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Pioneer Boundary Waters Voyageur Trip
June 21 - 27, 2025
Pioneer Boundary Waters Voyageur Trip
June 21 - 27, 2025
We will be meeting in Wausau on Saturday, June 21 and then leave for Grand Marais, Minnesota, to pick up our permits. Saturday evening we will be staying as a group at the Trails End campground in the Superior National Forest, at the end of the Gunflint Trail. On Sunday we will put in at Sea Gull Lake, Lake Saganaga, or Gunflint Lake. Exit date is Friday, June 27. If numbers warrant, a fourth permit can still be booked off one of the other area entries.
Please Note: Due to the growing popularity of this trip, we will be limiting the size of it to the first 40 people who have registered and paid their minimum $100 deposit.
Cost: $225.00 per participant (same price as last year)
“Father/son or daughter” deal: For any father/son or daughter combination (or grandfather/grandchild), where one of them is a first-time participant, cost will be $225 for each returning Voyageur, and $175 for each son or daughter newcomer that comes along.
Trip options: 3 permits booked, Lake Saganaga, Sea Gull Lake, and Magnetic Lake.
Lake Saganaga entry: Master Voyageur Trevor Henne will lead a group into “Big Sag” a lake of over 17,000 acres, one of the largest in the BW. While a couple of nights will be spent on shoreline or island campsites, this trip may also include a day trip past American Point and a stroll across Monument Portage, an actual international border between the US and Canada. The trip will continue into Red Rock Bay, Alpine Lake, and exit out through Sea Gull Lake.
Magnetic Lake: Master Voyageur Brian Beyer will lead this group on a trip that follows the Granite River international border. It begins at the landing on Gunflint Lake and a paddle into Magnetic Lake, the Granite River, and concludes with an exit of Saganaga. Shorter portages, awesome sightseeing, and lots of fishing will make this a good option for any paddler.
Sea Gull Lake entry: Master Voyageurs Jeremy and Carson Gauger (father/son) will lead this group which begins on the waterfront of our campground. Sea Gull is a large, but very irregular shaped lake with lots of islands and bays to explore with a fishing rod, paddle, or camera. This trip could include lots of day trips or overnighters to area lakes with not too tough portages. Or it might even be a reverse loop of the Sag trip.
Includes: A “once in a lifetime” experience you’re going to want to repeat every year. All meals/food (except 2 fast-food travel stops), transportation from Wausau to Ely and back to Wausau, most gear, authentic red, voyageur toque (long, wool stocking cap) or traditional voyageur beret cap, with LP voyageur patch, shower at the end of the trip, “Victory” dinner at Betty’s Pies in Two Harbors MN.
Does not include: Fishing license (16 and older), fishing gear, guarantee of perfect weather, personal gear including sleeping bag, spending money for souvenirs.
2025 Voyageur trip cover and forms
For more information, contact: Jeff Kneser; (email) kneser@msn.com, or 715-409-0388
Remember: Participation is limited to the first 40 people who have put down their $100 deposit and sent their registration forms to Jeff Kneser.