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All eyes on the ice: Canoe country still frozen as permit season starts

May 05, 2022 05:31AM ● By Editor
The view of Sea Gull Lake on May 3, 2022 Photo: Courtesy Seagull Canoe Outfitters

By Greg Seitz from Quetico Superior Wilderness News • May 3, 2022

The permit quota season began in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on May 1, which usually signals the beginning of wilderness paddling. But the Boundary Waters remains locked in ice and snow. Reports from across the Superior National Forest indicate several inches of ice still on some lakes, and nearly 100 percent snow coverage in the woods. Additionally, runoff and flooding has closed at least one road used to access a popular wilderness entry point.


To read the original report and see more Border County reporting, follow this link to the Quetico Superior Wilderness News website. https://queticosuperior.org/blog/all-eyes-on-the-ice-canoe-country-still-frozen-as-permit-season-sta...

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