Along with the fire ban, a number of entry points are closed starting tomorrow.

NOTICE: An Emergency Closure Order for the current Bear Trap, Thumb, & Wolfpack wildfire areas (LaCroix & Kawishiwi Districts) in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is effective July 11, 2026, for public and firefighter safety. This is an on-going situation and we expect to make daily updates. All related information will be posted on our Alerts webpage and inciweb links below.
The following sites (entry points) are closed:

• Bear Trap, Thumb, and Wolfpack Wildfire areas (per exhibit B map)
• Angleworm Lake (OP) #20
• Angleworm Trail (OH) #21
• Blandin Trail (OH) #11
• Herriman Trail (OH) #13
• Little Indian Sioux River North (OP) #14
• Little Vermilion Lake (OP, OM) #12
• Lac La Croix Only (OP, OM) #12A
• Moose/Portage River North (OP) #16
• Mudro Lake – Restricted (OP) #22
• Mudro Lake (OP) #23
• South Hegman Lake #77 (OP) #77
• Stuart River (OP) #19
• Sioux Hustler Trail (OH) #15

BWCA: "
Along with the fire ban, a number of entry points are closed starting tomorrow.

NOTICE: An Emergency Closure Order for the current Bear Trap, Thumb, & Wolfpack wildfire areas (LaCroix & Kawishiwi Districts) in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is effective July 11, 2026, for public and firefighter safety. This is an on-going situation and we expect to make daily updates. All related information will be posted on our Alerts webpage and inciweb links below.
The following sites (entry points) are closed:

• Bear Trap, Thumb, and Wolfpack Wildfire areas (per exhibit B map)
• Angleworm Lake (OP) #20
• Angleworm Trail (OH) #21
• Blandin Trail (OH) #11
• Herriman Trail (OH) #13
• Little Indian Sioux River North (OP) #14
• Little Vermilion Lake (OP, OM) #12
• Lac La Croix Only (OP, OM) #12A
• Moose/Portage River North (OP) #16
• Mudro Lake – Restricted (OP) #22
• Mudro Lake (OP) #23
• South Hegman Lake #77 (OP) #77
• Stuart River (OP) #19
• Sioux Hustler Trail (OH) #15

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Is this only for overnight travel? Is day use ok? I know from previous closures, day use was still permitted.

egknuti: "

BWCA: "
Along with the fire ban, a number of entry points are closed starting tomorrow.


NOTICE: An Emergency Closure Order for the current Bear Trap, Thumb, & Wolfpack wildfire areas (LaCroix & Kawishiwi Districts) in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is effective July 11, 2026, for public and firefighter safety. This is an on-going situation and we expect to make daily updates. All related information will be posted on our Alerts webpage and inciweb links below.
The following sites (entry points) are closed:


• Bear Trap, Thumb, and Wolfpack Wildfire areas (per exhibit B map)
• Angleworm Lake (OP) #20
• Angleworm Trail (OH) #21
• Blandin Trail (OH) #11
• Herriman Trail (OH) #13
• Little Indian Sioux River North (OP) #14
• Little Vermilion Lake (OP, OM) #12
• Lac La Croix Only (OP, OM) #12A
• Moose/Portage River North (OP) #16
• Mudro Lake – Restricted (OP) #22
• Mudro Lake (OP) #23
• South Hegman Lake #77 (OP) #77
• Stuart River (OP) #19
• Sioux Hustler Trail (OH) #15


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Is this only for overnight travel? Is day use ok? I know from previous closures, day use was still permitted. "

I would assume that the entry point is closed for all traffic. They have allowed day traffic during drought/weather related closures, but this is a fire specific closure. Those usually shut the whole EP down.

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Is this only for overnight travel? Is day use ok? I know from previous closures, day use was still permitted. "


I would assume that the entry point is closed for all traffic. They have allowed day traffic during drought/weather related closures, but this is a fire specific closure. Those usually shut the whole EP down."

I think that’s right. In 2021 I was on a trip out of EP 14 and got kicked out of the BWCA due to a fire closure. When I got back to my car at the EP there was a USFS ranger in a truck and yellow police tape across the entrance to the portage. He told me they had people staged at all the closed EPs to make sure no one tried to go in.

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Additional update on Gunflint area campsite closures due to Quetico fires:

(Duluth, Minn., July 10, 2026, 9:00 PM) –The USDA Forest Service is closing public access within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) located in the northwestern portion of the Gunflint Ranger District, due to the nearby wildfire FOR208 in Quetico Provincial Park, to protect public health and safety of visitors in the area.

Forest Order Number 09-09-07-26-07 temporarily closes this area effective 12:01 AM July 12, 2026. The area affected is listed in the updated Exhibit A List & Exhibit B Map of the closure order within the BWCAW due to active wildfires. Naps and more information will be posted here by mid-day Saturday, July 11: https://fs.usda.gov/r09/superior/alerts

The following lakes, associated campsites and portages are closed due to this emergency closure order due to wildfires:
• Ottertrack Lake
• Little Knife Lake
• Amoeber Lake
• Topaz Lake
• Cherry Lake
• Hanson Lake
• Ester Lake
• Rabbit Lake
• Clam Lake
• Ashdick Lake
• Swamp Lake
• Gijikiki Lake
• Rivalry Lake
• Lake of the Clouds
• Lunar Lake

Visitors are asked to stay away from this area. For visitors traveling on the Canadian side of these lakes, please note you can still access portages. Wilderness rangers will begin notifying visitors already in the closure area Sunday, July 12th

No. Day use is not okay