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Did you know, that in 1925 a proposal would have flooded much of the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park to create electrical power? Or, that by 1948 as many as 41 resorts did business within the present boundaries of the BWCA?
Learn more about the history and policies that shaped the Quetico-Superior area, and the wilderness that was preserved-here.
July 15, 2009 8:06 AM | Category: Politics