Boundary Waters Canoe Outfitters - Ely, MN

Canadian Waters is owned and operated by the Waters family. We founded this business in 1964 because we love going on Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Provincial Park canoe trips. Canadian Waters has remained under the same continuous ownership and management longer than any other Boundary Waters and Quetico outfitter!

Located in Ely, Minnesota, Canadian Waters is ideally located to take advantage of all BWCAW and Quetico Park canoe trip entry points. We include free transportation with all of our complete canoe outfitting and fly-in canoe trip packages.

Between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods, lies a vast network of smaller lakes and streams - a region once famous as the water highway of the Voyageurs. In the heart of this wilderness lies the United States' Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park. They join together to form an area of more than two million acres known as the canoe country.

A Boundary Waters and Quetico Park canoe trip is more than just a route on a map - more than merely "camping out". Evening campfires, the resounding slap of a beaver's tail, the call of a loon, the breeze through the pines... this is the canoe country.

Your first canoe portage will transport you into our world - the world of the BWCA and Quetico canoe trip outfitter; a world of specially designed camping equipment, canoes, fishing tackle and outdoor clothing; a world of canoe country maps and charts, routing tables and trip briefing areas complete with "How To" videos on fishing, camping, and canoeing. Here you'll meet the people of the canoe country who have personally paddled and camped almost every square mile of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)!

We know how to pack your gear for your greatest convenience and comfort, and we know what you will need for your Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCAW) or Quetico canoe trip.

At this moment you are poised on the threshold of a whole new and exciting world - the world of the canoe country. We hope you will choose Canadian Waters to be your Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park canoe trip outfitter!