BWCAW boundary
status: open
status: closed
2012 status: open.
Description: This zone is 132 square miles in size and is entirely outside the BWCAW. The roads vary from paved all-season roads to rough logging roads. 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 there are some opportunities to hunt on lakes.
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. 40. Moose Zone 76. Moose Zone 76 consists of that portion of the state lying within the following described boundary: Beginning at the intersection of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 6, 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 Ball Club Lake to the opposite shore; thence northwesterly and easterly along said shore to the easterly tip of the bay to a point where it intersects with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area boundary; thence westerly, southerly, northerly and easterly along said boundary to the Brule Lake public water access and FR 326; thence along FR 326 to FR 170; thence easterly along FR 170 to CSAH 4, Cook County; thence southerly along CSAH 4 to Caribou Creek; thence northeasterly along Caribou Creek to Caribou Lake; thence northeasterly through Caribou Lake and Bigsby Lake to Murmur Creek; thence northeasterly along Murmur Creek to FR 332; thence easterly along FR 332 to CSAH 45, Cook County; thence easterly along CSAH 45 to the Cascade River; thence northerly along the Cascade River to the unnamed creek flowing from the Southwest, Northwest and Northeast Quarters of the Southeast Quarter, Section 24 of T. 61N, R. 2W; thence easterly along said unnamed creek to its headwaters swamp on the section line between Sections 16 and 21, T. 61N. R. 1W; thence easterly along said section line for approximately one mile through said swamp and upland to FR 158; thence easterly on said road to CSAH 48, Cook County; thence easterly along CSAH 48 to CSAH 7, Cook County; thence along CSAH 7 to CSAH 6, Cook County; thence along CSAH 6 to the point of beginning.
