A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time write by Stephen Wilbers. This book was released on 2011-07-15. A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Teasing out the history of a place celebrated for timelessness--where countless paddle strokes have disappeared into clear waters--requires a sure and attentive hand. Stephen Wilbers's account reaches back to the glaciers that first carved out the Boundary Waters and to the original inhabitants, as well as to generations of wilderness explorers, both past and present. He does so without losing the personal relationship built through a lifetime of pilgrimages (anchored by almost three decades of trips with his father). This story captures the untold broader narrative of the region, as well as a thousand different details sure to be recognized by fellow pilgrims, like the grinding rhythm of a long portage or the loon call that slips into that last moment before sleep.
Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness
Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness write by Stephen Wilbers. This book was released on 2012-07-24. Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness: A Sawbill Log continues the story of wilderness canoeing begun in A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time, this time offering historical information about black bear attacks on humans, loon calls and behaviors, lightning strikes on the waters, the experience of a woman going into labor while canoeing with her husband, the sighting of spectacular northern lights, and reflections on the wilderness experience. All the while Wilbers reflects on experiences canoeing with his family. As in the first book, quotes from some of Minnesotas well known wilderness authors appear throughout the manuscript.
Exploring the Boundary Waters
Exploring the Boundary Waters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring the Boundary Waters write by Daniel Pauly. This book was released on 2013-11-30. Exploring the Boundary Waters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With more than 200,000 visitors annually, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is among the most alluring wilderness areas in the country, unique because it is most often explored by canoe. Comprised of more than one million acres, the BWCAW is an exceptional combination of expansive wilderness, abundant wildlife, and fascinating natural and human history. Exploring the Boundary Waters is the most comprehensive trip planner to the BWCAW, giving travelers an overview of each entry point into the wilderness area as well as detailed descriptions of more than one hundred specific routes—including a ranking of their difficulty level and maps that feature the major waterways, portages, and the designated campsites. The book is crafted so that readers can design their own route through the almost inexhaustible network of lakes and streams. Daniel Pauly, Boundary Waters expert, worked with the U.S. Forest Service, the Minnesota DNR, and local outfitters to collect and present crucial information here: instructions on about how to obtain a permit, the rules and regulations of the park, safety tips, and suggestions about how to help maintain the ecological integrity of the wilderness. As engaging as it is informative, Exploring the Boundary Waters not only contributes advice on the pros and cons of each route, but also brings the reader a natural and historical context for the journey by offering insight into the pictographs, mining sites, logging railroads, and ruins one may encounter on an expedition. With its accessible and personal style, Exploring the Boundary Waters is the perfect guide for anyone—novice or seasoned veteran—arranging a trip to the BWCAW. A companion Web site for this book, http://www.boundarywatersguide.com, presents useful information that can be downloaded for planning a trip, including gear lists, overview maps, and route updates.
Troubled Waters
Troubled Waters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Troubled Waters write by Kevin Proescholdt. This book was released on 1995. Troubled Waters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness controversy remains today the most volatile, hotly debated Minnesota environmental issue in recent decades. In the 1970's, one crisis after another threatened the area - mining, logging, motorized use - all of which led to a major national congressional battle beginning in 1975. Today controversies continue to swirl around the BWCA Wilderness, our nation's most popular wilderness. Troubled Waters describes the turbulent and controversial conservation history of the BWCA Wilderness, focusing on the explosive struggle from 1975 to 1978 to pass the BWCA Wilderness Act in Congress -- from back cover.
Boundary Waters
Boundary Waters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boundary Waters write by Paul Gruchow. This book was released on 1999-12. Boundary Waters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Organized by the seasons of the year, Boundary Waters explores the 2.5 million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area that straddles the United States-Canada border near Lake Superior. Gruchow turns a naturalist's eye on a wilderness of wolves, moose, and loons as he visits national parks and other scenic spots. Drawing on the works of Thoreau and Wendell Berry, he explores the relationship of person to place.
