BWCAW boundary
status: open
status: closed
2012 status: open.
Description: This zone is 148 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 small isolated parcels of private. 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.
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. Some lands in the zone are private where permission to travel must be obtained.
Legal Description: Subp. 37. Moose Zone 73. Moose Zone 73 consists of that portion of the state lying within the following described boundary: Beginning at the intersection of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 12, Cook County, and CSAH 8, Cook County; thence along CSAH 8 to CSAH 27, Cook County; thence along CSAH 27 to Forest Road (FR) 323; thence along FR 323 to Ball Club Lake; thence northeasterly across said lake to the opposite shore; thence northwesterly and easterly along said shore to the easterly tip of the bay where it intersects with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area boundary; thence easterly and northerly along said boundary to the South Brule River; thence downstream through said river to the confluence with the Brule River, thence southeasterly along the Brule River to Northern Light Lake; thence along the northern shoreline of said lake to the outlet to Brule River; thence downstream along said river to Minnesota Highway 61; thence southwesterly along Minnesota Highway 61 to Devil Track River; thence northeasterly along Devil Track River to CSAH 60, Cook County; thence along CSAH 60 to CSAH 12, Cook County; thence along CSAH 12 to the point of beginning.
