Piragis Northwoods Company in Ely, Minnesota
Piragis Northwoods Company Enews
December 17th, 2012
Greetings!

Hello from the End of the Road, Ely, Minnesota.

We are still offering FREE STANDARD SHIPPING to the lower 48 states.  We will continue to do so through Christmas Eve as we normally do.  HOWEVER, if you need to receive your packages by Christmas, you will need to CONSIDER 2nd Day Shipping options after today and tomorrow.   We also want to let you know that we are shipping orders the same day that we receive them.  Orders placed through tomorrow should reach most places by Christmas with Standard Shipping and that is still FREE.  Throughout the first half of this week we should still be able to ship standard within Minnesota via standard shipping in time for Christmas.  All other deliveries needed by the 24th should be bumped up to expedited shipping. 

To order online, just enter code FREEX12 and we'll take care of the shipping!  This offer is for continental USA standard shipping to the lower 48 states only.  Oversized item charges still apply.  You can always call us with your order or questions at 1-800-223-6565.

"Hello!!  Last Sunday night I placed an order for 2 books. I was completely floored when the books arrived TWO DAYS later.  Thanks ever so much for your incredible service!   You'll be hearing from us again!!"  --  A more than satisfied customer ;)




Sincerely,
Tim Stouffer
Piragis Northwoods Company

SALE items from the Boundary Waters Catalog
 

We have a few items that have excellent discounts this time of year.  If you are looking for a deal, look no further :)  

  

  

 

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Piragis Favorite BWCA Camping Tent!

The Lightening XT 4 was the 2009 BackPacker Magazine Editors Choice Award! The features of this tent explain why it won: over 57 square feet of interior space, two vestibules and fewer than seven pounds for a 4 person tent! This shelter has everything needed for some time away with friends or family. 

List Price     $459.95
Your Price:     $367.96

 

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Fillo Camp Pillow
List Price     $44.95
Your Price:     $35.96

 

  
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Cosmo Air Insulated Pads for extended use throughout the year.
List Price     $159.95
Your Price:     $127.96


 
 
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Easy to set up, free standing and a large sky light make the Big Agnes Big House 6 one of our favorites new tents.
List Price     $359.95
Your Price:     $287.96

Click here for more sale items from the Boundary Waters Catalog.  http://www.boundarywaterscatalog.com/specials.htm


Some things we care about :)
Wilderness Matters
Why is Wilderness so Important?
Here in Ely, Minnesota, our backyard is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In conjunction with Quetico Provencial Park in Canada this beautiful area is home to over 2000 lakes connected by rivers and portages that are only accessible to paddlers. It is still one of the most pristine places you can travel to and camp in. It is still one of the few places on earth where you can find water pure enough for drinking in the wild.

It is home to countless ecosystems, the biodiversity of swamps, bogs, streams, watersheds, wetlands, rivers, and lakes. It is home to the Timberwolf, Moose, Common Loon, American Bald Eagle, Beaver, Muskrat, Otter, Pine Martin, Red Squirrel, Fisher, Fox, and many more of our animal brothers. These cold northern waters provide sport and food with their vast variety of fish from the legendary Lake Trout and Northern Pike to the coveted Walleye and the spirited Bass. Panfish and Sunnies are the delight of children and adults alike. The songs of birds both seen and unseen create a symphony like none other as you walk paths taken by Native Americans a centuries past.

It is a paradise away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. It is a place to escape and get closer to things bigger than yourself. It is without a doubt the best medicine for stress relief and one of the most fantastic places you can introduce children too at a young age.

The Boundary Waters is protected and yet accessible. It is set apart and special, but everyone can visit this beautiful country.

It is both our sanity and the object of our affection.

To discover more about the legal definitions of Wilderness and do your part in Wilderness Preservation please take some time to return to this page and follow some internet portages to the Wilderness Society:

The National Wilderness Preservation System was created on September 3, 1964, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed The Wilderness Act -- eight years after the first wilderness bill was introduced by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey. The final bill passed the Senate, 73-12, on April 9, 1963, and the House of Representatives, 373-1, on July 30, 1964.

The original bill established 9.1 million acres of federally protected wilderness in national forests. The law did not increase the amount of land under federal control, nor did it mandate acquisition of additional lands.
Read the Wilderness Act.

From THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY website:
Click here for more great information and to join:
http://wilderness.org/about-us


Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed."
- Excerpt from The Wilderness Letter, Wallace Stegner, author and former Wilderness Society Governing Council member

Wilderness offers people solitude, inspiration, natural quiet, a place to get away. At the same time, designated wilderness protects biodiversity, the web of life.

Of 261 basic ecosystem types in the U.S., 157 are represented in the wilderness system. Without these large, complex areas of preserved landscape, species protection would be virtually impossible and our understanding of how natural systems work would be reduced to childish speculation.

Designated wilderness protects ecological values vital to all of us:
  • Wilderness areas protect watersheds that provide drinking water to many cities and rural communities.
  • Wilderness serves as critical habitat for wildlife threatened by extinction.
  • Wilderness helps filter and improve the quality of our air.
  • Wilderness areas maintain gene pools that help to protect biodiversity -- the "web of life," and provide natural laboratories for research.
  • Wilderness helps meet the nation's increasing demand for outdoor recreation: hiking, hunting, fishing, bird watching, canoeing, camping, and many other activities.
  • Wilderness is a haven from the pressures of our fast-paced, industrialized society, providing places where we can seek relief from the noise, haste, and crowds that too often confine us.



Contact us for more information about canoe trip outfitting and to begin planning your next canoe trip today: 1-800-223-6565
Drew Brockett or Adam Macht

 

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Ely, MN  55731
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