Our annual canoe trip took us back to the Nakina region of Northern Ontario. Our initial plans were for a longer trip, but after seeing the water levels during the first part of the trip we decided to instead paddle the Marshall Lake Loop, which we had paddled in the spring of 2012. Our original […]
This year Kate and I finally skied the full length of the Banadad Ski Trail. It’s been something we’ve been meaning to do for a long time, and has remained a stain on our resume of Gunflint Trail skiers. The Banadad trail is a 27 km trail traveling through the BWCA. Unlike Bearskin’s ski […]
This year our annual trip to the Canadian Wilderness took us back to Nakina Ontario. Nakina is a paddling (and fishing) paradise with many wilderness route options ranging from whitewater rivers to huge scenic lakes. Despite this, it is rarely paddled. Our last trip in the region had been filled with rain and moose. […]
Wilderness has a way of being at once both adventurous and serene, quiet and yet buzzing with a symphony of life. Living on the edge of the BWCAW, I experience these beautiful juxtapositions almost daily, but they were recently more amplified to me during my first time paddling on Seagull Lake. I’ll be honest, I’ve never been […]
Growing up I had oftentimes heard stories of friends and family having incredible adventures at Isle Royale National Park. I have always desired to experience the island for myself and return with my own stories to share, and working at Bearskin this summer has allowed me to do so. My aunt, a Grand Marais local […]