The Changing Recreational Use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Robert C. Lucas

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The Changing Recreational Use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert C. Lucas

Year:

1967

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-42. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Although data on use for 1961 and 1966 are not always comparable, a bare-minimum estimate of the increase in number of visitors between those years in 19 percent. The greatest increase was in number of canoeists and boaters, which rose on the average 9 or 10 percent a year.

Keywords

BWCAW, Recreational use of the BWCAW, Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Citation

Lucas, Robert C. 1967. The Changing Recreational Use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Research Note NC-42. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station