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A Fall Kaleidoscope

Emily Stone
Each year, beginning as early as August, red maple trees burst into flaming pyres of crimson leaves. It’s the ones in the swamps that go first, and they remind us that summer can’t last forever. They also comfort us with the knowledge that nature will put on a grand show......
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Northern Trails

Last Chance for Open Water Fishing

Gord Ellis
If you live in northwestern Ontario and like to angle in open water, you have to accept the season is short. For six months of the year—and often longer—the lakes and streams are encased in ice. It’s “tough boating” as the old joke goes. For some of us, fall is a......
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Each month Northern Wilds Magazine features upcoming events, the arts, outdoor activities, dining, community news and other interesting topics. It also contains The Ultimate North Shore Real Estate Guide, the areas most comprehensive listings of homes and properties for sale in our coverage area.

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Strange Tales

Northwest Angle: A Minnesota Geographic Oddity

Elle Andra-Warner
So, how did a northwest chunk of Minnesota—located at the northwestern-most point of Lake of the Woods—end up in Canada? The Northwest Angle, which residents called simply the “Angle,” is bordered on three sides by Canada with Manitoba to the west and Ontario to the north and east. It covers......
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North Shore Dish

Sage Advice on Cooking Game Birds

Chuck Viren
It’s upon us. That glorious time of year where woodland hikes in the crisp autumn air, perhaps with our canine companions, yield a bounty of grouse or woodcock, or where dawn breaks over us as we lurk in the reeds, and a flock of mallards sets their wings. We unconsciously......
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Points North

CWD concerns increase with emerging research

Shawn Perich
Imagine, you will, the not-so-distant future of deer hunting with CWD. You are seated in a tree stand overlooking a deer trail. As required by law, you are “hunting clean,” using no attractants, bait or food plots to artificially manipulate deer activity. A young buck with a six-point rack ambles......
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