BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
January 07 2025
Entry Point 16 - Moose/Portage River (North of Echo Trail)
Number of Permits per Day: 5
Elevation: 1348 feet
Latitude: 48.1230
Longitude: -92.0991
A favorite route offering many trip options and memorable things to see including;
World Class fishing for all four BWCA Species
Pictographs
Soaring granite hills and cliffs
Small lakes
Small rivers
Tumbling rapids and waterfalls
Wildlife, including Moose
Vistas from high points across the region if you're willing to climb. Rating Easy to Moderate. Day One. Get to EP16 off of the Echo Trail early. The initial portage is long, but well worn and smooth, sloping gently downgrade to the launch area. Load your canoe and head North. You'll be paddling with the slight current on this narrow winding river. The water is clear and make sure to tell the bowperson to watch for looming rocks!
Warpaint Lake
Entry Date:
July 20, 2014
Entry Point:
Little Indian Sioux River (north)
Exit Point:
Little Indian Sioux River (north) (14)
Number of Days:
1
Group Size:
3
View looking out to the island
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My traveling companions Luke & Evie at the entrance to the lake [paragraph break] 
Not having a canoe did not stop us from swimming to the island, and a very pretty little island it was with plenty of blueberries. 
At age 61 I'm not quite the swimmer I once was ...actually I was never a great swimmer ...so we improvised and I returned via a log flotilla. 
View of the Rocky cliff shoreline on the point just to the SW of the island. Again the lake was very pretty and appeared to have some rock shoreline and higher areas. 
All in all a very worthwhile afternoon trip. Perhaps someone can cut a trail so we can see what type fish are in the lake. Sorry the pictures are disjointed from the comments ...I'm sure you can figure it out.