BWCAW boundary
status: open
status: closed
2012 status: open.
Description: This zone is 157 square miles in size and is entirely outside the BWCAW. The roads vary from unpaved all-season roads to rough logging roads. Land ownership is a mix of private, state and Superior National Forest. Hunters need to be aware of whose land they are on. Camping, ATV travel and other recreational pursuits are regulated by the Superior National Forest and DNR on public lands. Most hunters opt to hunt on the uplands, but several opportunities to hunt on water exist.
Topography: The terrain varies from flat to hilly and steep.
Physical fitness level: Moderate. Hunters need to be aware of their fitness level because moose hunting can be physically demanding and require heavy lifting and endurance.
ATV Regulations: Hunters should be aware that ATV regulations vary with land ownership. A large portion of the zone is private where permission to travel must be obtained. A large portion of the zone is state land where cross country travel is prohibited but big game retrieval is generally allowed by exception. A portion of the zone is Superior National Forest where cross country travel on ATVs is prohibited and there is no exception for big game retrieval.
Legal Description: Subp. 34. Moose Zone 70. Moose Zone 70 consists of that portion of the state lying within the following described boundary: Beginning at the point where the Brule River crosses Minnesota Highway 61; thence northeasterly along Minnesota Highway 61 to the Grand Portage Indian Reservation boundary at the Range line between Ranges 4 and 5 East; thence northerly along the Grand Portage Indian Reservation boundary to Swamp Lake; thence northwesterly along the Grand Portage Indian Reservation Boundary to Pigeon River and the United States-Canada international boundary; thence northwesterly along the United States-Canada international boundary on the Pigeon River and South Fowl Lake to a point due north of the mouth of Royal River; thence southerly approximately one mile to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness boundary; thence westerly, southerly and northerly along said boundary to Puff Creek; thence southwesterly approximately 900 feet along said creek to its junction with an unnamed creek on the section line between Sections 14 and 15, T. 64N, R. 2E; thence southeasterly along said unnamed creek to Tittle Lake; thence southeasterly through swamp for approximately one-half mile to the unnamed lake in the Southwest Quarter of Section 13, T. 64N, R. 2E; thence southwesterly through approximately one-half mile of swamp and upland to Greenwood Lake at a location in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, T. 64N, R. 2E; thence southwesterly through Greenwood Lake to its outlet at Greenwood River; thence southerly along Greenwood River to its junction with Brule River; thence southeasterly along Brule River to the point of beginning.
