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A large intruding Canadian wolf pack

Voyageurs Wolf Project | February 20, 2026



On New Year’s Day, we captured this footage of the Blackstone Pack, a large, predominantly Canadian Pack, trespassing deep into the Listening Point Pack territory on the Kabetogama Peninsula.

The Blackstone Pack was a large pack at the start of early winter as we had several observations of 9 wolves together. By mid-to-late winter, though, the pack seemed to have dwindled to 5-7 members.

However, we do not have great data on the changes to this pack’s size because the pack’s territory is predominantly in Canada.

We suspect their territory is on the north shore of Namakan Lake, directly to the east of the Kabetogama Peninsula in Voyageurs National Park. The territory likely includes Blackstone Island in Namakan Lake, hence the name “Blackstone Pack”.

That said, we think their territory likely includes the northeastern tip of the Kabetogama Peninsula; specifically, the area in and around Kettle Falls, meaning the pack does occupy a small sliver of our study area.

The reason we have any data on this pack is because they made periodic excursions into our study area this past fall and winter, and were captured on several cameras.

In total, we documented 7 such excursions with some of these excursions lasting several days. And of course, they could have made other excursions not captured on camera.

On one excursion, the Blackstone Pack crossed through 3 pack territories—Listening Point, Mithrandir, and Cranberry Bay—before returning to their territory.

Of course, all of this highlights why having many trail cameras is extremely helpful for understanding these dynamics.

Without a lot of cameras and a lot of footage of the various packs in our area, we would have struggled to piece this all together. I.e., we wouldn’t know who the “resident” wolves in an area are, and who the “intruding” wolves are.

But with enough observations from trail cameras, we can tell, based on physical appearances, which wolves belong to which packs, and that helps us make sense of the data we collect.

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This post currently has 38 comments.

  8. @islbs78

    February 20, 2026 at 6:33 pm

    More amazing 🐺 footage ,do you know if they have any wolf trail camera footage from Isle Royale recently? That would be cool to see.✌️

  21. @markpiersall9815

    February 20, 2026 at 6:33 pm

    Wolves kill and eat people. In early 2025 Wolves killed eleven Cattle in one attack in Cochise County Arizona. They ate the bellies out of four cows and left the other seven untouched; wolves don't just kill to eat but for fun. Wolves are 110 pound mobile dangerous wild animals; they are not the same as domesticated dogs.

  32. @tgill2943

    February 20, 2026 at 6:33 pm

    Brilliant🐺💜 Fascinating. Thank you so much for these awe inspiring and informative videos. I am from Colorado where folks are having issues…so stupid…

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