quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote ObiWenonahKenobi: "Some 150,000 to 250,000 people visit the BWCA each year. Maybe 40-50 have read this thread or even know about this incident.
Perspective."

This may be splitting hairs, but visitor numbers for the BWCAW are about 140,000 with many taking several trips yearly ,so actual visitors to the area could be less than 100,000."

USFS issued permits to more than 143,000 people in 2015, about 10,000 more than the previous year.
Also from Oct 1- May 1 has been averaging 45,000-48,000 additional visitors. Self registration.

If it is like Mn. State Parks 2016 should of been little higher. State parks jumped like 30% after some down years.