The Boundary Waters is a popular destination for recreationalists pursuing camping, canoeing, and fishing as well as for those simply looking for natural scenery and relaxation. The Boundary Waters region is characterized by a vast network of waterways and bogs within a glacially-carved landscape of Precambrian bedrock covered in thin soils and boreal forests.
Wilderness Area protecting its southern extent, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The name "Boundary Waters" is often used in the U.S. Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota may also be considered part of the Boundary Waters. This region is part of the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota, and in Canada it includes La Verendrye and Quetico Provincial Parks in Ontario. While "Boundary Waters" is a common name for this region, the two nations also share extensive boundary waters along their border, beyond this region. The Boundary Waters, also called the Quetico-Superior Country, is a region of wilderness straddling the Canada–United States border between Ontario and Minnesota, in the area just west of Lake Superior. The website includes information on such things as historical fires, PMA lake depths, water clarity, fish, lake sizes (acres) and creek and river lengths. The website also is a resource for statistical information. (Visit this page to find out about PMA's - What are PMA's?) Many of these PMA areas are seldom seen, even by regular visitors to the BWCA. There are 12 PMA's in the BWCA and they encompass about 1/8th of the entire BWCAW. PMA's are remote, unmanaged regions of the BWCA designated by the U.S. Much of the orginal groundwork for this website is built around the BWCA's Primitive Management Areas (PMA’s), but with the overall goal of eventually showing the entire Boundary Waters (and Quetico Provincial Park too). Traveling the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area by canoe is our passion. If you are going to the BWCA with some tenderfoots, this website may be able to help you determine if a portages are difficult you'll be able to virtually walk it and decide for yourself. follow the path to adventure in the boundary waters Canoe camping trips are fun and affordable for family and friends. If you’ve ever sat around your campsite pouring over your BWCA maps, and just wondered what that really remote lake might be like, this website may be able to show you. This could be particularly useful if you are a first timer to the BWCA. Also, you can use this information (photos, videos, descriptions) to remind yourself of an old trip or plan for an upcoming trip (you’ll know what to expect). If you get cabin fever for the BWCA in the middle of winter, this is a way to cure it (at least a little). The maps and links of the website are placed in such a way as to allow you to click on to the next most likely destination along your chosen route, or even change your route midway through your trip. This allows you to actually do a virtual trip through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area starting from an entry point or the lake or stream of your choosing. Reflection Lake - Spider Lake Primitive Management AreaĪs time goes on, more and more lakes, rivers, creeks, entry points, portages, pictographs and campsites will be added to the website.
You will see from a first person viewpoint what you would encounter if you were portaging, bushwhacking or canoeing through the area. Your viewpoint will be as if you are actually out there. By clicking on the lakes or other geographic locations shown on this website's interactive map, you will be taken to that particular places web page. This allows you to see a place you may have visited before in the BWCA or perhaps help you plan a new trip to this area. The main purpose of this website is to provide firsthand virtual visits to the BWCA. area of each numbered McKenzie(TM) Maps)īOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA (BWCA) - Scroll down to learn more about this website Overlay Maps (shown on map above) of the BWCA (showing approx. Map of Entry Points, PMA's and Map Overlays of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)
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