In 1915, Charlie & Petra Boostrom founded Clearwater Historic Lodge & Canoe Outfitters. This year we celebrate our centennial — 100 years of helping guests explore the beauty and tranquility of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.  In honor of our founders and their legacy, we’ve been sharing stories about the Boostrom’s and the early days of Clearwater Historic Lodge and the Gunflint Trail.  Many of the stories — including the passage below — come from the delightful book, Gunflint Trailblazers – The Story of Charlie & Petra Boostrom by Beatrice Flaaten Ogren published in 1977.

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“Once on the trail he met a moose that wheeled and faced him ‘with his bristles up.’ Charlie yelled at him; but the moose came closer. He raised his gun, but the huge animal still kept coming. Charlie stood his ground and this evidently so confused the animal that he turned and sauntered away. Charlie has a theory that animals love a chase and will run after you if you start running; but it’s only the chase that interests them. His dog, for instance, would lie and watch deer feed a short distance away, but let one of them start running and he was off like a flash in hot pursuit. It’s foolish to think  you can outrun an animal anyway; for a bear