SOMEWHERE IN THE BADLANDS, N.D. -- The canoe had lurched to a halt with an unceremonious "scrok!" on top of a boulder hidden just below the currents that now swirled around us. We were, quite ...

Everyone should spend a week paddling in a canoe, if not every year, at least once in their life. There’s no better way to get to know someone than being stuck in the same boat for days on end, and it ...

This story, “Old Fashioned Trout Trip,” appeared in the June 1964 issue of Outdoor Life. Experience has taught me that guides know what they’re doing. The silly set-up we were in, however, made me ...

Crescent Lake is inside the Superior National Forest, but outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It offers a boat landing, camping sites and access to other lakes via canoe portages. No ...

Our Labor Day canoe trip went a day long, and almost a boat short. With our daughter traveling with teammates for a high school cross-country meet, my wife, Kristen, and I had a long weekend together.