BWCAW boundary
status: open
status: closed
2012 status: open.
Description: This zone is 130 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. 41. Moose Zone 77. Moose Zone 77 consists of that portion of the state lying within the following described boundary: Beginning at Sawbill Lake at the small stream which connects to the portage to Alton Lake; thence northerly, easterly and southerly along the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness boundary to the Brule Lake public water access and Forest Road (FR) 326; thence along FR 326 to FR 170; thence east along FR 170 to County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 4, Cook County; thence along CSAH 4 to Caribou Creek; thence southwesterly along Caribou Creek to the Poplar River; thence southwesterly along the Poplar River to an unnamed creek in the North ?? of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, T. 60N, R. 3W; thence westerly along said creek and over land to the Range Line between Range 3 West and Range 4 West of Township 60 North; thence northerly along said Range Line to Six Mile Creek; thence a southwesterly along said creek to CSAH 2, Cook County; thence along CSAH 2 to the point of beginning.
