The NCTA has partnered with the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) planning organization to help identify NCT route possibilities in two parts of the Arrowhead reroute’s “Big Gap Area.” One of the areas the NCTA Arrowhead Chapter will start with is located north of the existing NCT by CR-61. It contains many iron mining […]
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Project Spotlight: Arrowhead Reroute Begins
In the late 80s and early 90s, Minnesota volunteer leaders approached the National Park Service (NPS). In the northeastern part of the state, the North Country National Scenic Trail’s (NCNST) route was far from ideal. Due to extensive wetlands in the Floodwood area, trail leaders were instead hoping the North Country Trail (NCT) could […]
Ed Solstad: Volunteer Spotlight
Ed and many of the other volunteers who work on the Border Route Trail live in the Twin Cities, a mere 250-mile one-way trip to their Trail. Also, some portions of the Trail can be reached only by means of canoe trips, so the several disasters that continually visit the area force too few […]