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Entry Point 38 - Sawbill Lake


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Sawbill Lake entry point allows overnight paddle only. This entry point is supported by Tofte Ranger Station near the city of Tofte, MN. The distance from ranger station to entry point is 25 miles. Access is a boat landing at Sawbill Lake. This area was affected by blowdown in 1999.

Number of Permits per Day: 11
Elevation: 1802 feet
Latitude: 47.8699
Longitude: -90.8858
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Spartan2
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09/20/2012 09:59AM
  
New Trip Report posted by Spartan2

Trip Name: Return to Cherokee (with a bonus).

Entry Point: 38

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quark2222
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09/20/2012 10:48AM
  
My son and I did that same trip in late July and early August. We were dual soloing, and I stayed on Cherokee. He went north to Frost and we met up again on Cherokee. We stayed at a different campsite though. Cherokee was packed and we had a difficult time finding a campsite on the southern half of the lake. Great report!!!


Tomster
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09/20/2012 12:32PM
  
What a great trip! I was also in the BWCA at that time. We were on Red Rock and Alpine on 09/07/12. That odd mix of sunshine and rain made for an interesting day. That was my first trip to the BWCA. After seeing your photos and reading your report a trip up the Sawbill is on the trip list someday. I'm so glad you could get back to Cherokee!


Mike

The sound of a paddle in still waters will steal your soul.
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09/20/2012 12:39PM
  
Love the report, and particularly your photos...You have a good eye, the photos were wonderful

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
Twins87
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09/20/2012 12:40PM
  
Beautiful report as always, just love your photos and details. Thanks for taking us along on your trip. Cherokee is one of our trip options for next summer. After this enjoyable read, I think it has jumped to the top of my list. I'll have to share the link with the other (newbie) family that is joining us.
alpine525
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09/20/2012 12:40PM
  
A beautiful trip report and stunning pictures. What a treat to be able to return to Cherokee (a lake I have always wanted to visit) and very nice of Bill and David to help out on the trip. I empathize about the problems of aging - bad knees, arthritis and a diabetic husband - I share these with you. In recent years our trips have been centered around basecamping because my husband (age 67) can no longer carry the canoe any great distance. I am the portage monkey for the packs - but I don't have the balance to carry the canoe. We still seem to enjoy - and will continue to paddle and camp as long as we can. Thank you for putting together such a wonderful report - I enjoyed every bit of it!

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. Dalai Lama
misqua
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09/20/2012 03:36PM
  
Great report, and wonderful photos; between you and HoHo's photographic expertise you two could make a beautiful coffee table book of pictures. I'm glad you got to take the trip. And its very nice to know that there are wonderful, sharing, gracious and totally unselfsih people in the world like Bill and Dave. The world sure would be a better world if everyone had their character and traits.
Papinator
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09/20/2012 04:29PM
  
Sounds like a great trip! We tried to make it up to Cherokee from the other way (Temperence) and didn't quite have the success with the "long 240". It took more energy than I had planned with "the beast" alumacraft, lol.


Will have to try to make it there next year for sure, we're planning on purchasing a new canoe :)


I will also say I'm super jealous of your mushroom finds! Several of those photos are pictures of some tasties!

"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did." --Mark Twain
cheesewiz
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09/20/2012 04:59PM
  
Very nice report and excellent pictures! Kudos to Bill and David, very nice of them to help out! Been to the Tressle many times there is no good way to get there.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy!
Spartan2
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09/20/2012 05:50PM
  
quote Papinator:
I will also say I'm super jealous of your mushroom finds! Several of those photos are pictures of some tasties!"


Really? I have no idea about mushrooms, so wouldn't have dared to eat any. I just thought some of them were interesting-looking. There were lots around this year--many I didn't photograph, too. (and some that I photographed but the photos were lousy.)
Spartan2
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09/20/2012 05:52PM
  
Thanks for compliments, people, on the photos. Not all of them were mine, but I guess most of them. I enjoy photographing the canoe trip, and since we don't fish, it is a good way to keep me busy. There are many on this board who have better photographic skills than I, but I am pleased when a few shots turn out nicely. :-)
canucanu2
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09/20/2012 09:57PM
  
I am certain I will read/view this trip report more than a few times! Inspirational as well as wonderful pictures. So glad we had a chance to meet you (and Ho Ho/Dave) on this trip and hope our paths cross again someday.
Spartan2
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09/20/2012 10:15PM
  
Inspirational, canucanu2? You nearly blew me away when you came up to that portage, picked up a big pack and shoulder that canoe! I take my hat off to women who single-portage!


I wish I had realized who you were so that we could have said "hello" in person. Watching you take off with that canoe made my day! (and made me feel about 90 years old all at the same time. LOL!)
OneMatch
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09/20/2012 10:25PM
  
Wonderful trip report and pics. I especially love the mist photos from your first Sawbill site.


I'm sorry you didn't get to camp at your site. As you know, that is one of my favorites as well, but I have to admit you turned your travels into an adventure.


I totally enjoyed this. Thanks for taking the time to make it a great read.

We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.
SunCatcher
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09/21/2012 02:36PM
  
Yowser's, What a TRIP!!!


I truly enjoyed the photo's and play by play.
"Piwi" looked to be a celebrity, and not only did you have a great team helping with the portaging and stuff, but you had a nice pup to keep it all interesting.


I also like the fact that you actually broke this into several "mini trips" All in one Big Adventure. So Your total experience, and all the folks you hooked up with, and all the fun with the grandaughter, got topped off by a wonderful trip to the Wilderness with some new found friends.


Thanks to HoHo and David for helping out the Spartan's....
That is what is so special about this place we are more than just
"canoe fanatics"


Thanks for sharing


SunCatcher

"WWJD"
Spartan2
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09/21/2012 03:12PM
  
New found friends? Perhaps it is time to tell "the rest of the story", as Paul Harvey used to say. Bill and David started "helping the Spartans" 4 1/2 years ago when I first started a conversation with Ho Ho via PM's on Quiet Journey. We discovered 'way back then that we had a lot in common in our canoe tripping styles (not our physical stamina and toughness, to be sure, but other things: we don't fish, we love to take and share photos, we will stop paddling or portaging if an interesting photo presents itself, we like to have a good breakfast and savor the morning, we enjoy a spot of fine Kentucky bourbon on a warm rock in the evening, etc., etc.)


Then when Spartan1 was diagnosed with Stage4 Renal Failure and was contemplating peritoneal dialysis, I posted on QJ that we wouldn't be taking a canoe trip in 2008. We would be renting a cabin and taking day trips. Bill contacted me and offered the use of their "cabin". I didn't know then that it is a gorgeous home that David (an architect) had designed, built up on a boulder out in the boreal forest. All we really knew, because we hadn't met these people in person, was that someone was offering us a place to stay at no charge to us, for TWO WEEKS, so that we could take Anna up for her cabin week, and have a week for ourselves to take day trips into the BWCA, instead of our yearly canoe trip.


We stayed in their beautiful retirement home for our "cabin week" three consecutive summers with Anna, even after the transplant, and we had never met Bill and David in the flesh! Finally, we met them at Canoecopia in 2011. By then they were retiring and moving to live full-time at their Ely home. Last year we took Anna up to meet them and she and I swam off the dock with Bill in frigid water. It was a cold, gray day. Neil and David were smart and watched from the dock.


So. . .they aren't exactly new found friends. We feel like we have known them for years and years, and we knew of their character and their kindness for a long time before the offer to help on this canoe trip ever came about.


The world is full of beautiful people. But I have trouble thinking of any much more so than Bill and David. And Piwi is pretty gorgeous herself! :-)
ducks
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09/21/2012 05:58PM
  
Great report and thanks for sharing. So glad that you made it to Cherokee again. Bill and David are good peeps.

Ride EZ
fishonfishoff
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09/21/2012 07:37PM
  
Excellent trip and trip report. Glad you were able to complete your mission (other than the occupied campsite). Great photos from the group. Bill and David really were a godsend to make this happen.

"What's the worse that could happen?"
Wilderness Mama
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09/21/2012 08:51PM
  
What a tremendous trip report! I really enjoyed reading it, especially the part about Cherokee Lake since we were there just a few weeks ago.


Bill and David are friends of ours, and I'm the one who does the campsite evaluations for BWJ. Since we had an old map when we were there, I didn't realize until returning home that we had missed two of the campsites. I was so grateful that they were willing to check them out for me. Also, you stayed at "our" campsite on Cherokee and your story and photos brought back precious memories. Every time we go out there and camp, we claim each spot as our own. Each time I evaluate a campsite, I think of what it would be like for those camping there...perhaps the rating goes a little higher according to the happy memories associated with it.


Love your foggy photos, too. And the big beaver dam...more memories! LOL!


Heather (Wilderness Mama)
onepaddleshort
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09/21/2012 09:17PM
  
Great report and photos. When I almost feel like I went along, you know you put together a great report. Thanks for that.
Boppa
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09/21/2012 09:30PM
  
Lynda, a beautiful trip report. It has meaning at so many levels and your pictures are as usual, fantastic. I kept changing which one was my favorite but low and behold that foggy sunrise on Sawbill is one to behold. I am so pleased you and Neil got to return to Cherokee but I am even more pleased about your hiatus into Gordon and Frost Lakes. It made the trip a new one, in an appropriate way.
You have done a great job in bringing this wonderful trip to us and have shared this trip with us in a unique way.


Kudos' to Bill and David as they show a side of/to canoe trippers and of this site that there are others whom are willing to help because of what they find of value in canoe tripping. I have experienced that side of this site as well.


Thanks for keeping the desire and spirit of tripping going forward - how many years was that? lol


Thanks as always,
Boppa

"Yesterday is the past, Tomorrow is the future, Today is a GIFT, that is why it is called the present".
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09/24/2012 07:28AM
  
Thanks for sharing such a heart-filled report, you are a true eye of the lens. I hope to reach that area one day. Cool decal on Northwind is it stock?

"Common sense is not so common" -Voltaire
Spartan2
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09/24/2012 08:12AM
  
Are you referring to the pictograph decal? It is a Quiet Journey decal. We have been members of that site for a little longer than we have been on this one.


And of course the other one is our BWCA.com decal, but I assume you might have recognized that. :-)
Dennisal
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09/24/2012 10:07AM
  
What a wonderful trip report. Thank you for sharing.

Never lost. All portages and roads go somewhere or they would not be there.
wawasee
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09/24/2012 01:44PM
  
What a great trip report! I wish I had the oppurtunity to meet some of you fine folks!
nojobro
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09/24/2012 01:57PM
  
Lynda, what type of camping mattress do you use? You mention a "thin pad." I know the sleeping part is the least of your issues with tripping, sadly, but IMO you need to get something else. Like an Exped synmat or downmat 9. Ever since my first pregnancy I have had trouble with back pain after sleeping if I don't have A) a nice mattress and B) a pillow between my knees (I'm a side sleeper). The Exped saved camping for me.


Is that a pic of David with a lint brush???? :-)


How do you carry your fresh eggs? We never have brought fresh, but we recently built a coop and now have backyard city chickens. I would maybe bring some next time...


I love all your pics, but there was one in the mist that I really loved, and the one of the three loons, all with their tails to the camera. And the picture of (who?) in the sunrise is really cool, too.


Our dog Booker challenges Piwi to a "best canoe campign dog" championship! :) Though perhaps he would only "win" the camping portion (he only tolerates the canoeing). Though I have to admit Piwi sounds more entertaining.


I am amazed that this is the first time you have heard wolves howling, with how many trips you have taken. Neat!


And did the Steri Pen work out?
Spartan2
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09/24/2012 03:20PM
  
wow--lots of questions!


We think the Steri-Pen worked out fine. No problems so far and we've been off the water for--what?--10 days. It is easier than filtering, and quicker.


Actually that is David with a dog brush, I believe. We didn't have a clothes lint brush along. I don't think most people go on a canoe trip with a lot of clothing care items, do they? LOL!


I have a Big Agnes sleeping bag with the integrated pad, which I love. I am a "tosser and turner" and until I got that I could NEVER stay on my pad and would wake up cold because I had rolled off. Neil insists that an Exped wouldn't fit in the sleeve of my bag, but I am not totally convinced. We may investigate it if I go again. (I only say "if" because it looks like next year I'll be having a couple of knees replaced and I may eventually be headed for spinal surgery, so who knows?)


That is Bill in the sunrise. Neil took that photo. He will be pleased that you like it.


Piwi is amazingly good in the canoe, I think, for a puppy 8 months old. That was one thing that surprised me a bit.


Now for the eggs. This year we got pasteurized eggs from my daughter in the Chicago area, so I didn't have to worry about salmonella (I have never worried for us, but with sharing them with others I was a little leery). We carry them in a very odd manner, but we have done it for many years and it works for us. We wrap them, in their original store (cardboard) cartons in two paper grocery bags. Then we duct-tape that package underneath the stern seat of the canoe. They just "ride" there during paddling and portaging and they do fine. When in camp we put them in a cool place, usually under the canoe, and at night he usually hangs the pack or stashes it up in a tree. We took two dozen this time and didn't break a one (until we wanted to.) They were yummy!
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09/24/2012 03:46PM
  
Sweet! Cherokee is a special lake.
Piwi deserves a cookie for good manners.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton
Spartan2
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09/24/2012 04:46PM
  
Piwi got lots of treats. Her "dads" had a pocketfull most of the time. She is being trained well.
nojobro
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09/24/2012 08:28PM
  
quote Spartan2: "


Actually that is David with a dog brush, I believe. We didn't have a clothes lint brush along. I don't think most people go on a canoe trip with a lot of clothing care items, do they?
"


I was sure hoping not! Lol
paddlefamily
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09/25/2012 09:46AM
  
Loved your report and all the beautiful photos. We stayed one year at the first Cherokee Lake campsite you were on. Brought back many good memories for me. We enjoyed paddling through that area.
toonces300
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09/25/2012 10:47AM
  
Really nice report - great pics - looks like more wonderful memories!
ArrowheadPaddler
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09/25/2012 11:07PM
  
Very nice, extensive report, thanks for sharing.
Canoodler
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09/26/2012 10:26AM
  
I enjoyed your report very much!! Where in Michigan do you live? I live in Grand Rapids. How did you post such large trip pictures? It seems that my trip report just had these thumb-nail sized pictures.

I trip to swing in a hammock, drag a line, smell the sweet air and view the beauty that surrounds me.
Spartan2
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09/26/2012 11:06AM
  
We live half-way between Jackson and Parma.


I use Photobucket for the photos and a tag is embedded in the report but the image is online at photobucket. It is quite easy once you get the hang of it. I just resize the images to 800 x 600 and put them in Photobucket, then use the IMG button to copy and paste them into the report.


It is a trick I learned from Ho Ho, not my original idea.
ozarkpaddler
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09/26/2012 03:48PM
  
REALLY enjoyed your report, just the "Ticket" for a rainy day! I also enjoy taking morning mist photos, but over the years GOOD loon photos have always eluded me. Happened again this year as one "Danced" 10' away from me, then dove just as the shutter clicked! Your loon photos were enjoyable! All these years and I've never been to Sawbill. Not certain if health issues will allow me to continue tripping, but if so I'd like to check out your route. Thanks for sharing your journey!

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain
Spartan2
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09/26/2012 04:19PM
  
ozarkpaddler,


There are several fairly easy routes out of Sawbill. We had one super-easy trip from there, the first trip after Spartan1's kidney transplant. If it is still raining, see my trip report entitled, "The Celebration Trip". It was from Sawbill also, and almost no portages! Some nice loon shots in that trip, too, as I remember.

Good wishes to you for your health. I sympathize, or empathize, or whatever the correct term is. :-)
ozarkpaddler
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09/26/2012 06:14PM
  
quote Spartan2: "ozarkpaddler,
There are several fairly easy routes out of Sawbill. We had one super-easy trip from there, the first trip after Spartan1's kidney transplant. If it is still raining, see my trip report entitled, "The Celebration Trip". It was from Sawbill also, and almost no portages! Some nice loon shots in that trip, too, as I remember.
Good wishes to you for your health. I sympathize, or empathize, or whatever the correct term is. :-)"


Well, headed out the door in a few minutes, but the rain is supposed to continue tomorrow (not complaining, we NEED it). So, I've got some more reading to do. THANKS!


"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain
Spartan2
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09/29/2012 09:22AM
  
quote wawasee: "What a great trip report! I wish I had the oppurtunity to meet some of you fine folks!"


Well, one suggestion I might have is if you can make it to Madison, Wisconsin March 8-10 for Canoecopia, a lot of us will be there then. There is usually a gathering of bwca.com folks one evening, and you will also see many of us on the floor of the exposition, and certainly we will be at Jerry's (One Match) session when he sings his songs with the One Match Band!


Come get acquainted with us then.
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10/04/2012 08:41PM
  
Yay, I finally got a chance to read the report! What a great new experience - reading a trip report that was written by someone else about a trip I went on. Very enjoyable! The description and beautiful pictures bring back a lot of great memories! David asked me to add that he really loved the report too (he's a confirmed lurker and can't post on his own even though he reads stuff here all the time).

We would, however, like to dispel one misconception that somehow pops up throughout the report, which is that David and I were along to help. The truth is that we were just along to have fun. And we had a really really wonderful time (as did Piwi). Thanks for taking us along!

Of course I could comment on every little thing, but I'll wait until I write my own report, which will be sometime in the winter because I'm much lazier than you. :-) But two comments can't wait -

First, the chickadee you photographed on Day 3 of our trip sure looks like a Boreal Chickadee, which is really quite rare in the lower 48 ("serious" birders flock to NE Minnesota in the hopes of finding one), in contrast to the much more common Black-capped Chickadee, which outnumber Boreals even in canoe country 1000 to 1 (that's a ball-park estimate). The key fieldmark that is visible in your picture is the brown (rather than black) crown. That's very cool! (Unfortunately, David and I were out evaluating campsites when you saw this guy.)

Second, I'm as shocked and horrified as everyone else that David is cleaning lint (or dog hair, to be more precise) off of his fleece on a canoe trip. Has he no shame?

Thanks for the great trip and great report!
Spartan2
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10/05/2012 06:08AM
  
Thanks for the kind words, Ho Ho. And it is interesting to know about the bird. I tried so hard to get it to give me a really nice head shot, but it wasn't interested in "posing".


It will be difficult to wait until winter for your report. We are looking forward to seeing YOUR pictures!


It WAS fun. We certainly agree with that. I just shared our book with an elderly friend yesterday (much more elderly than I)and she kept saying how much fun it looked like it must have been. And she also did a real double-take at David with the "clothes-brush". LOL!
TomT
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02/05/2013 10:52PM
  
I really enjoyed reading about this adventure. I understand the sentiment of going back to a special place from your past. I also applaud your decision to move on to Frost instead of waiting for the site on cherokee to open. Go for the adventure I say!

I loved the beautiful pics and the shots of Piwi too. I cannot wait to take my young dog on my next trip! That pic of the toad sitting in the leaves is really cool too. Serious camo going on there.

Bill and David are special guys to know up there. Kudos to them for helping you and Neil return to Cherokee. Thanks for posting.

PS. Come on HoHo, it's been a while since you did up a report.

"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
Spartan2
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02/06/2013 08:21AM
  
Ho Ho says he is working on his Quetico trip report, and then the one from this trip will be next. We are waiting to read both.


Spartan1 took the photo of the toad, so I know he will smile when he reads your compliment. :-)
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04/21/2013 04:14AM
  
I read ALOT of trip reports on here when I get the "fever", as many do. In a normal late winter/ early spring over the past 14 years, I would have the "fever". But a almost certain job loss has put the damper on that. This is the first trip report I have read in several months. I just have not been able to get over the edge. I have had the serious thought of no trip to save $ via saved vacation pay -- until I read your report. Very inspirational. I now realize, that even with the serious threat of job loss, I love the area even more, thanks to your trip report.
I'am moved deeply by the love the "Spartans" show for canoe country but even more by HO HO and David's act of sacrifice. Unreal.
If the "Spartans" ever need help getting to where they wanna get in the BWCAW, if possible, I would help as much as I can. We need more HO HO and David's in this world.


BTW-- my wife has been an insulin dependent diabetic since the age of 3, and we could only have one child (with many complications-- but such a blessing in the end.) Alot like what canoe country throws at a person. I truly understand the difficulties "canoe country" can impose on such people. The "Spartans" are true warriors. Thanks for giving me the "fever" back.




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04/22/2013 11:27PM
  
I really enjoy reading your trip reports, Spartan2, and this one is no exception. Beautiful photos. Love how things did work out on your desire to revisit your favorite Cherokee site.

Take care,
Lil M.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. - Lao Tzu
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04/28/2013 04:50PM
  
WOW! you really out did yourself on the pics....out standing thank you.

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Little Indian Souix and beyond
Sioux Hustler Area Voyage
Lazy, Fishless Awesome guys trip up the LIS
Sam and Andrew's First Adventure
Solo July 2015
Dear Mariel
Portage clearing trip 2016/ LIS North
Keep Calm & Paddle On!
Western Lac La Croix and Lakes to the South
LIS North to Loon and LLC
LIS North to Lynx, August 2016
Leaky Canoe on the Little Indian Sioux
EP 14 Lynx lake
Solo Trip-EP14 Shell/Lynx
First Ever Solo- Little Indian Sioux River North- July 2017
Where Are The Maps?...and No Pictures, Please--our 2017 trip on the Little Indian Sioux
Shell, Lynx, Hustler, Oyster to EP 16
BWCA Sept 2017 EP14
Paddling with friends
BW Full Send 2018
Indian Sioux North Solo
Operation Bushwhack!
Shell Basecame for Wife's Second Trip
Stormy September - Namakan-Loon River Loop
2018 BWCA Trex
June 2019 LISN to Devils Cascade
LIS Loop 2019 - Rivers and Storms
July 2019 Trip - 5 days
First trip to the western area BWCA
LIS September Paddle
The Camps Return to the BWCA
Nonstop wind
Lynx Lake Trip June 2020
A Walk In The Woods - Second Time To The Boundary Waters
Sioux-Hustler trail push
Shell Lake June 2021
Mid-Summer Lac La Croix Paddling Trip
Familiar waters-strange circumstances
September LIS Loop
100 Mile Solo on the Border
LIS Loop of Solitude
I found my thrill on blueberry hill
May 2023 EP14
There will be BUGS!,... and a floatplane.
LLC to Moose Lake
Lac La Croix - The Big Lake
2023 LIS North (14) - Moose River North (16)
Ep 14-14 loop with Weeny PMA exploration
Snow Bay + Fat Lake- August 2023
LLC Interior Tour
Indian Sioux North or
Threading The Weather Needle On Little Indian Sioux
Day Trip LISN
BWCA Haikus
Fall 2019 Trip to Lynx Lake - YouTube

EP 16 - Moose/Portage River (North of Echo Trail)

Moose/Portage River (North of Echo Trail) - 16
Routes
Route - Moose River EP16
Trip Reports
My First Trip into the BWCA
Autumn in the BWCAW
E P 16 to E P 24
Jeffords Twosome 2005
June 2005
Moose River North
Moose River North June 2006
June 2006 Solo... (The Foot Trip)
Newbies- Moose River North to Moose Lake
Paddling Pageant and the Sioux Hustler portage
Sausage Party 2006
2007 Moose River Trip
May 2007 trip - EP 16 to Crown Land and High Falls
Oyster Lake-Quality Trip
Nina Moose to Iron Lake
Oyster/Agnes/LLC
Oyster agnes LLC
Old Friends and New Places
A Wildlife adventure
Moose River to LLC
Bill and Rob 2008 Moose River Trip
Opener Weekend '08-EP 16 to Oyster and back home via Ramshead
A Trip of First's
first time to Lac La Croix
Radtke's on Lac La Croix '08
Aug 2008 - Moose River out & back
Moose River North to Iron Lake and back again
Moose River to Agnes
A Group of Newbies
Early June 2009 EP #16 First trip for all of us
Boulder Bay 2009
Agnes, La Croix, Iron, Stewart
Father and Son Trip
The Gary Harden Trip: Where a boy Harden's into a man!
BWCAW 2009
Four Old Girls Tackle the BWCA
A New Adventure
Perfect April Trip
EP 16 to EP 24
Oyster, Ge-be, L.L.C.
Father and Son Trip
Moose River to LLC and Iron, near-tragedy on Agnes
FS rides again!
Extreme
Oyster Creek and Boulder River
Moose River North to Lac La Croix
Father's and Son's
A couple returnees and four newbies from EP 16 up to LLC
Sept. 2011
Trip to Iron Lake Fall 2011 (2019 remake)
Winter Lake Trout
Moose River North to Iron
Angler hooks walleye, the fish returns the favor
Father / Daughter Trip
Iron Lake or Bust
September Morn
Oyster Lake Base Camp 2013 (Green,Rocky,Ramshead, Ninamoose)
EP 16 -- Agnes Lake
EP16 to Lac La Croix West to East Loop
moose river north entry 16
EP 16 Nina Moose to Agnes Basecamp: A Family Excursion with a bit of fishing
Try to Remember a Day in September
Annual Fall Trip to Lake Agnes
Oyster, Finger, LLC September/Oct 2013
Pictorial Trip Report - Lake Agnes in October
THE FIVE WORN OUT INDIANS
Fall 2014 Lake Agnes Trip
A Perfect Trip
Moose R. North to Iron/LLC. First as a trip "leader"
Moose river north
Father-Daughter trip to Iron lake via EP16 Iron lake
Moose River First Solo
Fall 2015 Lake Agnes Trip
Iron Lake Trip 2016
Agnes - LLC
More than I imagined
Fall 2016 Lake Agnes Trip
Wolf sighting between Oyster and Hustler
Agnes - LLC - Ge-be-on-e-quet Loop
LAC LA CROIX VOYAGERS
Memorial Day Heat--Moose River North 2018
June 2018 to Oyster & beyond
Relaxing Jaunt to Nina Moose
8 day 7 nights EP16 Boulder Bay, LLC, Ge-be-on-e-quet, Oyster, Agnes
27 day solo
Return to Iron Lake
Entry point 16
Bushman goes back to the BWCA
Moose River to Tiger Bay
May 2020 - Nina/Moose > Iron > Crooked > Basswood > Horse > Mudro
EP16 Loop - Oyster, Ge-be-on-e-quet, Lac La Croix, Nina Moose
EP16 - I-R-O-N Lake Fishing Expedition
Tiger Bay, Agnes, and we suck at portages
Sept 2020 EP 16 Loop - Nina Moose, Oyster, Ge-be, LLC, Agnes, Nina Moose
namaycush redemption
Lake Agnes Basecamp
May 29-June 4th Nina Moose to Lacroix with plenty of wind
Trip with Friends BWCA 2022
June fishing exploits on Lac La Croix
#16 Moose River Loop
Moose River North to Lac la Croix - Youtube Slideshow
Toy Soldiers at Fish Stake Narrows
Mosquito Fiesta
A Day Trip for Don

EP 19 - Stuart River

EP 20 - Angleworm Lake

EP 23 - Mudro Lake

Mudro Lake - 23
Routes
Route - July'09 big counterclockewise loop
Trip Reports
The Return
Sleeping Under the Stars
Fullmoon over Fourtown
Horse River May7-11
Church Kids
Murdo entry - Intorduction to BW for two of my daughters
2005 Trip...6/26-7/1 (Mudro- Crooked)
Sausage Party 2005
Mudro to Canada - 3rd trip to the BWCAW
September Trip
Mudro in October
First Timer
Our first loop
Big Water to No Water and Portages in Between
Mudro
A SPECIAL TRIP UP THE BEARTRAP RIVER
Mudro to Horse
Mudro to Friday Bay
Moosecamp Solo
Mudrow, Crooked, Iron, LaCroix, and Nina Moose
The Sundial PMA
mudro
Crooked Lake
Horse Lake
Mudro to Beartrap to Moosecamp and back
Family Base Camp Trip to Horse Lake
Mudro to Bear Trap and return
Wandering Women 2008
Horse Lake Pike
Horse Lake Base Camp - 2008
Horse Lake Base Camp
Mudro-Fairy-Thunder-Moosecamp
May fishing photos
Mudro, Beartrap River, Horse lake loop
Dads and sons- Mudro loop thru Horse, Crooked back thru Gun and Fourtown
July 2009 Trip 3
First Solo
Mudro - Crooked Lake loop
Ten days of September
Mudro to Angleworm, April 2010
Mudro loop
Mudro to Horse w/7 yr. old daughter
First Loop Trip - Father and Son
Boot Lake: Here Comes the Rain Again
Boot Lake Basecamp
2010 June - Mudro to Gull
Mudro, LBF, Crooked, Papoose Creek Fourtown in a kayak
Jordan's First Trip to BWCA - Family Trip 2010
BEPCO Trip 2010
1st Timers 8/21/10
Last Canoe Trip of the Season
mudro to crooked to sunday bay to gun to fourtown.. I WISH..
Mudro to Basswood
October Adventures in Paradise
You Don't Catch, You Don't Eat
A trip of many firsts.
Tour of the Crooked Lake Area via Mudro Lake
Fourteen Hours, Four Guys, Toyota Corrolla. and one wrecked Kevlar Canoe
Mudro to Crooked Big Fun One One
Pictorial Trip Report - My First Solo
Through the Eyes of Gabe
Boy Scout
Long Strange Trip
Tippy Canoe & Broken Soles (EP 23)
Five nights on Boot Lake
Mudro to Gun
One New Fisherman
Mudro to Crooked- Cultivating the love
BWCAW 2011 - Summer to late fall in 7 days
Easter Week Border Water Walleyes
Horse Shake
Mudro to boot, fairy, gun, moose camp, fourtown. 9 People 6 days
Turtle Watch !
Mudro to Crooked (Smallmouth Bonanza)
First but not last
2012 Fourtown
Mudro to Beartrap with the Family
Mudro Lake on Labor Day- First Time in BWCA
Mudro to Moosecamp
Crooked Loop
Horse/Friday Bay/Fourtown Loop
Late Fall EP23: Mudro-Horse-Fourtown
Wojack in the wild (Crooked Lake loop)
Mudro to Friday Bay and Back Again
Crooked Lake Falls and Fish
Mudro - Jackfish Bay - Basswood River - Crooked - Gun - Mudro
Mudro EP to Fairy to Fourtown to Horse
My first trip to the BWCA
Crooked Loop
Crooked Lake 4th July 2015
Horse Lake
Mudro to Just Past Wednesday Bay on Crooked Lake
#23 Mudro: “Time travel in a magic canoe” (first solo 2015)
Mudro to Horse
Horse Lake 2016 - Major Storm and No Fish
Lessons Learned From the Boundary Waters
A Sweet Video From Our Trip
A Windy Mudro Loop
Plans meet reality, 4 southerners visit the BWCA
bunggee lake bushwack
First trip
MUDRO-BASSWOOD FALLS-JACKFISH BAY TRIP - FALL 2017
October 2017- 3 Generations of Family
Mudro to Beartrap Loop
First BWCA Trip #23 Loop
Boot Lake fall basecamp with GSP
May Mudro Loop
College Camping Trip
Crooked Lake Loop
Mudro-Crooked Lk with some first timers !
Kids canoe
Solo trip Mudro to Fall Lake
My First Real Trip - Mudro Loop
Crooked Lake Loop for BWCA First Timers
SO's first trip to the BW
3/4 1st timers
Mudro EP to Lower Basswood Falls Video Trip Report
Not exactly a trip report, but a Wall Street Journal story about escaping to the BWCA
Paddling with Padres - A spiritual Exodus adventure
Mudro 2020 Fishing/Relaxing
Hot Summer Nights on Crooked Lake
Crooked Lake - Found A Necklace
Turning 40 in the Boundary Waters
Return of the Cousins Camping
YouTube Slideshow - Oct. Trip Mudro to Lower Basswood Falls
Fourtown Weekend Trip
Long way to Wednesday Bay
Mudro Loop
Mudro
Mudro - Sept 2024
Entry point 23: Iron Lake Loop

EP 24 - Fall Lake

EP 25 - Moose Lake

Moose Lake - 25
Routes
MissyGirl - MissyGirl And Troop 63
Eric65 - Moose lake to Snowbank Lake
Trip Reports
1974 The Rainy Trip
1975 BWCA Trip & Pictures
1977 Our First Time in Quetico
Trip Recall -- Bear got the food we got carrot sticks & Jolly Ranchers
A First BWCA Trip
Winter trip: Gold Team/Brown Team
Kashapiwi Agnes Loop
First Quetico Trip... The Epic Journey
Late Season Lake Trout Trip
Smoke on the Water, Loons in the Wind
Wandering on Wind
Wandering on Wind
Solo trip, following the Root Beer Lady
Knife Lake
Grandson;s Introduction to the BW
Bill & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
A Week On Knife
Birch Lake to Knife and back through Vera Lake to Ensign
A Trip to the South Arm of Knife Lake
Knife-Kekekabic-Ima-Ensign
North Arm of Knife 2008
Moose to Ima and Back
First Solo, Knife Lake
Easy Does It
A Beast, Another Beast, Another Beast, and a Busted Trip
Third times a charm.
Annual BWCAW Mushing Camping Trip, 2009
Back in the Saddle
Ensign
Brief April Solo
Late May 2010 10-day Solo
Appeasing the fish gods
Solo Trek into Quetico - No Country for Old Men
Solo Trek into Quetico - No Country for Old Men
Tow to Splash Basecamp-Ensign
A Promise Kept
BWCA Border Run 2010 (failed) Moose-Ottertrack-Moose
First BWCA trip- Ensign - Solo
2 weeks of Freedom
Moose to Knife and back.
My 1st Canoe
Belle's 1st Trip
June 15, 2011 Solo Trip
Introducing the Kids to the BWCA
1st trip to BWCA
THE trip (hunter island, quetico...solo)
Short Loop out of Moose Lake
The Ribbon Rock
We Throw Rocks at Bears
Moose lake to Sag
Wildlife with foot fetishes?
Annual Father/Daughters trip
Amazing! You Just Can't Be Too Careful!
The Beatty Bunch do Moose-Knife
First BWCA Fish Dinner!
Ensign in October
Wind Lake Winter Camping Trip-2013
Winter Trekking from Moose Lake
South Arm Knife June 2013
Moose to Agnes (Quetico) Trip 2013
Quetico Solo with/Dog through Louisa, McEwen, Falls Chain, and Emerald
Ensign
Knife Lake 2014 - 3rd Time Around
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21 day solo in August
Ensign Lake - First time back in 12 years with my Father and Uncle.
Knife Lake Fall 2014
Moose To Neglige May 27th to May 31
Ensign Fishing trip
Knife Solo
Five Monkeys and Four cat herders maiden voyage
Trip Report - Ensign
indiana
Eleven and a half glorious days and one terrible awful, rotten half a day.
8 days on the South Arm of Knife Lake
Moose To Neglige 2016
Revisiting & Testing My Limits
Ottertrack, Knife, and everything in between.
3 month solo freeze in trip on Knife Lake
North Arm of Knife, High Winds, and great fishing
Southeast Quetico Loop
Moose to Knife
Back Into The Outdoors: A Moose loop
Knife Lake Lake Trout
First BWCA Trip July 31-Aug 3 2018
Cherry is a cherry!
BWCA-2018-krj
First and last
We took some first-timers to Knife/Cherry
First BWCA Trip 11-13 June, 2019
Annual Adventure with Dad
Couples Trip 2019! A Picture Perfect Trip!
Knife Lake Smallies
First Timers from Birch to Knife - Lessons Learned
Northern Tier Winter 2019-2020
Winter Solo Trip- Moose Lake EP- January 2020
Callum's First Trip
The trouble with beavers - Father and Son first trip
Day trip to Moose & Wind, failed to reach Wind Bay & Basswood
Trout in the Time of Covid
Family Time
Camping Cousins
Thunder Point: The view that was worth it. Barely.
Lake Trout Slam, Little Knife, Amoeber, Cherry and Hanson Lakes
October BWCA Guys Trip to Lake Ensign
October Guys Trip to Ensign Lake (Video Summary)
EPIC winter crossing 2021
4 days 38 miles to Thomas Lake and Back
Moose-Knife-Kekekabic-Ensign Lakes Loop
Ensign to Disappointment - 2021
Last BWCA Trip?
Ensign to Thomas and back
Reconnecting: 2 weeks wandering in the BWCA
Hybrid Solo 3 Guys and a Dog
Moose to Basswood, 1 nighter
Moose Lake 5 day trip - first time in the BWCA
Ensign Lake
Wolves & Weather
Moose Lake to Lac la Croix & Back
Quick trip to Ensign
First Solo - Moose Lake #25
Father/Son - 6 day/5 Night - Moose Lake Entry Point
Ensign Lake June 2023
Moose/Wind/Washte/Witness
First trip ever as a solo at 21 yo
Daytrip: Moose to Wind to Washte
Wind base camp
Old Lakes, New Lakes, and Great Weather in Quetico

EP 26 - Wood Lake

EP 27 - Snowbank Lake

Snowbank Lake - 27
Routes
Route - Snowbank to Muzzle
Trip Reports
The Trip From Hell
May 21-23
Thomas Lake June 20th/25th
Snowbank to Lake One
Snowbank Lake - June 2006
Kevin's first overnight BWCAW trip to Jordan Lake
(No) Disappointment in August
Wind on Snowbank
Snowbank Lake Trail
Expedition 2007--Snowbank to Ima and back
The Snowbank to Lake One Loop that Wasn't
No disappointment on Disappointment over Memorial Day
Ima/Thomas 08
Knife Lake
Snowbank/Ima/Thomas
Snowbank Loop
Raven, Alice, and Insula
Snowbank to Knife and Back
Peace and Solitude on a Snowbank Loop
Brothers Trip2010
First Ever BWCA Trip
Snowbank to Kekekabic July 2010
Chicago to Disappointment and back
Disappointment Lake
Ahsub Bear family
Solo from snowbank
Snowbank to Lake One and N. Kawishiwi River
No Disappointment for Wife
What Vestibule?
Disappointment Lake Basecamp
Loop from Snowbank to Lake 1
Boundary Waters trip 2012
Snowbank to Ima and back - EP # 27
Snowbank Loop
change of plans
Fishing with Dad
Snowbank Fathers Day Weekend
Not a dissapointment
Disappointment Lake
BWCA Man Trip Extravaganza
Tandem Rookie Trip
No disappointment on Disappointment
First Trip to the BWCA
Snowbank Loop 2015(Through Frasier, Adams, Alice, and Ima)
6th Anniversary
Snowbank to Ima
Nice Little Trip With The Guys--Entry At Snowbank
First Winter Camp- Birch Island- Snowbank
2016 Snowbank to Jordan and back
Solo October 2016
Winter Camping Trip - Snowbank to Parent
First Solo - EP 27 Ambitious trip
Disappointment Lake - 2nd Trip to BWCA
Snowbank to Fraser and Back (the what not to do edition)
3-day out-and-back to Fraser Oct. 2017
EP 27 - Snowbank to Thomas and back in May 2018
Solo Trip to Raven Lake (Mugwump PMA 8) 2018
Snowbank to Thomas
A solo new beginning
Snowbank to Thomas Memorial Weekend 2019
Embracing the Elements - Snowbank Loop
Father Daughter trip
Kekekabic Trail/ Canoe Trip Hybrid
Snowbank to Thomas 2020
Jumanji 2020
Gals Trip + Riley
Kekekabic - a trip that ended where it started
Journey to Sagus
Snowbank to Spider Lake PMA Loop
Disappointment Lake Winter Adventure
Snowbank Trail
A less than disappointing trip
Overnight To Dorothy's
Less Miles Next Time...... Maybe??
Solo Disappointment
Trek or Treat - Round 3
Snowbank W/ Disappointment Backpack
Parent Lake Adventure
water and ice and no bugs
Snowbank Entry June 13 - June 18
Finding Solitude
Snowbank/Disappointment/Ahsub/Parent

EP 29 - North Kawishiwi River

EP 30 - Lake One

Lake One - 30
Routes
Route - Lake One to Insula
Route - Easy Lake One to Snowbank 5 day Loop
Trip Reports
To Insula with the Boy Scouts
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1973: Going Back in Time
1982: Volume 2, Going Back In Time
A happy ending
BWCA in strip built kayak in 2001
Lake One to Fishdance Lake
Lake One to Insula
Sept. Group Solo
Lake One to Insula
Gull Lake no Clear no Fire no Insula
A jaunt around the numbered lakes with Julia Child
Dixie's first BWCAW trip
Fishing madness
Lake One to Insula in August
The Elephant Trip
Lake One to Insula
Lake One loop to Snowbank
Lake One to Insula
A wilder trip
The Crew - 2007
Lake One to Insula Again
Everything Moves in Waves: A First Timer's Solo Trip into Boundary Waters
My first solo - lake one loop
The Big Insula Pike Trip - Oct 2007
First winter experience
Solo Trip Report -- Insula, Hope Lake, North Wilder
solo number 2
2008 Trip Form Lake One to Solitude and Back
Chronicles of a Day Tripper
Paddle n Puke
Lake One to Kawishiwi River
Solo trip from Lake One through Snowbank
Solo 2008 - a quick solo out of Lake One
May 2009 - Numbered Lakes
Lake 3
Lake One Loop through Wilder, Rock Island, Turtle and many more
Short and Sweet to Insula
BWCA 09
North Kawishiwi 2009
A (South) Wilder Trip
First Solo Lake One #30
First BWCA trip - Lake One to North Wilder
Sept 2009 - Lake One to Snowbank loop
Village Idiot Reaches Lake Three
Oct. Solo
Last Trip of the Season
Insula Base Camp (My Wife's First Trip)
Lake One to Insula
Tried to get to Insula
Lake One to Hudson July 28-31, 2010
Getting to know the BWCA over again.
Lake Three Adventure - No Regrets
The Numbered Lakes
Kicking Back on the Kawishiwi
Lake One; Getting off the beaten path.
Me, Three Blonds and a Mom. Again!
Lake One with the bag Family
another great trip
Bizarre event on Ima Lake - photos added.....
EP 30 to EP 27 Loop Solo
Family Aventure to Insula and back
Lake One to Inslula; Day Trip South Hope; Day Trip Fish Dance
Number Lakes Loop- First time out West
Kicking Back on the Kawishiwi II (2013)
2 Families, 3 Generations
1st and maybe last solo
Lake One to Hudson Island
Insula 6-19-13
Fire lake solo
Family Excursion on Lake One/Two
Single mother, 6-year old, 5-year old Lake One Trip - HUGE success!
Scouting Dads Paddle the Boundary Waters
Lake One - Insula - Kawishiwi - Pagami Creek
bear attack
80 miles / 30 lakes *Float Stanley Trip*
Lake One to Alice - 4 days of sunshine
Family Trip to Insula
Mrs. Goby's first BWCA trip
Return to My First Trip Area
Powwow clearing Horseshoe Lake 3 portage south
Memorial Day Weekend
Paddle with Dad: Lake One to Insula
2nd Solo to Insula and a bit beyond
Lake One: First trip 4 and 7 year old grand daughters
Lake One to Insula, base camping with the family
Best Friends and The Big Jump: Lake One to Insula
Solo trip through the number lakes
2019 Troop 743 BWCA Trip
Lake One-Insula
Ice Breaker
2020 Alice Lake Trip
Pictographs on Fishdance
First time for the family - adapt and overcome
solo #2
Lake 1, 2, 3
solo #3
Lake One to Insula Lake
Minnesota Home
1st solo
Solo #4
Number Chain Newbies--Guiding Five First-timers on Lakes One, Two and Three
Winter Camping | Lake One
One to Seagull, one-way
Alice Lake - Angling in the Wild
Lake Four in Four Days
Lake Three Base Camp
Solo on Lakes 1-3 before fishing season
Lake Four
One, Two, Three, Pow, Wow!
Reid’s first trip

EP 31 - Farm Lake

EP 32 - South Kawishiwi River

EP 33 - Little Gabbro Lake

EP 34 - Island River

EP 35 - Isabella Lake

EP 36 - Hog Creek

EP 37 - Kawishiwi Lake

Kawishiwi Lake - 37
Routes
Add a new route
Trip Reports
Kawishiwi Lake to Malberg Lake to Fire Lake and Back (1998)
The Polly Lake Bluff Charge
Polly Lake Bluff Charge - Version 2.0
Memorial Day '04
First Trip For My Wife
Kawishiwi Lake to Beaver loop
Kawishiwi Loop
Kawishiwi, Boulder, Makwa, Kawishiwi Loop
Noah Time 2
Kawishiwi Lake to Polly & back
2006 BWCA Kawishiwi Lake to Fishdance Lake Pictographs
Kawishiwiw Lake - June 2007
EP37 to Lake Polly
Strangers in Paradise Part Deux
Kawishiwi Lake to Little Saganaga by way of Boulder Lake
Koma Style
Kawishiwi Lake Entry
Kawishiwi Entry to Adams - Fall 2008 (2019 remake)
EP 37 to Koma/Malberg
First timers - Lady Lakes Chain
An out and back for the first time
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Malberg and Back
Adams Lake
Sasquatch on the Kawishwi
Kawishiwi to Polly (or The Wettest Trip Ever?)
Kawishiwi - Little Sag - Sawbill Loop
Pagami Creek Fire Trip
Two Friends Encounter Wolves
In Our Minds It's Still There
Kawishiwi to Polly (rookie trip)
Three Dudes and a Chinese Lady
Lady Chain with my lady, August 2012
Kawishiwi Lake to Snowbank 2012
hgc
First Solo
Solo Two
Modified Kawishiwi Lake Loop/Lady Loop
To Malberg and beyond
2013 BWCA Solo
Kawishiwi to Malberg and out Sawbill via the Lady Chain
Kawishiwi to Sawbill in the rain
Kawishiwi Lake Solo with LG - 2014
24 Hour Canoe Challenge
Loop with Lepus not Lupus
Steve and Steve's Boundary Waters Odyssey
Kawishiwi-May 2015
Malberg area basecamp trip
Husband and wife trip on Malberg.
Taking Amber to Amber Lake
Lilie's first trip
Honeymoon of a lifetime
Trip Report - Lady Chain (posting a month late)
Kawishiwi L.-Beaver-Makwa-Malberg Loop or I want to Basecamp next trip
Kawishiwi Trip
2016 BWCA solo loop Kawishiwi Lake - Alice - Fraser - Boulder - Malberg - Kawishiwi Lake
2016 BWCA solo loop Kawishiwi Lake - Alice - Fraser - Boulder - Malberg - Kawishiwi Lake
Lone Wolf
Malberg Basecamp
Broken in the Wilderness
Lady Lakes Loop
Basecamp in Malberg area
Video slide show of Kawishiwi to Adams
My first Solo - 8 Days In and a Rather Tough Exit
kicking the fledglings out of the nest...
Annual Paddle With The Boys
EP 37 Solo Canoe Trip, pictographs and swimming moose.
May/ June 12-Day YouTube Slide show, Entered at Kawishiwi Lake
Short solo trip to Malberg
Alice Lake
Kawishiwi Lake to Malberg Lake and Others
6 Days Solo out of Kawishiwi Lake - EP37
Polly, Malberg, and a long day trip to Fishdance
Video Blog of Malberg Through Entry #37
One Pan-tastic Adventure
YouTube Slideshow to Lake Polly with Grandsons
Kawishiwi to Malberg and back
Kawishiwi to Malberg and back
2023 Memorial Weekend - 4 day / 3 night - Kawashiwi Lake
The bugs were biting
Kawishiwi to Malberg in May
EP 37 to Malberg
Solo: EP 37 to Malberg Base (Day trips to Fishdance/KivaNiva/Boze)
Sept/ Oct 2024 8-day trip to Malberg - YouTube Slideshow

EP 38 - Sawbill Lake

Sawbill Lake - 38
Routes
Kaleeb - Trip to Tuscarora
Trip Reports
Memories of BWCA
BWCA Frost River Solo Trip, June 1996
Where it all began--my first trip into the BWCA
Journey to Manhood
bushwacker practice
From A Father to A Son
The Four Solos - 2006
Sawbill to Cherokee 2007
Sawbill Temperance loop
Bannock Sawbill to Cherokee July 07
Smoke for the weekend
Exhaustion 101: My Frost River solo.
Solo Rejuvenation
Frost Lake
sawbill-temperance-burnt loop-who let the dogs out
North End of Sawbill
Girls Trip
A Solo Snowshoe Trip From Sawbill
The Bear Facts
Sawbill - Ada - Skoop - Cherokee and back
FIRST BWCA TRIP
Smoke Lake - July 2009
Fun & Adventure - Re-Bonding in the BWCA
Water World
The Celebration Trip
Because I CAN!
First kayak first solo
Fine Wine north of Sawbill
Love at first site
Group of 9 Basecamping at Burnt
Isaac's first trip to BWCA for his 8th Birthday
Smoke Lake 2010
North Temperance
2010 trip
Sawbill Lake to Burnt Lake
Sawbill to Cherokee, October 2010
Saw bill Oct 2010
Savoring Time on Wine
Blackflies, firewood, loons & diamond rings.
Sawbill to Phoebe
“Something is dreadfully wrong!” Mesaba, Dent, Wine loop from Sawbill
sawbill solo
Sawbill to Cherokee Washout
Two guys and a dog to Sprig Lake
Labor Day at Alton with the Kids - Wolves and perfect Weather!
Return to Cherokee (with a bonus)
Pictorial Trip Report - Spartans and Helots
Eighteen Hours on Cherokee
Surrogate Granpa - taking an 8 and 11 yr old for their first BW trip.
Cha-Row-Kee (Cherokee) Loop through Davis Lake
40 years of dreaming of this trip: Mission: Sawbill to Cherokee Lake
Sawbill to Cherokee Lake and back
Sawbill to Phoebe and back with a bad back and broken tongue
Sawbill/Cherokee/Brule/Temperance/Fire Loop -- Solo
Lady Chain Louse River Loop
Sawbill EP38 to Phoebe (the lazy route) - August 2014
A Bucket List Trip to Cherokee Lake
A Bucket List Trip to Cherokee Lake
Late September Phoebe Lake
Sawbill to Sawbill, Rain, Snow, Sun and Fun
Alton base camp
Sawbill to Phoebe
Sawbill to Tuscarora Lake and back again
Burnt Lake Weekend
Two Dads, Two Kids Sawbill
Lady Chain Solo with Dog: Report and Video
Magic the Paddling: Sawbill, Phoebe, Malberg, Fishdance, Kawishiwi
Sawbill to Crooked and Gillis and back via Frost River loop (in reverse)
First Solo: Sawbill loop up to Cherokee and back down through Temperance. September 2016.
Faith Men's BWCAW 2016 Trip
3 Night Cherokee-Temperance Loop
SAWBILL + LOUSE LOOP SOLO TRIP / FEMALE PADDLER
Little Sag East Loop from Sawbill
Our Sawbill Sojourn
Sawbill - Cherokee loop. Beavers and rain!
Mom & 2 young sons
Fall Inaugural
Smoke's Sawbill Solo
6 day solo Frost River Loop
Sawbill to Smoke
GHOST Shoe
Sawbill to Lake One, Across the Center of the BWCA
Sawbill 7 day loop
Sawbill Lake Loop -- The Real World?
Sawbill Loop to Cherokee
Two Day Trips - Kelso Lake Loop and Clearwater Lake
August 2019 Grandkids first Trip - Sawbill
Late September Sawbill loop
Frost River Loop
Memorial Day Get-Outta-Dodge Trip
Sawbill/Cherokee, Covid-19, Bucket List, Solo Loop
Sawbill Loop Solo Adventure
Sawbill, Cherokee, Frost-2 teenagers and lame parents
Lady Chain, Beaver/Smite/Boulder/Ledge/Makwa loop, Louse River, Frost River
Sawbill, Easy-Breezy
50 Years Later
Sawbill Paddleboard Day Trip
Cherokee Loop-First solo
9 Day Loop out of Sawbill
Turtle Tales
All Loused Up: solo loop out of Sawbill
Sawbill Mini-Loop (Daytrip)
How low? Solo
Spring Thaw Cherokee Loop
Sawbill to Smoke 6/3/22-6/4/22
Sawbill to Phoebe Lake and back
Journey into Sunlow
A Week In January - Annual Winter Trip
The Long Way Around-First Solo on the Louse River
Kelso Mountain
Nightmare on Beth, but alls well.
Alton with the kids
Louse River
Wandering to Wonder daytrip
How many portages? Cherokee Lake 2023
The mullet calls
BWCA Sawbill to alton
A Spirit Bird, An Army Base, Forest Pixies, and a Camp Troll

EP 39 - Baker Lake

EP 40 - Homer Lake

EP 41 - Brule Lake

EP 43 - Bower Trout lake

EP 44 - Ram Lake

EP 45 - Morgan Lake

EP 47 - Lizz & Swamp Lakes

Lizz & Swamp Lakes - 47
Routes
Add a new route
Trip Reports
Winchell Lake Loop
Lizz to Long Island
Vougers of God
Base Camping on Horseshoe
Across the Gunflint- Poplar Lake to Cross River
First solo cut short!
bear trip
Poplar to Winchell
The Gunflint Shows Its Beauty, Again
The Funny Looking Canoe
Four to Explore
Just Slightly South East of the Gunflint Trail
Little Things
This Ain't no Fairy Tale! - July 2011 BWCA
1st Solo Trip
Monsoons and Wind on Horseshoe
Horseshoe Lake
First BWCAW canoe trip of 2012 for me
Be careful what you ask for!
Daddy/Daughter Trip to Caribou w/ H
2 trips in one?
first solo
EP-47: Lizz-Gaskin-Meeds loop 6/2013
Poplar Lake Loop 2013
Vista view
Base Camp on Caribou
first solo
2013 EP 47: NEW TITLE: Bad Decisions and Dangerous Mistakes
Winter Adventure Gaskin Lake
Second Solo
Our family's first BWCA trip, EP 47 Lizz Lake
Cold Vista 2015
Pops and Iz 2015
Jswamp
Poplar to Winchell Loop
First Family BWCA Trip
Two Buddies Trip number 3
Awesome fishing, crazy weather, (Meeds lake trip)
Poplar to Ham, via Winchell, Long Island, and Frost
Rain, rain, go away
Awesome week on Horseshoe Lake
Family of three - on trip three!
A Childhood Dream Come True
Bubba Slow-Step’s excellent adventure
Brotherhood
First Trip
Poplar to Gaskin
Finally back in the BWCA
Poplar to Gaskin and Meeds
Labor Day Week Adventure
First trip to BWCA with my partner
Poplar Loop - Quick, relaxing trip
Poplar-Caribou-Horseshoe-Vista-Gaskin Better late than never. 2020 report
2020 Troop 409 BWCA trip
Poplar, Lizz, Caribou, Horseshoe and Meeds Lake
just one more
May 2021 YouTube Trip Report - Lizz Lake Entry
Hanging Out on Horseshoe Lake in the Boundary Waters
Island Life In The Boundary Waters
Solo Base Camp Horseshoe Lake
Work Harder, Not Smarter
Poplar-Winchell Loop
Lizz to Omega & Back: First Trip in the BWCA

EP 49 - Skipper & Portage Lakes

EP 50 - Cross Bay Lake

Cross Bay Lake - 50
Routes
Add a new route
Trip Reports
2013
The Friendly Flies Trip 2002
Frost River, June 2006
Frost River Route
Across the Divide and Back
2009 BWCA Trip a New Beginning
Cross Bay to Poplar
The Unintentional Base-camping Trip
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 3. A Portaging We Will Go!
Long Island Lake vacation
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 4. Cross Bay to Poplar.
A trip is changed, then cancelled, and a new focus is created
Long island lake family trip
Cold Reception at Cherokee Lake
Float Stanley's Snipe Lake Adventure
BWCA 2012 Autumn Solo
Three Tries and Ten Days to Frost-EP 50 to 51
Ham to Poplar
First time in the BWCA- 73 mile solo trip - Frost River, Little Sag, Kawishiwi, Alice, Kek, and more
Five days of Clouds, Four Fish, Three Moose, Three Young Guys, One Old Dude, One Great Time!
Long Island Lake Base Camp
EP50 fishing
Cross Bay Lake to Sawbill Campground with Day Trip
Cross Bay, Frost, Little Sag, Bingshack
LOST / Forgot Dromedary Bag - Long Island campsite ;-(
Cross Bay solo
Northern in Canoe, Dog out of Canoe! Cross Creek to Long Island Lake
Frost River Loop Via EP50--Cross Bay Lake--Solo
2018 Cross Bay to Poplar
June Cross Bay-Frost River-Gillis Loop
Escaping the 'Real World' - First Timers in BWCA
2019 Long Island Lake Basecamp Solo
8-day to Cross Bay Lake - May/ June 2020
1st Trip with the kids - Cross River to Snipe Lake
Frost River and Beyond with Bear, Hobbit, and Mountain Goat
3 day trip into Ham lake
Pride Comes Before the Fall....And After it Turns Out!
1st Daddy Daughter Trip
Homage to the Spartans and other paddling friends
Capsize - rapids - lost canoe - self-extraction
New EP for 23rd
Epic
BWCA Trip Review: EP 50 Cross Bay Lake to Long Island Lake
Father and Son Adventure to Long Island
Entry 50 Cross Bay Lake
Appler, Cross Bay to Poplar Lake
Frost River

EP 51 - Missing Link Lake

EP 52 - Brant Lake

EP 54 - Seagull Lake

Seagull Lake - 54
Routes
Add a new route
Trip Reports
Seagull to Ogish to Saganaga or Saj-koa-jesak-kl-koss
The Three Bears
Rog Lake
Going Gunflint
The Super Loop
Seagull -> Thunder Point -> Saganaga loop
Seagull to Round and trouble on Kekakabic
Seagull -> Grandpa -> Red Rock -> Seagull
Seagull to Ogishkemuncie and back
Far Reaches of the Gunflint
Seagull to Knife to...Seagull
Seagull Entry to SA Knife Sept/ Oct 2009 (2019 remake)
Voyage of the Sasquatch (Seagull-South Arm Knife Lake)
Feed Jake
Island Adventure on Ogishkemuncie
I'm Alive!
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 5. A Quick Little Fall Adventure
Sea Gull Lake Solo April 2012
Who Brought a Pillow?!?!
Seagull to ?
The adventures of 6 guys and a Diva
easy as it gets
Fifth trip up the Gunflint trail
A Week With My Brother
Alive
Retracing Amok's Last Trip
seagull solo to ogish.
Seagull Lake Entry 2013
Trip with elder son, Seagull to Poplar
Back in the BWCA : Our first adventure
College bros
First time to BWCA Seagull Lake - Alpine Lake - Jasper Lake
First Solo: Seagull to Ogish
First fish & a walking stick
Seagull it is!
Sag Lake paddle
Seagull Lake to Alpine Lake
A Good Time with a Good Friend - Seagull, Alpine, and Ogish September 2016
First Winter Trip Completed
Seagull Lake
Sea gull to little sag not
Adams Knife Loop
Adams Knife Loop
Seagull Winter Trip
Spring 2018 trip to SA Knife, Kekekabic, Ogish - Slide Show
Daughters First Trip, Seagull, Alpine, Ogish
BWCA fishing trip 2018
Seagull-Sag, abbreviated
Seagull, Alpine, Red Rock, Saganaga Loop 2018
Alpine Lake Bro Basecamp - Lots o' fish
Snowshoeing Seagull Lake
The trip of a lifetime!
Alpine Base Camp
Father Daughter bonding
A Border Lakes Birthday
Base camp Seagull Lake
March '21 Lake Trout Trip on Seagull Lake
Awesome June Fishing on Knife Lake
Seagull-Saganaga loop

EP 55 - Saganaga Lake

Saganaga Lake - 55
Routes
Route - Hanson or Cherry lake base camp
Trip Reports
sag-alpini-ogish-seagull
Quetico - Lake Saganagons
The 1st Big Trip
The Sag Seagull Loop
The Great Unknown
red rock
Thunder Point Loop
Sag to Mack to Falls chain May 08
A Paddling Partner for Life
Seagull / Saganaga Cabin Family Adventure
2008 Saganagons Base Camp
An introductory trip for Dad
Saganaga to South Arm of Knife Lake to Seagull
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 2. The Thunder Point Loop
The Year of Rain
Travois Lake Loop?
Gunflint Trail Memorial Day Trip
Some KEKEKABIC & a bit of JASPER with a CHERRY on top
Ester-licious
Living The Dream
deleted
A River Runs Through It...
Where The Loons Never Left Us: Saganaga to Seagull June 2013
Saganagons base camp
Ottertrack, Cherry, Hanson
American Point to Rabbit Lake; Day trip to fish Nawakwa; Day trip to Eddy Falls
BWCA August 2013
Sacred Solitude on Saganaga - Saganaga Lake Base Camp June 2014
Saganaga-Cherry-Ottertrack-Saganaga
Saganaga to Moose, or how to stay wet.
The Little Brothers Trip - Maraboeuf and Saganaga Falls June-July 2015
Father-Son Trip
Father - Son Trip
Adventure=taking your 1 year old and pregnant wife into the BWCA
First Time in the BWCA - Sag to Swamp Lake
Paradise and Tribulation...A awesome unforgettable trip!
Happy 75th Birthday Grandpa - Saganaga/Ester August 2016
2016 Sag to Seagull
Griffis Family Expedition
2019 Photography Trip
Hanging out north of the South Arm
Saganaga EP to Saganaga Falls Video Trip Report
Sag-Seagull Loop Intro trip
Wind, Waves, and Karma
Firsts
Newbies on a Saganaga to Seagull Lake loop- 7 days
Saganaga to Ester Basecamp-A Rookie’s Tale
Red Rock Lake - June 2022
One to remember
A little of everything looping thru South Arm Knife!
Early Laker Fly Fishing
Father's Day Saganaga
Sag. To Seagull With The St. Cloud Seven
Sag to Sea Gull

EP 57 - Magnetic Lake

EP 58 - South Lake

EP 60 - Duncan Lake

EP 61 - Daniels Lake

EP 62 - Clearwater Lake

EP 64 - East Bearskin Lake

EP 66 - Crocodile River

EP 67 - Bog Lake

EP 68 - Pine Lake

EP 69 - John Lake

EP 70 - North Fowl Lake *

EP 71 - From Canada

EP 75 - Little Isabella River

EP 77 - South Hegman Lake

EP 80 - Larch Creek

EP 84 - Snake River