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Family loop: Round Lake to Seagull Lake
by Mad_Angler

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/24/2017
Entry Point: Missing Link Lake (EP 51)
Exit Point: Seagull Lake (EP 54)  
Number of Days: 9
Group Size: 9
Day 4 of 9
Tuesday, June 27, 2017.

We HAD to move today. Person #9 was daughter #1's fiancee. He was going to meet us on Alpine on Wednesday. We needed to try to get to Ogish today. Tuscarora to Ogish is quite a hike. But we were going to give it all we had.

We broke down camp and pushed off about 10 am. We paddled and portaged and paddled and portaged, and ...

We did Tuscarora, Crooked, Tarry, Mora, and Little Sag. We stopped on little Sag for lunch. It was about 4pm. We ahd to decide to go or stop. We decided to keep going to Ogish...

We did Little Sag, Rattle, Gabi, Agamock, and finally Ogish. We made it to Ogish about 8pm. We started to look for sites. Most were full. It was getting dark quick...

We found site 2018 on an island in the west end of the lake. The site wasn't great but would have to do.

We set up camp around 8:30-9:00 at night. The mosquitoes were at their peak. It was gruesome.

We eventually got three tents set up and ate some dinner. It was crazy long day. It was easily the hardest day that I have done in the BW...

~Tuscarora Lake, Owl Lake, Crooked Lake, Tarry Lake, Mora Lake, Little Saganaga Lake, Rattle Lake, Gabimichigami Lake, Agamok Lake, Ogishkemuncie Lake