Black and white photograph of Cannon Falls firefighters posing in front of their headquarters.

Cannon Falls firefighters

Cannon Falls' citizens organized a defense against further fire following the 1887 disaster, the community's second devastating blaze. Local firefighters pose in front of their headquarters.

Canoe

Canoe

Birchbark canoe (possibly Ojibwe) created ca. 1900.

Canoe in the Stockade Museum at Grand Portage

Canoe in the Stockade Museum at Grand Portage

The interior of the Great Hall at Grand Portage which was used as a museum, ca. 1940. The museum included small objects recovered as part of archaeological investigations of the site. Initially, the Great Hall also included a gift shop and cafe. Most of the museum’s contents were destroyed in a 1969 fire.

Canoe shed at Grand Portage

Canoe shed at Grand Portage

The canoe shed at Grand Portage, ca. 1975. The shed, located outside the main stockade and used as a warehouse, was reconstructed in 1973.

Black and white photograph of an early trip to what is now the Boundary Waters Canoe area, ca. 1916.

Canoe trip

An early trip to what is now the Boundary Waters Canoe area, ca. 1916.

Black and white image of an individual canoeing on Lake Vermilion, 1935.

Canoeing on Lake Vermilion

Canoeing on Lake Vermilion, 1935.

Canoeists at Moose Lake Landing

Canoeists at Moose Lake Landing

Canoeists from Camp Thunderbird at Moose Lake Landing, an entrance to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in the Kawishiwi Ranger District of the Superior National Forest. Photograph (R9_485431) by P. Freeman Heim, August 1957. Used courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina. CC BY-SA 2.0

Canoers completing a portage in the Superior National Forest

Canoers completing a portage in the Superior National Forest

Canoers completing a portage in the Superior National Forest, ca. 1930.

Canoers in Superior National Forest

Canoers in Superior National Forest

Canoers portaging a canoe in Superior National Forest, St. Louis County, Minnesota, 1925. From the North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting.

Color image of canoers in the BWCA, ca. 2006.

Canoers in the BWCA

Canoers on the Rainy River in the BWCA, ca. 2006.

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