The canoe has always been part of Canada’s national mythology — but it’s a complicated history. For thousands of years, these watercraft provided essential transportation through the vast wilds of ...

FARGO — Many people pledge to get out and see the world after they retire. Berlin Nelson Jr. got his start as a teen and never stopped. "I was raised in the state of Washington. We spent a lot of time ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Two separate groups of intrepid canoe paddlers set out in the northern Minnesota wilderness this past spring toward the remote doorstep of the Arctic Circle: Canada’s Hudson Bay. The ...

DARIEN — Heft a 40-pound backpack loaded with food, clothing and camping gear. Then join another person in lifting a 40-pound canoe over your shoulders and walking up a mountainous trail over jagged ...

ELY, Minn. — The big bull moose was on the portage trail, mere feet from where Miles Larson and three buddies were walking while portaging their canoes on a trip that took them through portions of ...

Retired Superior National Forest ranger Tom McCann hopes to journey more than 150 miles along the Minnesota-Ontario border in ...