A person was found dead Saturday afternoon in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area after a Forest Service crew found a capsized canoe on Iron Lake, north of Ely.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office continuing to investigate the incident. Authorities have not said what may have caused the canoe to capsize.
UPDATE | Sunday, May 11
The canoeist has been identified as 62-year-old Robert Sydney James, of St. Louis Park.










