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09/18/2011 02:46PM
New Trip Report posted by lilcowdoc
Trip Name: Over the beaver dam and through the woods to Perent Lake we go!.
Entry Point: 36
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Trip Name: Over the beaver dam and through the woods to Perent Lake we go!.
Entry Point: 36
Click Here to View Trip Report
“A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out”
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09/18/2011 07:34PM
Yum. Coffee cake. What kind/brand of oven is that?
I hope you did well on your exams.
Thanks for the report.
I hope you did well on your exams.
Thanks for the report.
“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".
09/21/2011 12:03PM
I've gotten a nice bruise on my knee from swimming in that boulder-shrapnel lake.
Love your descriptions, glad you caught a fish, enjoyed hearing about the adventure, smile to think of you studying up there.
You GO girl!! cowdoc is one lucky parent to have a kiddo like you out there reaching for her dreams and finding pieces of them in the BWCA. Good luck on that exam!
Love your descriptions, glad you caught a fish, enjoyed hearing about the adventure, smile to think of you studying up there.
You GO girl!! cowdoc is one lucky parent to have a kiddo like you out there reaching for her dreams and finding pieces of them in the BWCA. Good luck on that exam!
Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau
04/12/2012 09:50AM
Sorry to resurrect an old thread but my son and I are taking this route in late May. We've got about 6 trips in the BWCA under our belts but have never encountered beaver dams. I see from lilcowdoc's nice trip report that we'll encounter about a dozen of them(!). I've read some of the old threads about navigating over/around beaver dams, but can anyone comment on the difficulty or provide any specific tips for the ones we'll encounter on Hog Creek?
Thanks everyone,
Steve
Thanks everyone,
Steve
05/01/2012 06:17PM
make this trip annualy twice a year except for last fall due to the fire. it all really depends on how/low the river is. last spring i had to get out once and pull the canoe around the damns. nothing major.
Great Lake with lots of great campsites. AWESOME FISHING!
Great Lake with lots of great campsites. AWESOME FISHING!
05/01/2012 07:24PM
quote sdebol: "Sorry to resurrect an old thread but my son and I are taking this route in late May. We've got about 6 trips in the BWCA under our belts but have never encountered beaver dams. I see from lilcowdoc's nice trip report that we'll encounter about a dozen of them(!). I've read some of the old threads about navigating over/around beaver dams, but can anyone comment on the difficulty or provide any specific tips for the ones we'll encounter on Hog Creek?
Thanks everyone,
Steve"
I can't comment specifically on the Hog Creek ones, but I've encountered lots of beaver dams. In fact, I don't think I've ever done a trip I didn't!
There's basically three kinds:
Real low ones with water on top you can just paddle over. You might have to power up a little.
Others you can get out on, drag the canoe over and put in the water on the other side, then get back in.
Ones that are too high for that, you'll have to portage around. Unless you're the first one there, there will be a pretty obvious bushwack where others have done that.
One warning: Be careful when you get out on those dams - the sticks can be very slippery! :).
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