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The Boundary Waters in the News
- Cavity Lake fire nearly history (8/8/2006)
- The Cavity Lake Fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area is almost out.
- Fire officials today declared the fire 95 percent contained and said they're turning over management of the fire to a smaller group of professionals.
- BWCA fire 85% contained (8/3/2006)
- Nearly three weeks after its first spark, a wildfire that started in the blowdown area of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been mostly contained — and officials say the threat of another major fire near the Gunflint Trail has been greatly reduced.
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The Cavity Lake Fire was a 31,830 acre forest fire in the Seagull Lake-Gabimichigami Lake area in the east-central Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The fire was first spotted on July 14, 2006, and it quickly spread during a period of dry, warm weather and gusty winds. The fire was slowed and then stopped by rains in late July, which allowed fire fighters to construct fire breaks and put out hot spots. It was the largest fire in the BWCAW in over a century, and burned forests heavily damaged by the 1999 blowdown.
As a result of a $10 million effort involving more than 400 firefighters, and repeated rainstorms in late July, the fire was 95% contained on August 8.
