Anyone have a nice artifact tale? We found this while wood gathering on Cherokee Lake.

We found this moose skull at the NE end of Isabella (Quetico) in July 2014. Someone previous travelers had placed the skull on the log near the portage.

This little display was at the Hilton on McEwen this spring.

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I forgot about this one. An old chain grouted into a big rock on Gabbro.

Welcomed us to Jack Lake campsite in 2014...

Very fresh and found just behind camp on Sandpit this year in May. It was the only piece I found.

quote hexnymph: "This little display was at the Hilton on McEwen this spring.


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My dog briefly chewed on one of those bones a couple of weeks ago! You could tell it wasn't the first time it had been gnawed on..

Some thing had beaver for lunch

Don't have a pic, but in 2010 a beautiful moose skull with full antlers greeted us at the campsite on Mid-Cone Lake. It was propped up against the fire grate, so obviously left there by the previous occupants. I was tempted to bring it home, but wanted to pay it forward and leave it for the next people at the campsite to enjoy.
What is the official policy on removing skulls and antlers? Don't some people like to be the first ones through portages in the spring specifically so they can find and bring home antler sheds?

Nice moose antler shed on the Louse River just west of Bug.



Skull and assorted bones on island site on Phoebe. The skull must have been a decent bull cuz you could see that someone had sawed off the top plate to collect the antlers

Moose leg right in the middle of the Border Route Trail

Bonnie Lake

No pics that I can find, but we found the remains of a moose kill once Trillium Lake. In the midst of the moose bones we found a canine tooth. Pretty cool.

I can't find the picture, but we found a moose skull just hanging out on the tree bench in a campsite in the Long Island/Cherokee area. Other than fish remains, that's the only fossil record I've found in the BWCA.

Early spring on the island between North and South Fowl Lake. Picked clean.

Found this one on Caribou WMA last fall.

My brother found this skull on a hike in Alaska. He didn't want to pay to ship it home, so left it at a resort in their rock garden vowing to be back. Several years later he returned, wrapped it up and brought it home as carry on luggage. We had younger family members unwrap it on the eve of whitetail season.

Ultimately he decided he didn't have a good place for it, so I got possession and it has been on the cabin mantle since then. It seems happy there.

from our yellowstone dead animal tour. cut short due to bears.








bwca, winter

We were once bandit camping on Ted Turners land in Montana back in the days of my youth, and we came across some sort of big-cat den full of bones and carcasses. It was pretty awesome. I wish I could find photos, it was like something out of a horror movie.

quote WinstonRumfoord: "We were once bandit camping on Ted Turners land in Montana back in the days of my youth, and we came across some sort of big-cat den full of bones and carcasses. It was pretty awesome. I wish I could find photos, it was like something out of a horror movie."

Cannot help it, but some points for clarification. Skeletal remains are not artifacts. Artifacts, by definition, are items created or modified by humans. Also, fossils are not the bones you find in the BW. Fossils are prehistoric remains or impressions. My OCD can now rest at peace.

Skull on Agnes

The only one that comes to mind offhand was a 6 or 8 point deer skull set on a stump near the fire grate on South iron island camp about 10 years ago. Oh and a moose or deer ribcage near bank on darky to Minn a few yrs ago. Sorry; I have bad luck with cameraS on canoe trips.

quote Frenchy19: "Cannot help it, but some points for clarification. Skeletal remains are not artifacts. Artifacts, by definition, are items created or modified by humans. "

Also, depending on where you live, there could be state restrictions on bringing anything back. There are definitely some no-no's, too, like collecting parts of federally-protected species - wolves, Canada lynx, etc.

This one was at a campsite on Your lake in the Quetico.

quote paddy3001: "Don't have a pic, but in 2010 a beautiful moose skull with full antlers greeted us at the campsite on Mid-Cone Lake. It was propped up against the fire grate, so obviously left there by the previous occupants. I was tempted to bring it home, but wanted to pay it forward and leave it for the next people at the campsite to enjoy.
What is the official policy on removing skulls and antlers? Don't some people like to be the first ones through portages in the spring specifically so they can find and bring home antler sheds?"

Just had my yearly refresher on this one. You're not supposed to bring anything out of the waters minus what you brought in. I would imagine that doesn't stop some people.