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Minnesotian
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01/20/2018 02:25PM  

Planning a trip for some stargazing this next year and was wondering if anyone may recall some memorable east-facing campsites in Quetico, preferably out of the Prairie Portage entry.

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billconner
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01/20/2018 07:19PM  
Several south point campsites on North Bay that I like for sky watching.
rdricker
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01/22/2018 10:32PM  
Its more north central, but campsite KP on Sturgeon is a long and narrow, nearly north/south peninsula. Mostly flat and pretty open site with a beautiful beach. Below is a sunrise photo from the beach.

marsonite
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01/26/2018 06:25PM  
There's a nice campsite on Mcintyre just north of where Mcintyre creek goes out. It faces east. There is sort of a long ledge rock "beach" that would give you great views of the sky.
carmike
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01/29/2018 08:35PM  
There's a decent campsite on the island right when you enter North Bay that has a nice, flat slab of granite that gives views west, north, and east. Not the best site, but it's not terrible either.

A very nice site that would work well would be on South Lake, just after the portage that exits North Bay on the north/northeast side (the one up the long, shallow river section, not the one farther west towards Lost Bay).
 
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