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The Forest for the Trees: How Humans Shaped the North Woods by Jeff Forester Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2004; $32.95
On topographic maps of Minnesotas Arrowhead region--a long, flat triangle sandwiched between the northwestern shore of Lake Superior and the Canadian border--the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness looks like a tattered pennant fluttering against a clear blue sky. Its million-plus acres of forestland are so thoroughly perforated with lakes, creeks, and rivers that it's hard to tell whether it is a land sprinkled with lakes or a sea dotted with islands. After Congress passed the Wilderness Act of 1964, Boundary Waters became one of the most popular and treasured...
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