BWCAW boundary
status: open
status: closed
2012 status: open.
Description: This zone is 97 square miles in size and is entirely outside the BWCAW. The roads vary from paved all-season roads to rough logging roads. Land ownership is primarily Superior National Forest, some state, and some small isolated parcels of private land. 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. There are few opportunities to hunt on water.
Topography: The terrain varies from flat to rolling 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. Most of the zone is Superior National Forest land where cross country travel on ATVs is prohibited and there is no exception for big game retrieval. A portion of the zone is state land where cross country travel is prohibited but big game retrieval is generally allowed by exception.
Legal Description: Subp. 36. Moose Zone 72. Moose Zone 72 consists of that portion of the state lying within the following described boundary: Beginning at the intersection of Cook County State Aid Highway #12 and United States Forest Service Road 146; thence northerly and easterly along said road to the stream connecting Aspen and East Bearskin Lakes; thence easterly along said stream to East Bearskin Lake; thence easterly through East Bearskin Lake to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness boundary on the southern shore of said lake at the section line between Section 12, T. 64N, R. 1W and Section 7, T. 64N, R. 1E; thence southerly, easterly, 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 westerly upstream along Brule River to Northern Light Lake; thence along the northern shoreline of said lake to the inlet of the Brule River; thence upstream along said river to the junction with South Brule River; thence easterly upstream along South Brule River to Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness boundary; thence westerly, northerly and easterly along said boundary to Lizz Lake; thence northerly through said lake to the portage to Poplar Lake; thence northerly along said portage and along the southern shoreline of said Lake to the line between the Northwest and the Southwest quarters of Section 8 of T. 64N, R. 1W; thence easterly across said lake to the stream connecting to Road Lake; thence northeasterly along said stream to Cook County Highway #12; thence along said highway to the point of beginning.
