Paddle and Portage Podcast

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What's Paddle and Portage Podcast about?

This podcast is produced by people who live near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park. It is the source for storytelling, news, and information about the canoe-country wilderness.

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Paddle and Portage Podcast episodes:

06.24.2024
Episode Eight: Experienced Introduction To The Boundary Waters
We all have to start somewhere. Even Sigurd Olson had to be shown how to paddle and portage a canoe at some point. We share stories in this episode about people taking their first trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe...
06.08.2024
Episode Seven - Sex In The Boundary Waters
Sex in the Boundary Waters. It's a thing. Happens on some trips, not on others. In this episode of the podcast, we explore the sexual energy that stirs in the Boundary Waters and other wilderness areas, and among the people...
05.24.2024
Episode Six Northern Lights On The Fishing Opener
Traveling across the Boundary Waters in May represents many things. A sign of spring. The start of the paddling season. And, of course, the great Fishing Opener. The team from 2023's epic and nearly fatal Fishing Opener trip on the...
05.09.2024
Episode Five - Author Tony Jones And The Path To Wild Places
Tony Jones is an accomplished Minnesota author who has a passion for wild places, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. As he describes it, when Tony walked out of the church several years ago and into the woods, he...
04.09.2024
Episode Four - A Greater Meaning To A Winter BWCA Trip
Friendship is an often-overlooked component that brings people to the Boundary Waters. So often we’re quick to reference solitude, natural beauty, the means to get away from the day-to-day grind, and other factors that bring people to the BWCA and...
03.08.2024
Episode Three - Going Off Trail in the Boundary Waters
Not every lake in the Boundary Waters has a portage trail leading to its shores. Many of these lakes are gifted with the absence of humans. Similarly, the grueling grind of a long portage can be viewed as an obstacle...
02.09.2024
Episode Two - The Other Side Of Wild Ice
It was a season to remember for most who had the good fortune to go ice staking on a frozen lake in the Boundary Waters this winter. The ice came early, and it stayed clear of snow for many weeks....
01.10.2024
Episode One - Wind Is The Ultimate Game Changer
If we've said it once, we've said it a 1,000 times: Wind is the ultimate game changer on any trip to the Boundary Waters. In the first full-length episode of the podcast, hosts Joe Friedrichs and Matthew Baxley navigate the...

What's Paddle and Portage Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Paddle and Portage Podcast episodes:

Episode Eight: Experienced Introduction To The Boundary Waters

Episode Seven - Sex In The Boundary Waters

Episode Six Northern Lights On The Fishing Opener

Episode Five - Author Tony Jones And The Path To Wild Places

Episode Four - A Greater Meaning To A Winter BWCA Trip

Episode Three - Going Off Trail in the Boundary Waters

Episode Two - The Other Side Of Wild Ice

Episode One - Wind Is The Ultimate Game Changer