GRAND MARAIS, MICH. -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has a new activity for your summer travel list: guided wilderness canoe trips. Park officials recently announced that the park is hosting free ...

I needed a little escape, and so I grabbed a canoe, my camping gear, and picked a dead-end lake with a single campsite on it. I found a slice of heaven! Gear I have tested and recommend: Paddles: Aqua ...

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 ...

Question: I am putting together a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and I have a group of novice campers. I’d like to help them by providing a list of items they should bring. Our trip ...

TERLINGUA, Texas — Paddling the Rio Grande River offers a unique adventure in the southwestern United States, but it is a wilderness trip for experienced and well-prepared paddlers. Choosing a time ...

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 ...

I’ll never forget my first river trip. The river carried me under towering red and orange-striped canyons etched by ancient peoples inside Dinosaur National Monument. The rafting, it turned out, was ...

The canoe trip took Miles Larson, his five paddling partners and their camp counselor across 157.5 miles of lakes, rivers and portages over 15 days. Miles Larson of Grand Forks gives a thumbs-up ...

Let's get this straight right up front ... I am not a fisherman. I don't enjoy fishing, I'm only an occasional canoeist, and I rarely go traipsing through the wilderness. It just isn't my thing.