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1) Woman of the Boundary Waters: canoeing, guiding, mushing, and surviving

Author

Kerfoot, Justine, 1906-

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

Description

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The Boundary Waters region of Minnesota and Ontario is a vast wilderness of quiet beauty, visited and loved by many, but home to only a rugged few. In 1928, Justine Kerfoot arrived, a Northwestern University graduate student headed for medical school until her family lost both their Illinois homes in the stock market crash. Thrust into year-round life at her mother's fledgling summer resort, Justine was confronted with learning survival in the frigid...

2) Boundary waters: the grace of the wild

Author

Gruchow, Paul

Publisher

Milkweed Editions

Publication Date

1997

Physical Desc

xvii, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Language

English

3) Canoeing the Boundary Waters wilderness: a Sawbill log

Author

Wilbers, Stephen, 1949-

Publisher

The History Press

Publication Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations, maps

Language

English

Description

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Contains a collection of essays by writer Stephen Wilbers that describe assorted adventures of travelers to the Boundary Waters Wilderness area, as well as, the author's own experiences exploring and camping there with his family.

4) A Boundary Waters history: canoeing across time

Author

Wilbers, Stephen, 1949-

Publisher

History Press

Publication Date

2013.

Physical Desc

1 online resource : illustrations, map

Language

English

Description

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Chronicles the geological, cultural, and environmental history of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness, and highlights the experiences of author Stephen Wilbers on his thirty years of canoeing in the BWCA Wilderness. Includes black-and-white photographs.