BWCAW boundary
status: open
status: closed
2012 status: open.
Description: This zone is 77 square miles in size and is entirely outside the BWCAW. The roads vary from paved all-season roads to rough logging roads. Special Note regarding Zone 74: Hunters should be aware that this zone has several resorts and high tourist traffic, much of it focused on moose viewing. Hunters need to present their sport in the best manner. This can be accomplished by exhibiting the highest levels of hunting skill, knowledge and ability while hunting areas remote from roads, resorts and private cabins. Land ownership in this zone is a mix of Superior National Forest, state, and 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, but opportunities to hunt on the numerous lakes exist.
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. Some lands in the zone are private where permission to travel must be obtained.
Legal Description: Subp. 38. Moose Zone 74. Moose Zone 74 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 Forest Road 146; thence northerly along CSAH 12 to the stream connecting Road Lake to Poplar Lake; thence southwesterly along said stream and westerly across said Poplar Lake along the line between the North ?? and the South ?? of Section 8 of T. 64N, R. 1W to the shore of said lake; thence along the southern and western shorelines of said lake to the portage to Lizz Lake; thence southeasterly across said portage to Lizz Lake; thence across Lizz Lake to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness boundary; thence westerly, northerly, easterly and southerly to the United States-Canada international boundary at the outlet of Magnetic Lake; thence southerly and easterly along said boundary through Gunflint, North and South Lakes to its junction with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness boundary at Height of Land Portage; thence westerly, southerly and easterly along said boundary to the westernmost extent of said boundary on East Bearskin Lake; thence westerly through East Bearskin Lake to the stream connecting to Aspen Lake; thence westerly along said stream to Forest Road 146; thence along Forest Road 146 to the point of beginning.
