In 1931 my husband's grandparents honeymooned in what is now the Boundary Waters. The groom's dad went along as a guide. He slept outside and the newlyweds got the tent.

They covered some serious ground--lakes visited include Insula, Agnes in Canada, all the way to the eastern side of Sagagna, and probably back to Ely.

We found these pictures while visiting my in laws over Christmas. Enjoy!

What a great story! And a wonderful collection of pictures, as well!

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting - thanks for sharing the photos.

Great photos and story!

That is wonderful!

That was fun, thank you!

Dave

that is so cool! so, did they have 2 canoes? and a camera and not much gear for that length of trip.

Very cool! The photo titled "North on Lake Agnes" looks like a rental canoe from Sig Olson's Border lakes Outfitting. At least it looks like the logo to me.

Spectacular! Thanks so much for posting these.

Great thread!

Really enjoy looking at old pictures like yours. Great story also. Thanks

Mocha: "that is so cool! so, did they have 2 canoes? and a camera and not much gear for that length of trip."

I imagine just one canoe. Given even my father-in-law's views of appropriate tasks for women, I can imagine *his* father and grandfather would have Wilma sitting in the middle of the canoe for most, if not all, of the trip.

The camera was likely Wilma's -- we found scrapbooks from when she was a teenager, too.

onepaddleshort: "Very cool! The photo titled "North on Lake Agnes" looks like a rental canoe from Sig Olson's Border lakes Outfitting. At least it looks like the logo to me."

Oh, I wondered about the logo on the canoe! But that makes sense since John (the groom) was friends with Sig Olson and and was a guide with his outfit.

So cool! They covered some serious ground with some serious loads.
The 'guide' looks off to the side when a picture is snapped of him & his catch.
Love to look at old black & white photos like these.
Thanks for sharing.

Nice that those scrap books survived. Now to scan and save them.

Thanks for sharing
dr bob

Wonderful story and beautiful photos. It must have been really wild back then. What a trip, and what a time. If you find any more photos, be sure to post them.

I love history like this. Thank you for sharing

There's just something special about old black and white photos. John must have been a rugged guy, if that's him with a pack AND canoe on his shoulders. I took a wood canvas Penn Yann to the BW in the early 90's. Carrying just the canoe made me 3" shorter. Also be aware this was the day before light weight camping equipment. So cool! Thank you for sharing.

OneMatch: "Spectacular! Thanks so much for posting these.
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Ditto, love these old pics and the story!

Very Cool !!

Very Surreal!!

Truly wonderful pics. Thanks for sharing. I think few of us here have the stamina and will to travel as they did. I know I could not do so now and probably not even when much younger.

I like it... I’ll have to see if there are pics of my great uncle and aunt honeymooning on poplar lake...

Fantastic photos!! I would love to see photos from today side by side in those exact same spots.

very nice!

And it shows how the BWCA and Quetico is one of the few places on earth where we can go today and it looks just like it did long time ago whether it was 100 years ago or 1000 years ago.
Tom

Neat pictures I like looking at them.

I grew up with wood and canvas canoes canvas tents and heavy canvas packs.

I like the modern stuff a lot better.

wonderful photos,i wish we had more from those days.
the "north on agnes" shot is from a well know spot.

Great pictures. Looks like your family comes from hardy stock! Handsome couple! I am not even that old and it makes me long for the good old days ( minus the heavy gear) ;)

It doesn't get any better than that! Just think, no permits, no designated camp sites and for the most part, no border either. People crossed back and forth all the time not worried about licenses, limits or what they could bring in. We sure mucked that up!