Boundary Water Canoe Area and Wildlife Area Laws

The region between Minnesota and Ontario, and west of Lake Superior is known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area are full of wilderness and semi-wilderness lakes, rivers, and forests. The wilderness area is a highly toured area for canoeing, camping, exploring, relaxation, quiet and fishing. This paper will describe what laws keep this region of the U.S. protected, how the protection process works, and will compare the laws that protect the Boundary Waters to other comparable lands in the United States such as the Glacier National Forest and Park Area