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JStroker1
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I have noticed that some campers have talked about lake campsites with a number. All the maps I have seen just show a "red dot". Where can you get a list of lake campsites with numbers? Thanks.
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boonie
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Click on "Maps & Entry Points" at the top, choose a lake on the BWCA Lake Maps and click on the dot to see the campsite # and other info.
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Savage Voyageur
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Boone has it right. I would think the forest service has a complete list. If anyone knows if this list is published, please post. Thanks
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old_salt
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butthead
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Just click on the dot, the map on this website has them.
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billconner
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It seems they all have two numbers actually. There is a sequential list into the thousands but also a "lake" number, all sites on a lake numbered starting at 1. You usually see this painted or marked on the thunderbox. I've never seen the lake numbers charted or on maps.
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billconner
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Thank you, hadn't seen that.
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billconner
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quote schweady: "We write the site numbers (the lake numbers, starting with 1) on everyone's maps before each trip. Helps with communication in a larger group (4 canoes) when deciding on sites, describing where fish are caught, etc.
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Do you just know them from experience or are they published?
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schweady
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quote billconner: "quote schweady: "We write the site numbers (the lake numbers, starting with 1) on everyone's maps before each trip. Helps with communication in a larger group (4 canoes) when deciding on sites, describing where fish are caught, etc.
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Do you just know them from experience or are they published?"
They are the numbers used on the maps on this website and in other databases of BWCAW campsite and portage #s, such as the Arch Harris database.
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ozarkpaddler
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quote JStroker1: "I have noticed that some campers have talked about lake campsites with a number. All the maps I have seen just show a "red dot". Where can you get a list of lake campsites with numbers? Thanks."
I wondered the same, I never knew there was a "Number" anywhere else besides a USFS number that THEY had? I still probably won't use them myself as I'm so used to describing where it is on the map. Hard to teach an old dog......
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schweady
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quote ozarkpaddler: "quote JStroker1: "I have noticed that some campers have talked about lake campsites with a number. All the maps I have seen just show a "red dot". Where can you get a list of lake campsites with numbers? Thanks."
I wondered the same, I never knew there was a "Number" anywhere else besides a USFS number that THEY had? I still probably won't use them myself as I'm so used to describing where it is on the map. Hard to teach an old dog......"
Agree, to a point. But when someone describes a spot as "near the site that's on the first little bay after the portage, just past the site that's on the bigger island shaped like my grandma's liver spot," it gets to be a guessing game more tedious than necessary. :-)
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billconner
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I guess it depends if you need to tell someone where you're going. As almost always tandem, the person in back can usually find which campsite the person in front is at.
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ozarkpaddler
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quote schweady: "quote ozarkpaddler: "quote JStroker1: "I have noticed that some campers have talked about lake campsites with a number. All the maps I have seen just show a "red dot". Where can you get a list of lake campsites with numbers? Thanks."
I wondered the same, I never knew there was a "Number" anywhere else besides a USFS number that THEY had? I still probably won't use them myself as I'm so used to describing where it is on the map. Hard to teach an old dog......"
Agree, to a point. But when someone describes a spot as "near the site that's on the first little bay after the portage, just past the site that's on the bigger island shaped like my grandma's liver spot," it gets to be a guessing game more tedious than necessary. :-)
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"near the site that's on the first little bay after the portage, just past the site that's on the bigger island shaped like my grandma's liver spot," it gets to be a guessing game more tedious than necessary. :-)"
I busted a gut laughing at that one (LOL)! They say "Laughter is the best medicine" and you gave me a big "Dose" with that one (LOL)!
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schweady
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We write the site numbers (the lake numbers, starting with 1) on everyone's maps before each trip. Helps with communication in a larger group (4 canoes) when deciding on sites, describing where fish are caught, etc.
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