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What a year this past week has been. We know in o

What a year this past week has been.

We know in our last post we promised an update as soon as the Boundary Waters officially opened for the 2020 season, but our phones have been ringing off the hook since a week ago Friday when the US Forest Service announced the BWCAW opening. We’ve been doing our best to stay on top of correspondence while taking care of the first outfitting and cabin guests of the summer. Suffice it to say, there’s never been a Memorial Day Weekend quite like this one in canoe country.

As we take a moment to catch our breath, we’re so grateful for the kind, enthusiastic groups we had this past week. We’re also heartened by how respectful you’ve all been of our modified business practices help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Your willingness to put on a mask and to wait your turn to come into the office made us feel so much better about this uncharted season that lies ahead of us. Thanks for your support. Let’s #staysafemn and enjoy the wilderness.

#boundarywaters #gunflinttrail #whitepine #summer2020

With the end of the MN Stay At Home Order coming o

With the end of the MN Stay At Home Order coming on May 18th and the specific allowance of dispersed camping in the new executive order, we anticipate the BWCAW will open to overnight camping on May 18th. We're waiting for some guidance from the U.S. Forest Service on what next week is going to look like and we will post that when we get it. #boundarywaters #gunflinttrail #pandemiclife #canoecamping

We can’t remember the last time we actually fish

We can’t remember the last time we actually fished the opener! It was a cold start to the open water season on the Gunflint Trail. #gunflinttrail #boundarywaters #daytrip #bass

Boundary Waters Update: As of today, the Boundary

Boundary Waters Update: As of today, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has reopened to day use only. Overnight camping in the Boundary Waters and anywhere on the Superior National Forest remains closed through May 17.

While we know the BWCAW feels like the ultimate social distancing destination, until the MN Stay at Home order and Cook County’s no travel advisory are lifted, we ask that you remain close to your home to help our small, vulnerable community better prepare for a busy summer season in a time of pandemic. As such, we will not offer any outfitting services until the BWCAW reopens to overnight travel except to Cook County residents who need a canoe or other outfitting gear for day use.

We’re grateful to now be able to explore our Boundary Waters backyard until our summer season officially begins. We’re even more grateful for your understanding, patience, and willingness to reschedule. We look forward to seeing you all soon!

#gunflinttrail #boundarywaters #stayhomemn #spring2020

If you’d asked us even yesterday morning when we

If you’d asked us even yesterday morning when we thought the ice would go out, we wouldn’t have said it would be gone from many upper Gunflint Trail lakes when we woke up today. But considering this weird, “0-60” sort of world we’re living in right now, we weren’t surprised to see ice gone from Round, Seagull, the Sag Corridor, and the western end of Gunflint Lake this morning. I mean, why wouldn’t it just disappear on the turn of a dime, aka, three days in the lower 70s and a stiff west wind all day yesterday?

We might be looking at open water, but we are anticipating an announcement tomorrow that the BWCAW closure will extend until May 18 to correlate with Minnesota’s stay at home order. So while we’re still idling in the “zero” range here at Tuscarora, we’re diligently working through our spring to-do list so we can punch it to “60” just as soon as we can open.

#spring2020 #openwater #gunflinttrail #boundarywaters

We’ve learned a lot about shifting perspective t

We’ve learned a lot about shifting perspective these last few weeks. This first photo is of the Round Lake Road beaver pond that we pass by on average at least twice a day, but from the back (north) side - a perspective we’ve never seen before. With temps reaching the low 70s, it was the perfect morning to get to know our backyard a little better.

Our goal was to find the old Port Arthur, Duluth, and Western railroad grade from the early 1890s to see how it connected from what is now the Gunflint Trail to what is now the Centennial Trail. We found it running along a beaver dam on the backside of the pond and followed it all the way to a massive tailing pile. We also found what appears to be a slightly more modern dump site.

This May will look different from any we’ve known and with the MN stay at home extension ostensibly keeping us shuddered until May 18, we’ll get to enjoy a little more backyard exploring this spring than we have in years. A little shift in perspective can make all the difference.

#silverlinings #stayathome #gunflinttrail #boundarywaters

We still don’t have much open water on the Gunfl

We still don’t have much open water on the Gunflint Trail, but Andy and Quinn headed out for the first paddle of 2020 on Seagull Creek yesterday. They only had to break through a couple patches of ice!

Did you know that many Gunflint Trail old timers claim that once the North Brule River is ice-free, Gunflint Lake will go out in two weeks? As of yesterday afternoon, there’s still ice by the North Brule bridge, so we are starting to anticipate some ice fishing opportunities this fishing opener! But with a significant warm-up coming this weekend, it shouldn’t be too long before we’re all out paddling . . . and on bodies of water bigger than Seagull Creek. We’ve all been honing our “wait and see” skills this spring anyway, so a later ice out feels rather apropos.

#gunflinttrail #boundarywaters #firstpaddle #iceout2020

It's time for another #canoerouteoftheweek. This w

It's time for another #canoerouteoftheweek. This week, we're talking about the Round Lake to Seagull Lake loop! Learn more about it with #linkinprofile

Although it's described on our website as making a clockwise loop starting here at our beach at Round and ending on Seagull Lake, we actually prefer to do this loop starting at Seagull and ending here at Tuscarora.
This is one of our absolute favorite routes on the eastern side of the Boundary Waters. It really gives you an excellent snapshot of the BWCA with some excellent fishing lakes, a few challenging portages, some great blueberry picking, wildfire recovery forest, and beautiful old growth pines.
Who's done this route before? Let us know your favorite memories from this route!

#boundarywaters #gunflinttrail #canoecamping

What a week, huh? We have a little news for you:

What a week, huh?

We have a little news for you:
1. The Boundary Waters will open for the 2020 permit season on May 5, or whenever Minnesota’s stay at home order (currently set to expire on May 4) is lifted.
2. We will be open for business as soon as we can. This could be dictated by the stay at home order or when the ice is off Gunflint Trail lakes. . . .
3. We appear to be headed for a slightly later than normal ice out.
4. We will be back with Tuscarora Trivia Night on Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 pm here on Instagram and over on Facebook too. See you then!

#gunflinttrail #boundarywaters #spring2020 #stayhomemn

We can’t all gather around the campfire 🔥 rig

We can’t all gather around the campfire 🔥 right now, so we’re building a virtual campfire tomorrow, Friday April 10 at 7:30 p.m. CST, and hope you’ll join us around it for the first ever Tuscarora Trivia Night. 🎉
Gather your trivia teams on the couch or via Zoom for a live, pub quiz style virtual trivia night via Facebook and Instagram Live. We’ll be throwing out canoe country trivia questions related to the Boundary Waters, Quetico, and the Gunflint Trail. We’re looking forward to some good BWCA chitter-chatter in between us throwing out trivia questions too.
Come with your thinking caps on and invite a friend. We’ll save you a “virtual” seat around the fire on a nice flat rock, where the smoke is always blowing the other direction. Who’s bringing the marshmallows?! #gunflinttrail #boundarywaters #trivianight #stayhomemn

It’s an overcast Monday here in northern MN, so

It’s an overcast Monday here in northern MN, so we’re casting our minds back to open water and golden hours on Long Island Lake. This beautiful destination lake is featured on the Cross Bay to Poplar canoe route which just happens to be the #canoerouteoftheweek. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our stories ☝️for more information about this fantastic four day/three night trip.

#boundarywaters #gunflinttrail #springplanning

We know this spring comes with so many unanswerabl

We know this spring comes with so many unanswerable questions, but we do know a couple things for sure: the ice and snow will melt, the world will bud out, and someday soon we’ll be dipping our paddles into a Boundary Waters lake.

To get us through the waiting game that is April, we’re relaunching our Canoe Route of the Week feature! Each week, we’ll present a different canoe route commonly traveled by Tuscarora guests. This week’s route starts just 300 yards down our driveway: it’s the Cross Bay to Poplar route! Check out the #linkinprofile to see a map and learn a little bit more about this moderately difficult “loop.” Paddlers love this route for its beautiful, quintessential Boundary Waters scenery and the fact that there’s no backtracking: every lake and portage you see is new territory.
Have you paddled from Cross Bay Lake to Poplar Lake (or vice versa) before? Comment below with some of your trip highlights! Even better, drop us a DM with some photos from your trip that we can feature in some stories later on this week!

#boundarywaters #canoerouteoftheweek #tripplanning

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