Hypothermia, lightning strikes, high winds, medical emergencies, miscalculations-the dangers are real in canoe country. Last Entry Point shares tales of tragedy and near-tragedy in the Boundary Waters while offering guidance on how to avoid worst-case scenarios. Paddlers and hikers planning an excursion into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park-that storied region along the Minnesota-Ontario border made up of rock,...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is a very special place in northern Minnesota. It is an amazing wilderness area connected by lakes, rivers and portages, where people canoe, camp and experience nature. This book will introduce you to some of the sights you might see and some activities you might do when you visit this remarkable place.

In winter the Boundary Waters, way up north in Minnesota, is not the same place you canoed last summer--but still it beckons and welcomes you. Grab a pack, strap on snowshoes, make a path (Oh! they take some getting used to!), and venture out across the frozen lakes and through the snowy woods. The vast wintery world here is so still and quiet, you might think you're all alone--but no! Who made these tracks? A deer? A hare? A fox? And far off there's...