ELY, Minn. – A community where canoes are king, now has its crowning achievement. Dan Drehmel shouldered a canoe more than 26 miles to win Ely’s first official canoe portaging marathon. “The truest ...

Normally when making a long voyage in a canoe, an adventurer would paddle the vessel as far as possible and then “portage”, or carry, the canoe over the short sections of land separating the bodies of ...

ELY, Minn. — Editor’s note: This story originally aired in October of 2018. At this year’s Ely Marathon, both male and female runners set records in the canoe portaging division. Drew Boysen of Iowa ...

View post: U.S. Reissues Severe ‘Do Not Travel’ Warning Set your boat up right: Nothing works as well as a curved wooden portage yoke with thick Minnesota-style pads. The canoe should balance on the ...

Ely, Minnesota recently hosted the fourth annual running of the world’s only marathon that features a division exclusively dedicated to canoe portaging. “THIS GUY IS A MANIAC!” was one of the comments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TECUMSEH — With repairs being planned for part of the Red Mill Pond dam in Tecumseh, city officials are considering funding the ...

Before my three children grow up and leave home, I’d like to take a family canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. I got a taste of what that might be like last weekend when I took my ...

ELY, Minn. – A community where canoes are king, now has its crowning achievement. Dan Drehmel shouldered a canoe more than 26 miles to win Ely’s first official canoe portaging marathon. “The truest ...