As the planning begins for the 2016 Boundary Waters Expo, I thought I’d give a recap of this year’s inaugural event.
The Boundary Waters Expo was held at the Seagull Public Landing in mid June. It was highlighted by expert speakers, knowledgeable exhibitors, beautiful canoes, good friends, and perfect weather. We had a nice turnout of around 200-300 people, enough to fill the presentations but not so many that you couldn’t get one-on-one time with the speakers. While the event took a lot of time and effort to get together, in the end I thought it was a great success.
For info on the 2016 show, go to The Boundary Waters Expo or find us on Facebook.
Our 2015 Sponsors:
Camp Chow
Duluth Pack
Enlightened Equipment
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
Frost River
St. Croix Canoes
The Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters
Stewart River Boatworks
Nemo Equipment
Seattle Sports
Sealskinz
Cooke Custom Sewing
Sanborn Canoe Company
Northstar Canoes
Nova Craft Canoe
Souris River Canoes
Radiant Spirit Gallery
A highlight was personal paddling instruction from canoe legend Cliff Jacobson.
Cliff has agreed to be available for lessons throughout the entire expo next year.
Patti Johnson of the USFS arrived in style in a Forest Service Beaver. The pilot happily gave spectators a tour of his plane.
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