If living on the edge of wilderness and helping people explore the outdoors sounds like fun, a career as an outfitter might be just the job for you. Matt and Cassidy Ritter manage Voyageur Canoe ...

Ely's oldest operating canoe-outfitting business has been shut down by the Internal Revenue Service for nonpayment of taxes, with equipment and canoes apparently seized by the government. An IRS ...

ELY, Minn. - Ely's oldest operating canoe-outfitting business has been shut down by the Internal Revenue Service for nonpayment of taxes, with equipment and canoes apparently seized by the government.

On a wilderness whitewater trip, losing a boat can be devastating. To help prevent this, we include these items in our canoe outfitting. Don’t worry, the video footage of my canoe dumping and wrapping ...

Businesspeople in Ely could breathe a sigh of relief Wednesday evening — in between phone calls with customers — after the Superior National Forest Service announced it was reopening parts of the ...

Ely Outfitting Company has opened is its biannual Boundary Waters Teen Essay Contest once again. The Deadline is February 4th. The winner receives a fully outfitted, self-guided, five-day, ...

The answer this year, said Renee Lett, with Elk River Floats and Campground at Lanagan, is: “There’s none. The river is up. The river is awesome. It’s in the best shape I have seen it in 11 years.” ...

New concerns, old grievances and "wishes of once was" predominated the discussion between the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board and area canoe outfitters at the board's meeting last Thursday. The ...

Dan Meer, new owner of the Clearwater Cooperative Creamery, has transformed the building into an outfitter shop. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz) Old Minnesota creameries often go the way of the dinosaur.

Since early last century, the Northwest Sportshow has been a springtime meeting place for people of common interests. So it will be again Wednesday, when the Northwest Sportshow ...

ELY, Minn. — Ely’s oldest operating canoe-outfitting business has been shut down by the Internal Revenue Service for nonpayment of taxes, with equipment and canoes apparently seized by the government.