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Old Shack and Boat on South Kawishiwi

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UncleMoose

04/07/2012 11:27AM

On last week's trip around the Kawishiwi Triangle, I found an old shack (or blind/fishing hut?) along with a rotted out old boat. It was in a back bay just south of Clear Lake. Anyone know anything about these? I didn't see anything else nearby that would have suggested an old cabin site or anything. Just curious about these old artifacts, if you can call them that.

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Frenchy19

04/07/2012 11:37AM

I do not know anything about them but thanks for posting the pics; I LOVE finding historical artifacts like that!

"He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious." Yogi Berra

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kanoes

04/07/2012 11:40AM

nice find.

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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fitgers1

04/07/2012 12:41PM

Very cool find! Did you put that on a map in the map section?

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson...and...“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".

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mocha

04/07/2012 12:42PM

that's really cool. makes you wonder why no one else has found it before you...was it really off the beaten path or out of the way anyone would travel?

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UncleMoose

04/07/2012 12:56PM

I would have to believe others have seen it. It is just off the main route, but clearly visible to anyone passing by who looks in the right direction. It's basically in a small bay just off the regular travel route between Clear Lake and the main body of the Kawishiwi River. It may be a bit easier to see at this particular time of year, before all the vegetation comes back to life.

I'll see about putting a mark on the map.

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UncleMoose

04/07/2012 03:57PM

Okey-dokey, it's now on the map.

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RaisedByBears99

04/07/2012 05:41PM

Cool! In the 60s and even into the 70s you'd see stuff like that and even old vehicles. Amazing how well it's neen cleaned out. There is still the cabin and sauna by Jackfish.

Could the "shack" be a dark house for spear fishing through ice?

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UncleMoose

04/07/2012 07:09PM

That's my best guess, either a dark house or plain old fishing hut. It's not really big enough for much else, I would think.

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OneMatch

04/07/2012 08:14PM

That is amazing. I've been on that route and never saw it. Makes me wonder how many other gems are out there that we pass by without looking.

Thanks for putting this up.

We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.

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dprochef

04/07/2012 08:58PM

Very cool. Great find. We are heading up and doing that route in June, taking a couple of younger canoers with (niece and nephew, I"m sure they would get a kick out of seeing that.

Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway....John Wayne

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Unas10

04/08/2012 05:59AM

I've always enjoyed looking at stuff like that but often wondered; How long does it take for somebody's discarded crap to turn into an interesting artifact?

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RaisedByBears99

04/08/2012 06:57AM

quote Unas10: "I've always enjoyed looking at stuff like that but often wondered; How long does it take for somebody's discarded crap to turn into an interesting artifact? "

Laughs! A story:

We were camped on Fourtown Lake - on one side of a peninsula. On the other side of the peninsula was another site. There was a path between the two and I went over to say "hi" to the people who were camped there. On the way I found a bunch of trash, some of which was from the logging era, some of which was more recent. Picking up an old galvanized five gallon pail, I began to gather up beer cans and paper garbage left by someone I'd rather not know.

When I reached the other campsite, one of the women asked me what I was doing with the old pail. I told her I was collecting garbage preparatory to carrying it out. She became very indignant with me and told me I should leave such "artifacts" in place.

I studied the old pail with it's bail broken, bottom almost rusted through, and sporting ten bullet holes, trying my best to see it as an artifact. I turned to the woman and said, "No, ma'am, this is garbage."

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mooseplums

04/08/2012 03:52PM

very neat

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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tumblehome

04/08/2012 04:25PM

There is just a ton of stuff out there waiting to be found. I've come across plenty of old cone top beer cans in small dumps behind campsites. If anyone is traveling through a recent burn area you will find all sorts of junk behind campsites. This stuff is plainly visible if the campsite is burned out. I've returned to my favorite campsites after a burn and was surprised how much glass and tin (old stoves, gas cans, fry pan, wine bottles) is just beyond my reach of the campsite. So much for worrying about twist ties and foil!

Tom

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jdevries

04/09/2012 11:14AM

I've paddled right past that a couple of times without ever seeing it. Pre-1976 the resorts on the White Iron/Farm chain would keep boats at the end of the portage into Clear. I wonder if this could have been for the same purpose.

JD

Before fighting fire with fire, remember that the fire department usually uses water.

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burntsider

04/10/2012 07:37AM

quote Frenchy19: "I do not know anything about them but thanks for posting the pics; I LOVE finding historical artifacts like that!"

You may then enjoy the Facebook page HISTORIC BASSWOOD LAKE IN THE BWCA.

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Kevlar

04/10/2012 08:45PM

Saw that same "cabin" and boat skeletons two years ago on a spring fishing trip. Looks exactly the same. Are the ticks still there?

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UncleMoose

04/10/2012 09:20PM

No ticks this time, but the snow that blanketed the area the few days prior may have slowed them down a bit.

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