Minnesota History

25 years after Boundary Waters blowdown, a changed forest and vivid memories

Gunflint Lake BWCA 1999 blowdown
In this Tuesday, July 6, 1999 file photo, a home on the south shore of Gunflint Lake in northeastern Minnesota is framed by the devastation caused by a storm that passed through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area over the Fourth of July weekend.
Brian Peterson | AP 1999