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View from the Border Route Trail, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 2011. Photograph by Eugene Kim.
Iron Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 2012.
Junction of the rugged Eagle Mountain and Brule Lake trails in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Minnesota, 2006. Photograph by Douglas Kaye.
Pose Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 2006.
An aerial photo of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, ca. 1980.
Portaging a canoe in the Boundary Waters, ca. 1980.
An early trip to what is now the Boundary Waters Canoe area, ca. 1916.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is located in the northern third of Superior National Forest. It is the most heavily used wilderness in the country, with about 250,000 visitors annually.
Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (Como Park Conservatory) in St Paul, 2006.
Como Conservatory exterior, 1964.