‘Blowdown in the Boundary Waters’ recounts tale of 1999 storm

Digging into the book ‘Gunflint Falling’

A powerful storm blew through the BWCA on July 4, 1999 and captured in the book 'Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters'

Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters by Cary J. Griffith tells the story July 4th, 1999, when a powerful storm blew through the country. The worst of it was felt in the Boundary Water Canoe Area.

Thankfully no one died that day, but millions of down trees would fuel the future forest fires.

The author will be at the Zenith Bookstore on Thursday 7 p.m..