Canoe capsizes in BWCA, claims life of St. Louis Park man

Canoeist dies in Boundary Waters near Ely

The staff at MPR News reports: “A canoeist died in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Saturday afternoon.” From the staff at the Star Tribune: “A St. Cloud police officer shot a man Friday after the man (is alleged to have) lunged at him with a knife and struck him in the arm.” KSTP’s Cory Knudsen reports: “Two fires deemed to be arson at an abandoned WWII ammunition storage facility in Arden Hills that crews battled for hours are now bei…

Canoeist who died in the BWCA is identified

ELY — The canoeist recovered from the BWCA Saturday has been identified as 62-year-old Robert Sydney James of St. Louis Park, Minn.

Canoe capsizes in BWCA, claims life of St. Louis Park man

Robert Sydney James, 62, identified as the canoeist found dead in BWCA

St. Louis Park canoeist found dead in Boundary Waters

The body of a St. Louis Park, Minn. man was recovered from Iron Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area after a U.S. Forest Service worker came across a capsized canoe over the weekend.

Body of canoer found in Boundary Waters

Authorities believe the individual, whose identity hasn’t been released, was on a solo canoe trip in northern Minnesota.

Canoeist found dead in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

ELY — A canoeist was found dead by U.S. Forest Service employees in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Saturday. According to a news release from the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, USFS employees reported the location of a capsized canoe on Iron Lake north of Ely in the BWCAW at approximately 2:17 p.m. After investigating the scene further, the USFS employees found a deceased individual wearing a life jacket, and their gear floatin…