I'm looking at a 1967 edition of Naturalist magazine, Vol 18, number 1, titled "Perpetuating Wilderness."  It has a beautiful Les Blacklock ektachrome photo on the front cover titled "Canoe Country"

Considing the timing of this issue, and the establishment of the BWCAW, it's a classic issue with classic articles and authors writing about what wilderness means to them; Aldo Leopold, Daniel Henning; Wilderness... it's meaning to man; Sig F. Olson on the value of wilderness; L. D. Frenzel and L. David Mech, article on wolfs; J. Quinn article on owls; Charles H. Stoddard; Wilderness Canoe Country, controversy; along with tons of classic glossy pictures.

My own perspective: I've lived in places where access to nature is limited; or lakes with limited access.  I've always had a need to appreciate being able to get away to canoe country to absorb the spirit of the wilderness.  My footnote Sig Olson quote sums it up for me.

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