CONTENTS Acknowledgments What''s New About This Edition? A Note to the Reader Preface, by Kevin Proescholdt Chapter 1: A Wilderness in Turmoil, by David Backes Chapter 2: Planning and Pacing Your Canoe Trip First, Pick Your Travel Area Maps If You Plan To Use a GPS Don''t Turn Your Vacation into a Marathon! Rules for Interpreting Contour Lines Planning the Route Scenario Thought List Permits Chapter 3: A Maze of Finger Lakes, Portage Trails, and Confusing Bays! Maps Orienteering Compass No Need to Worry about Magnetic Declination! Using Map and Compass Together Test Your Map and Compass Skills Aiming Off Tips for Navigating Small Streams and Moose Trails Using a Map With Your GPS/UTM Coordinates Chapter 4: Favorite Routes--Where Solitude Still Remains Ham Lake to Long Island Lake and Points East Frost River Granite River through Guide''s Portage Chapter 5: Federal Regulations and Rational Quotas Some Obscure Regulations No Cans or Bottles Are Allowed in the BWCA! Camouflage Your Camp Camp Only at U.S. Forest Service Designated Sites When Nature Calls and There Is No Forest Service Box Latrine Campfires Are Allowed Only Within the Steel Fire Grates at Developed Campsites Sanitation and Waste Disposal Chapter 6: Selecting and Outfitting Your Canoe A Boundary Waters Canoe Can Never Be Too Light! A Fast Canoe Is a Welcome Luxury Canoe Building Materials Canoe Tips Outfitting the Canoe Chapter 7: Paddling and Portaging Your Canoe Paddling Your Canoe Big Water Tactics Portaging Your Canoe Chapter 8: The Right Stuff--Everything You Need To Know About Equipment Packs Tent Cooking Tarp Stove Edged Tools Clothing Rain Gear Hats Footwear Sleeping Gear Kids'' Stuff Packing Your Packs Packing the Canoe Chapter 9: Solo Canoes and Kayaks in the Boundary Waters Why Solo Canoes? Things To Consider When Choosing A Solo Canoe Customizing Your Solo Canoe Paddle Strokes Solo Canoes And Camping Packs And Packing Portaging The Load Canoeing With Friends Why Not Paddle A Kayak? Chapter 10: Fast Fixin''s--Easy Ways to Prepare Great Trail Meals Hardware Spices Packing the Kitchen Containers for Powders and Liquids Easy Breakfasts Launching Lunch On into Supper Meal Management Tricks Tasty Cooking Tricks Chapter 11: A Bomb-Proof Canoe Camp! Tents and Tarps Campfires Chapter 12: Bothersome Beasts and Ornery Stingers! Bothersome Beasts Ornery Stingers Chapter 13: Dangers, Safety, and First Aid Swimming Don''ts! Lightning Widow-Makers When Your Canoe Becomes a Kite! Safety with Edged Tools Water Quality Medicine for the Boundary Waters First Aid for Common Ailments Signals: When You Need To Bring the Airplane Down! Chapter 14: A Magic Day in the BWCA Chapter 15: Advice from the Experts Rob Kesselring Bob O''Hara Bert Heep Dr. Nick and Stephanie Boismenue Zoe Kesselring Sue Harings Advice from an Outfitter--Nancy Piragis Appendix A: Equipment Checklist Appendix B: Resources BWCA Information and Permits Quetico Information and Permits Customs Minnesota Licenses Organizations Maps Miscellaneous Equipment and Supplies Packsacks, Map Cases, and Other Canoeing Luggage BWCA and Quetico Canoeing Guide Books Appendix C: Seven-Day Menu Appendix D: The Wilderness Meal Index About the Author.