In late-April, people who already planned to pick up their Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness permits from two ranger stations in Ely and Grand Marais received emails saying they’d have to make other plans.
The emails told paddlers scheduled to pick up their permits at Kawishiwi Ranger Station in Ely and Gunflint Ranger Station in Grand Marais to schedule pick up from another, open ranger station or from commercial permit issue stations.
