Dear William T.,

Welcome to Volume 4 of the Voyageur Voice, Rainy Lake Houseboats newsletter. In this edition you will find articles that cover housboat vacations on Rainy Lake, Lee Grim the Eagle Man, Chris Hemstad and his new BEEA trips during houseboat vacations, and new changes from the United States Department of Homeland Security. We hope you enjoy this newsletter and if you have topics you would like us to write about contact us at comments@rainylakehouseboats.com

William T. Dougherty
Rainy Lake Houseboats
comments@rainylakehouseboats.com
Something For Everyone
Houseboat vacation on Rainy Lake meets the needs of the whole family.

Something For Everyone
Houseboat vacation on Rainy Lake meets the needs of the whole family.

VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK
My search for an adventurous family vacation was finally hitting the bull's-eye as our houseboat motored early one morning into Saginaw Bay of Rainy Lake.

Months earlier, I had schemed this outdoors trip to Voyageurs National Park on the Minnesota-Ontario border to sate my family's widely varying desires.

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The Eagle Man

Lee Grim is the "Eagle Man" of Voyageurs National Park. Lee came to International Falls in 1967 to be a biology instructor at Rainy River community College. Lee retired in 2000. We have had many of our student workers and guides attend Rainy River Community College. Our young people raved about Rainy River Community College, especially the experiences attending Lee Grim's biology class.

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Rainy Lake Houseboats announces exclusive new summer recreation opportunities for this summer's guests!

Chris Hemstad of Boreal Explorations announces great opportunity for Rainy Lake Houseboats.

I was 15 years old when Rainy Lake Houseboats hired me as a dock boy. It was my first job and, already deeply in love with Rainy Lake, I knew it was the only job that I wanted to do. I was able to spend my days on the lake, as I had been doing all the years of my childhood. For two years, under the wonderful tutelage of Rainy Lake Houseboats and the Dougherty's, I worked the docks, learning more than I ever imagined about boats, ropes, engines, navigation, and communicating with wide varieties of people.

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New Changes from the United States Department of Homeland Security I-68 requirements!

Homeland Security has changed its policy on reporting back into the United States from Ontario.

You can now fish in Ontario waters of Rainy Lake and return to the United States without reporting. Previously you were required to report by phone (with possession of an I-68 permit) or OARS system.
You however still need to report if you land on the Canadian shore including islands or meet and tie up with a hovering vessel. Those of you who overnight, shore lunch or step on shore on the Ontario side of Rainy Lake will need to get an I-68 permit from the Department of Homeland Security at the International Bridge in International Falls or use the OARS (Outlying Area Reporting Station) system located at Bohmans Landing.

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