12/14/11 – The Ham Lake Fire in 2007 burned over 75,000 acres and destroyed or damaged 140 structures in and around the BWCA Wilderness at the end of the Gunflint Trail. It was a traumatic and dramatic event that changed lives and created dramatic change in the forest. But, for all it’s destruction, no one was killed by the fire – except perhaps for one person – the man who started the fire. I recommend this heartbreaking and gripping article in the Darmouth Online Alumni Magazine. – Bill