So, your sad! The football season is over! The college basketball tournament isn't coming for a while and you'll never find a golf ball right now! It's just plain COLD outside! White isn't your favorite color right now, either.  

If cabin fever is starting to set in on you, now is a great time to start tinkering with your canoe trip gadgets and your fishing gear. This mid-winter activity can be both therapeutic as well as important. That canoe trip will be here sooner than you think and having all your equipment organized and working will save a lot of hassle and scrambling later. "Honey, do you remember where I put the headlamps when we got home from our canoe trip last summer?" "Which one of the air mats was leaking last year?" 

We've all been there before. Throwing stuff together at the last minute, not remembering what shape anything was in or what needed fixing. Take this mid-winter "down time" to get it together. Oil that squeaky reel, put that new fishing line on, don't wait 'till that July thunderstorm to remember the hole in your tent that needed to be fixed!

You know where we're going with this. It's that old "ounce of prevention (or maintenance)" thing! So don't just sit there staring out the window, wishing for spring. Take advantage of the spare time, gear up, and remember...open water in the Canoe Country isn't so far away! We're looking forward to seeing you! 

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).  

Quetico Park

Permits are issued on a first come first served basis exactly 5 months to the day before your desired start day.  This year the park will open May 20th, 2011.