Aug. 18—Making a list will make planning and packing for a wilderness canoe trip that much easier, and once the list is made, it can be saved for future excursions. Here is Bryan Ford's list, which he ...

The surge to book a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) permit was intense again this year, even briefly bogging down the government’s reservation system after bookings went live Jan. 29.