The North Branch We paddled the North Branch back in 2015 (specifically 5/1/15 and 5/2/15). After driving to Chatfield and locking up our canoe and paddling gear, we drove to Whalen where we left our car and got on our bikes. For most of the Root River there is an accompanying paved bike trail. WeContinue reading “In Two Parts: Canoeing Minnesota’s Root River”
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Life is Like a Box of Chocolates: Canoeing the Red Lake River
The Red Lake River flows west out of Lower Red Lake in northwest Minnesota before turning south, dropping down lower into ancient glacial Lake Agassiz, and then eventually meandering northwest to meet up with the Red River of the North in Grand Forks. Three years ago we’d thought about paddling this river and continuing downContinue reading “Life is Like a Box of Chocolates: Canoeing the Red Lake River”
A Wedding, a Funeral, and Canoeing parts of the Red, Pine, and Mississippi Rivers
Erik and I planned a late May canoe trip in Minnesota months ago in conjunction with a family wedding near Nisswa, Minnesota. We knew we’d canoe part way home from the wedding on a section of the Mississippi Erik had done twice before but that I’d never done. We had the week off before theContinue reading “A Wedding, a Funeral, and Canoeing parts of the Red, Pine, and Mississippi Rivers”
Canoeing the Otter Tail River and the First Map of the Red
The past few springs we’ve set aside a few days to paddle some of Minnesota’s Water Trails. This year our initial plan was for the Little Fork, but alas the snow melted quickly, swelling the river, and then drought brought water levels to solid medium. There’s lots of rapids on that river and we onlyContinue reading “Canoeing the Otter Tail River and the First Map of the Red”
Canoeing Minnesota’s Crow River
The Crow River watershed is largely located within the area 100 miles west from the Twin Cities before it detours northeast to dump into the Mississippi and form the border of Hennepin County. While the river stretches upstream for countless unmarked miles and also includes a Middle Fork, only the North Fork beginning at theContinue reading “Canoeing Minnesota’s Crow River”
Canoeing Minnesota’s Rum River
Over the long Memorial Day weekend of 2016, (taking Friday off from work) my husband, Erik, and I paddled the 154 mile Rum River. Erik’s parents, Barb and Steve, helped us with a shuttle. The Rum has a special meaning to me because when I was a kid, we had a cabin on the riverContinue reading “Canoeing Minnesota’s Rum River”
Canoeing the Minnesota-Ontario Border
In 2014, Erik decided this should be the trip. I wasn’t super stoked because (1) there aren’t any mountains on the route and (2) it would involve lots of camping, and at the time I felt quite adverse to spending several nights in a row in a tent. In the end, Erik didn’t have toContinue reading “Canoeing the Minnesota-Ontario Border”
Elspeth Ronnander 