I’ve thought of Rainy Lake for years without actually going there. That’s partly because I drive past it whenever I take the North Cascades Highway to eastern Washington, which I do as often as I can.

Billy Dougherty remembers clearly his first day as a paid fishing guide on Rainy Lake. Opening day, 1965. He was working for his grandparents at the Kettle Falls Hotel on the lake. "This guy walked up ...

Early Friday morning, the Rainy Lake water level rose higher than the 1950 record of 1112.95 feet, measured at Bear Pass and Fort Frances. After going down briefly, Rainy Lake officially surpassed the ...

U.S.-CANADA BORDER — The good news is that the forecast calls for mostly dry weather for a week or more. The bad news is that the big lakes along the Minnesota-Ontario border keep rising. Home and ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – As expected, the current cold snap has slowed the progress of open water down the Rainy River for anglers hungry for their first boat fishing of the year. The river on the ...

Dozens of volunteers placed sandbags along the shore of a Fort Frances park on Saturday and Sunday. Fort Frances information officer Patrick Briere says the area did not get as much rain as expected ...