If you like to canoe, camp, hike--or just enjoy a little solitude--the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is a dream. It’s a 1.1 million acre network of lakes, rivers, campsites and trails in northern Minnesota, managed by the Superior National Forest (SUF). On a given day, there may be thousands of visitors spread out through the area, in parties no larger than nine. Huge swaths of it are only accessible if you paddle in by canoe, hike, or get dropped off by a floatplane.