Greetings to all of BWCA Friends and especially our 2022 season guests…

We thought we would take a minute to catch you up on Moose Lake and the Boundary Waters general comings and goings. It finally turned cold enough for Moose Lake to freeze…

It is so hard to believe that it is late August already. Here on Moose Lake, it seems like yesterday that we were putting in the water system and putting the towboats back in the lake. It is just crazy how fast the time goes…

We came across this article from the MN Bring Me The News. Some stuff just can’t be made up and this is one of those stories…

We thought it would be timely and helpful to provide you with a short update from the shores of Moose Lake. Let’s talk about BWCA COVID, Crowding and Canada…

As many of you are aware, Williams and Hall Outfitters in Ely, Minnesota, offers a full menu of backcountry food supplies for your Boundary Waters canoe trip.. Many of you have taken advantage of this service…

As we approach our 28th canoeing season on Moose Lake, we are excited and thrilled to get started. When we wrap things up each Fall, it always seems like it will be a long time until the ice goes out and we can open our doors to guests again. Just like life in general, it all goes by in a flash, and here we are once again preparing for your canoe trips….

So,we are going to hold a series of Webinars in January. We will announce the dates and times in the next couple weeks. We think these live events hold a tremendous amount of promise and an opportunity to have a little fun as well…

Over the years, (I love articles that start with that phrase.  It implies that the author is more than likely old)  some of the most common questions we receive are about the Williams and Hall crew… 

Who would have ever thought we would make it to October? At the start of the season back in early May, we didn’t even know if we would be able to open. Luckily, very luckily, we made it over that hurdle and opened only a couple weeks late in mid-May. Our most common question this summer from our guests was “how has your Boundary Waters summer been?”……

As the summer approaches, and you are ready for a break from the turbulence of the times,  think about joining us for a breath of fresh air, a truly great night’s sleep, and to maybe catch a fish or two or six or ten while you’re at it. 

In my last couple posts, I have been talking about wilderness trip planning and gear planning.  This month , while sticking to the same theme of enjoying wilderness travel more fully, let’s turn our attention to what the military would call a force multiplier…

Last month we talked about the perfect formula for BWCA trip planning.  We talked about developing the objectives of your BWCA canoe trip, the level of difficulty you wanted, the amount of travelling that you wanted, the sites you wanted to see, and the activities that were important…