Bear Trap River News Today

By Ken Hupila

Entry into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area |  Photo: WDIO WDIO Created: July 15, 2021 06:08 PM The Superior National Forest is announcing closures within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness effective Friday, July 17.  According to a press release, the closures are due to wildfires in Quetico Provincial Park along the international border in Canada.  The closures include Mudro entry points #22/#23 ...

#22 Mudro restricted entry point - no BWCAW entry. #23 Mudro entry point - no BWCAW entry. Iron Lake travel zone closure from Bottle Portage/Bottle Rapids to Iron Lake and adjoining bays and island of Iron Lake including Peterson Bay and Three Island. Adjoining portages include the 320-rod portage west of Iron Lake from Lac La Croix, the 72-rod Dark Lake portage south of Iron Lake, the 110-rod Bear Trap River portage southeast of Iron Lake and the 140-rod portage to Curtain Falls. Crooked Lake...

Officials with the US Forest Service announced Thursday afternoon that a portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will be closed starting this weekend due to fires across the border in Canada. The notice details a series of closures near the Canadian border, all in response to fires in Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario near the Iron Lake and Crooked Lake area on the border. The emergency closure order from the USFS explains that these closures are being put in place out of consider...