Minnesota Resources Ed notes:
1. Resources specific to a region (for example the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness), rather than to the state as a whole, will be found in the corresponding Route Information post.
2. Regrets that the Route documentation has priority over Resource documentation at present.
3.
Minnesota Route Information is posted at
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewforum.php?f=157 National Parks. Voyageurs National Park. http://www.nps.gov/voya/index.htm National Forests. Chippewa National Forest. http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsint ... %2520Home/ Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa_National_Forest Superior National Forest. http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsint ... st-%20Home Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_National_Forest State Parks. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/index.html Minnesota Tourism. http://www.exploreminnesota.com/index.aspx Environment. Minnesota Environmental Partnership. Ed note: MEP comprises ~80 environmental organisations; I have posted links to only a few of them.
http://mepartnership.org/ Environment Minnesota.http://www.environmentminnesota.org/home Nature Conservancy of Minnesota.http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/re ... /index.htm Audubon Minnesota. http://www.audubon.org/locations/audubon-minnesota# Sierra Club, North Star Chapter. http://minnesota.sierraclub.org/ Sierra Club; Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships: Minnesota.http://www.sierraclub.org/ej/programs/mn.aspx Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.http://www.mncenter.org/ Wildlands Project.http://www.freedom.org/el-97/sep97/wild-sep97.htm Minnesota Waters / Conservation Minnesota. http://www.minnesotawaters.org/ Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Minnesota. http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/states/m/minnesota.html MN water resources. http://mn.water.usgs.gov/ Handbook of the North American Indians. William C Sturtevant, General Editor.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
http://anthropology.si.edu/handbook.htm Volume 3: Environment, Origins, and Population. Douglas H Ubelaker, Editor.
The natural environment of the continent to which Indian cultures adapted in prehistoric and historic times, natural resources utilized by these cultures, current knowledge of the earliest Indian occupation (before 9,000 BC), and human biology of Indian and Eskimo (Inuit) populations, prehistoric, historic and modern. 2006.
Volume 4: History of Indian-White Relations.Wilcomb E Washburn, Editor.
History of Indian-White relations in the US and Canada following 1492. 1988.
Volume 6: Subarctic.June Helm, Editor.
Indians from interior Alaska to Labrador. 1981.
Volume 15: Northeast. Bruce G Trigger, Editor.
Indians from Virginia to St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Illinois. 1978.
Volume 17: Languages. Ives Goddard, Editor.
Native languages of North America spoken by American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts. 1996.
General information. To be augmented.
Minnesota Historical Society.http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm Minnesota geology. http://geology.com/states/minnesota.shtml Sigurd F Olson.http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sig ... ntents.htm Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute.http://www.northland.edu/sigurd-olson-e ... erview.htm Listening Point Foundation.http://www.listeningpointfoundation.org/ Voyageurs 1955: The Churchill River. http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sig ... _diary.htm Photos:
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sig ... photos.htm Voyageurs 1957: Reindeer Lake to Stony Rapids.Photos included.
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sig ... _diary.htm Voyageurs 1959: Camsell River to Great Bear and the Mackenzie.Photos included.
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sig ... 0river.htm Voyageurs 1964: The Hudson Bay Diary.http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sig ... _diary.htm Photos:
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sig ... photos.htm Minnesota waters and trails. Drainage basins (watersheds).http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watersheds/map.html http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watersheds/index.html http://gis.wrc.mnsu.edu/mnriver/index.html Rivers.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ri ... _Minnesota Lakes.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Minnesota Map showing rivers and lakes. http://geology.com/lakes-rivers-water/minnesota.shtml Wild and Scenic Rivers, National designation. http://www.rivers.gov/rivers/minnesota.php St Croix River. http://www.rivers.gov/rivers/rivers/st-croix.php http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... upper.html http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... lower.html Wild and Scenic Rivers, State designation. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... ivers.html Cannon River; from Faribault to the Mississippi River junction. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... annon.html Crow River, North Fork; within Meeker county.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... /crow.html Kettle River; in Pine County, to St Croix junction.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... ettle.html Minnesota River; from Lac Qui Parle Dam to Franklin.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... esota.html Mississippi River; St Cloud to Anoka.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... sippi.html Rum River; in Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Isanti and Anoka counties.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/water ... s/rum.html Water Trails Organisations.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watertrails/ ... tions.html MN Trails in general.MN Trails.http://mntrails.com/ MN DNR Trails. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/index.html Trails.com.http://www.trails.com/findarea.aspx?state=MN Paddling clubs and associations. Minnesota Canoe Association.http://www.canoe-kayak.org/content.aspx ... _id=709151 Ed note: Sources for most of the following are
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watertrails/ ... tions.html http://www.canoekayak.com/start-paddling/clubs/ http://peteandedbooks.com/cclubs.htm http://www.canoeing.com/advanced/clubs.htm#mn http://www.seakayakermag.com/community/ ... idwest.htm End note.
Cascaders Canoe and Kayak Club.4408 Edmund Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55406
612 722 2875
Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association.http://glska.freehostia.com/ Inland Sea Kayakers.http://www.inlandseakayakers.org/ Mankato Paddling and Outings Club. http://www.hickorytech.net/~mrbscr/ Rapids Riders.http://www.rapidsriders.org ;
http://www.rapidsriders.netRiver Ramblers.http://www.river-ramblers.org/RiverRamblers2011.html Superior Kayak and Outdoor Adventure Club. (Minneapolis)
http://www.skoac.org Team River Runner. (Minneapolis)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Rive ... 3279137803Links for paddlers. Minnesota Watercraft Licences. Watercraft operated in Minnesota must be licensed; currently, fees total $24 for a canoe or kayak up to and including 19 feet in length. Regulations and other information are provided at
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/licenses/wat ... index.htmlMN Department of Natural Resources; River Levels and Notes.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/river_levels/index.html USGS Minnesota Water Science Center.http://mn.water.usgs.gov/ USGS Real-Time Water Data.http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/rt USGS streamflow data, Minnesota.http://waterdata.usgs.gov/MN/nwis/current?type=flow Road map.http://www.dot.state.mn.us/statemap/http://geology.com/cities-map/minnesota.shtml Weather.http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/http://www.weather.com/outlook/weatherbystate/minnesota http://www.weathercentral.com/weather/u ... index.html NOAA Marine Forecast, Lake Superior, Duluth area. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/ ... /dlhmz.htm NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Lake Superior.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/WestGL.shtml NOAA Synoptic-scale weather maps.http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Paddling outfitters. http://www.thetent.com/thetent/aogcr/mn/index.htm Paddling information, offline. To be augmented.
Breining, Greg.
Paddling Minnesota. Falcon (1999).
Diebel, Lynne and Robert.
Paddling Southern Minnesota: 85 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak. Trails Books (2007).
Diebel, Lynne Smith.
Paddling Northern Minnesota: 86 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak. Trails Books (2005).
Lind, David J.
Canoeing the Driftless: A Paddler’s Guide for Southeastern Minnesota. AuthorHouse (2004).
Nute, Grace Lee.
The Voyageur's Highway: Minnesota's Border Lake Land. Minnesota Historical Society Press (1941).
Paddling and related information, online. My Trip Journal.Ed note: Search function is available; entries are apparently unsorted by either activity or location.
http://www.mytripjournal.com/ National Recreation Trails Database. http://www.americantrails.org/NRTDatabase/ Links specific to Minnesota. Minnesota Water Trails. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watertrails/az.html American Whitewater. http://www.americanwhitewater.org/conte ... /state/MN/ http://www.americanwhitewater.org/conte ... /state/MN/ http://www.americanwhitewater.org/conte ... /state/MN/ http://www.americanwhitewater.org/conte ... region/MN/ http://www.americanwhitewater.org/conte ... /state/MN/ River facts. http://www.riverfacts.com/states/mn.html USGS gauges. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/current/?type=flow River levels.http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/river_levels/index.html paddling.net. http://www.paddling.net/places/MN/ Every Trail. http://www.everytrail.com/browse.php?co ... vity_id=11 trailpeak.com http://www.trailpeak.com/ Trails.com. Flatwater, whitewater, sea kayaking.
http://www.trails.com/stateactivity.aspx?area=10686 http://www.trails.com/stateactivity.aspx?area=10749 http://www.trails.com/stateactivity.aspx?area=10643 REI. Flatwater, whitewater, sea kayaking.
http://www.rei.com/guidepost/list/minne ... oeing/mn/6 http://www.rei.com/guidepost/list/minne ... ling/mn/14 http://www.rei.com/guidepost/list/minne ... king/mn/10 Navigable waters.http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/docs/regu ... waters.pdf Paddling sites. Boundary Waters Canoe Area. (Adam Amato)
http://bwca.com/ bwcaboard.com http://bwcaboard.com/ Canoe Country.http://www.canoecountry.com/ Canoe Stories. (Jim Hegyi)
http://www.canoestories.com/canoeing.comhttp://canoeing.com/paddling.nethttp://www.paddling.net/Quiet Journey.http://www.quietjourney.com/ To be augmented.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites. UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves. None.
Route information (trip reports, links to trip reports, etc).Statement of CCR policy regarding Route information.If we can’t post the information ourselves, then we’ll try to provide the paddling community with easy access to it. We welcome your contributions to our library of trip reports and other Route information.
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