaga Lake, a massive and popular lake at the end of the Gunflint Trail that sits partially in both the United States and Canada.

Another episode with just Erik as the madness of quarantine settles in. It’s the first leg of another month in Quetico Provincial Park with a group of four this time. Follow along as we make our way from the end of the Gunflint Trail to Atikokan, Ontario. Boy oh boy these were simpler times. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud Twitter Contact: The Answering Machine: (218) 481-0649 Facebook tumblehomecast@gmail.com

Erik is recapping a month spent in Quetico Provincial Park from October 2011 based on trip journals that are now somehow almost 10 years old. Follow along as he relives harrowing portages through a docile wildfire, getting dangerously low on booze rations, and generally experiencing the incredibly vast, empty and brutally beautiful wilderness that is Quetico Provincial Park. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud Twitter Contact: The Answering Machine: (218) 481-0649 Facebook tumblehomecast@gmail.com

Winter still has its firm grip on the Boundary Waters as anxious paddlers start to think about the upcoming canoe season. However, something known as the ‘Death March Portage’ in Quetico Provincial Park could make the slow trudge across a frozen lake sound delightful by comparison. In this episode of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast, we hear from the father/daughter duo Scott and Emilie Burditt. Scott and Emilie are Wisconsin residents who make an annual trip to Quetico Provincial Park. They share their stories about a love for the outdoors and paddling in canoe country, and how this bond keeps them connected throughout the year. We previously heard from them on episode 16 of the podcast. Speaking of traveling across a frozen lake, in part two of this episode we hear from longtime Cook County resident Jeff Nemitz about building your own pulk sled. Nemitz is the engineer at WTIP in Grand Marais and an avid ice angler who has enjoyed many winter BWCA camping trips. After years of hauling ice fishing and camping gear by a sled with a rope attached to it, Jeff built his own pulk sled in the winter of 2019-20 specifically for Boundary Waters adventuring. With a few simple items from the hardware store, Jeff explains how you can build a pulk sled too.

Episode 181 ~ August 1, 2019 Podcast Info / Topics Scot Robinson talks Beard and Bourbon line of items at ManCamping.ca followed by a report on his canoe trip through Quetico Provincial Park

Episode 181 ~ August 1, 2019 Podcast Info / Topics Scot Robinson talks Beard and Bourbon line of items at ManCamping.ca followed by a report on his canoe trip through Quetico Provincial Park

There is a sense of community when it comes to paddlers who frequent the Boundary Waters. In episode 16 of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast, hosts Matthew Baxley and Joe Friedrichs take this notion a step further and explore the dynamics of families who paddle together in the Boundary Waters. In this episode we hear from the father/daughter duo Scott and Emilie Burditt. Scott and Emilie are Wisconsin residents who make an annual trip to Quetico Provincial Park. They share their stories about a love for the outdoors and paddling in canoe country, and how this bond keeps them connected throughout the year. We also hear from outdoor explorers and adventurers Maura and Bobby Marko. After becoming parents, Maura and Bobby knew that passing on a love and respect for the wilderness would be a major priority for their family. In 2017, the couple, along with their two young children, completed what they call 'The Arrowhead Traverse' paddling inside the BWCA from Moose Lake to Saganaga Lake and then hiking a section on the Border Route Trail.

Erik and Adam travel back in time and talk about their trip from last year to the infamous “Man Chain” in Quetico Provincial Park. It is a favorite route of theirs and they review why they love it. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud Contact: The Answering Machine: (218) 481-0649 Facebook tumblehomecast@gmail.com Clearwater Canoe […] The post Tumblehome: A Boundary Waters Podcast – 039: The Man Chain appeared first on Clearwater Outfitters.

More than a century of combined paddling between just two people is celebrated in episode 10 of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. Bob O’Hara is among the most recognized and accomplished adventurers to dip his paddle into the Boundary Waters annually, something he has done for the past 60 years without missing a season. Likewise, Ken Koscik is no stranger to canoe country. Ken hit the 50-year mark for consecutive years to Quetico Provincial Park and the Boundary Waters in 2018. A guest instructor at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Ken teaches a course on building cedar-strip canoes and kayaks. Podcasters Matthew Baxley and Joe Friedrichs learn what it takes to make it back to the Boundary Waters every year for at least 50 years in this episode of the Boundary Waters Podcast.

It’s the ‘All Ontario Episode’ of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast! Join Podcasters Matthew Baxley and Joe Friedrichs as they paddle to the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park. Interior Ranger Janice Matichuk has worked at the station in Cache Bay for the past 34 seasons, and she shares her story on the podcast. Also in this episode, we hear from Canadian musician Ian Tamblyn. A native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Tamblyn has shared his music on every episode of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. He visited Grand Marais and WTIP recently and shares his passion for paddling and writing music with a focus on wilderness and water.

Scott Pirsig reflects on a hardcore canoe trip into Canada's Quetico Provincial Park.

We heard you when you requested guidance planning routes in our Twitter poll, so episode six covers a favorite of mine: French Lake to Beaverhouse lake in Quetico Provincial Park. For more about visiting the Quetico, its history and personality, check out our third episode. The route in a nutshell: 7 day trip 6 lakes 50 mi or 80 km 3 portages 260 rods - the longest portage, between Pickerel and McAlpine. Skinny lakes and large lakes, winding narrows and shallow creek, long, low portage and short steep portage, and plenty of beautiful campsites. Join us for A Look Back, our break segment describing the pictographs that can be found in canoe country and along this route in Quetico Lake. What are pictographs? Pictographs are pictures or symbols that signify a word. In this backcountry, the pictographs have a red ochre hue and depict canoe travelers, moose, bear, birds, fish, and more of the common surroundings.

We talk about the major differences between the BWCA and Quetico Provincial Park on this weeks episode, both on paper and in the mind.  The black and white regulations are differences are discussed as well as the subjective differences between the parks in the way they feel. Show Notes: Quetico Regs BWCA Regs RABC Permits […] The post Tumblehome: A Boundary Waters Podcast – 009: BWCA v. Quetico appeared first on Clearwater Outfitters.

We're off to Quetico Provincial Park in the final of our first mini-series, "Knowing Where You're Going." Listen in for an overview of this Canadian park where many canoeists start out. Quetico by the numbers: 1.2 million acres 15,000 year-old landscape 2,000 designated camping sites 600+ lakes 20,000 annual visitors $20-30 per adult, per night Tune in for Trip Tips: How to Pick a Campsite. Subscribe for future episodes and check out additional resources, posted at www.thetripcenter.wordpress.com! Credit to Anchor for an excellent podcast-creation platform (anchor.fm)! Music: "Blue Highway" by Podington Bear, Soul, Sound of Picture Production. Attribution-NonCommercial International License.

In the final episode of this series, we finish our trip and say goodbye to Quetico Provincial Park.

Episode 1: We gather our gear and steady our nerves for a 57-mile trek through the wilderness of Quetico Provincial Park.

Adiosokewini, the Ojibwe word for Tale-Teller, is a concept that has been resonant to artist Tom Uttech. In the tradition of the Tale-Teller, Uttech talks about his career as an artist and teacher through stories, images, and the study of Native American culture. Uttech shares life experiences and his close observations of the wildlife of northern Wisconsin and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada—both of which have inspired his work over the years. His painting Enassamishhinjijweian is a popular favorite in the Crystal Bridges collection.

A brief visit with Michael L. Robins, author of Awakening: 13 Steps to Love, Freedom, and Power, entered in the Next Top Spiritual Author Contest, and with Jon Nelson, author of Quetico: Near to Nature's Heart about Quetico Provincial Park.