“The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity, the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of life with profound and abiding satisfactions. When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.” --Sigurd F. Olson
The Act was signed into law by President James E. Carter, establishing the federally protected Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
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