If you keep yourself off the lakes during strong windy conditions, which is only common sense, you'll have no trouble at all travelling through our country. It's not a place to target practice and there is nothing to fear that would warrant a firearm. There is also no need for the large ''Bowie'', or survival type, knives in our country. Sound travels for miles, literally, so you need to be aware of your own presence in this wilderness. Boom boxes, in particular, are not wanted in the Boundary Waters.
Folks retire early up here after working hard all day.
And they come for the quiet most of all. It is your responsibility to make sure your group acts accordingly. On the American side a steel fire grate is provided at each camp site to build your fire under. In the Quetico you'll need to bring a small, lightweight grate to put over the ring of rocks that usually constitutes a fire pit. Most folks now carry a small camp stove for cooking because it's easier, faster, and cleaner than starting a camp fire for each meal.