Dec 13, 2021 | BWCAW, Calendar Sidebar, Community, From the Archives
Resonant words from the archives: Dear Calendar Owners, As I write this it is Memorial Weekend, 2007. I have just returned from working at the Ham Lake Fire on the Gunflint Trail, where sadly we lost homes and witnessed the destruction of wild places that were special...
Dec 6, 2021 | BWCAW, From the Archives, Northwoods Ecology
Let It Snow! was first published in the 1998-1999 Ely Winter Times: Snow is pretty amazing stuff. Did you know that a light powder snow cover is 92% air? It has a higher R-value than fiberglass insulation. Just nine inches is enough to keep the soil from freezing even...
Dec 3, 2021 | Community, From the Archives
This article was first published in the 2019 Ely Winter Times. The first thing you need to know about a sauna is how to pronounce the word. It’s Finnish, a language in which each vowel is pronounced independently. So instead of an “aw” sound like “autumn” the “au”...
Dec 3, 2021 | Community, From the Archives
From the archives: The Winter Sauna by Becca Brin Manlove, 1999-2000 Ely Winter Times We scurried quickly over the path of ice, clad in nothing but soggy wool socks and the steam roiling from our skin. “Hurry, Dayna! My socks are sticking!” “Well, mine are stuck!”...
Nov 16, 2021 | BWCAW, Calendar Sidebar, Food & Drink, From the Archives
From Cache Lake Country by John Rowlands, a 1947 book full of poetic descriptions and practical directions: The Chief and I have been dressing the skin of his first buck which will make fine moccasins later on, although he wants to get a moose, too, for its hide will...
Nov 1, 2021 | BWCAW, Calendar Sidebar, From the Archives, Northwoods Ecology
The following was originally published as the sidebar text accompanying the above photo for November in the 2017 Boundary Waters & Quetico calendar. It’s time to winterize, and the herps (reptiles and amphibians) of Canoe Country have remarkable adaptations to...
