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“Wilderness” is as much a state of mind as a physical condition. Seldom are more than one or two long portages necessary for paddlers to feel a true sense of wilderness around them. The disquieting drone of motors fades into the past, and one enters a world of only natural sensations. Depending on your point of entry, it could take a day, or maybe two, to find your wilderness. On the other hand, it may be waiting only minutes from your launching site, scarcely more than a stone’s throw from the road’s end. Wherever you start, a magnificent wilderness is not far away in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The important point is to allow yourself the opportunity to experience the wilderness that fits your personal definition.

Wilderness involves emotions. A wilderness experience is an emotional experience. If a person cannot sense deep emotion while camped on the shores of some placid wilderness lake, hearing the cry of a loon, he will never understand the pleas of those who would save the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.