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  1. The Changing Recreational Use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area

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    Author(s): Robert C. Lucas
    Date: 1967
    Source: Research Note NC-42. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
    Publication Series: Research Note (RN)
    Station: North Central Research Station
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    Although data on use for 1961 and 1966 are not always comparable, a bare-minimum estimate of the increase in number of visitors between those years in 19 percent. The greatest increase was in number of canoeists and boaters, which rose on the average 9 or 10 percent a year.

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    Lucas, Robert C. 1967. The Changing Recreational Use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Research Note NC-42. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

    Keywords

    BWCAW, Recreational use of the BWCAW, Boundary Waters Canoe Area

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