BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
November 01 2026
Entry Point 12 - Little Vermilion Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 6
Elevation: 1150 feet
Latitude: 48.2995
Longitude: -92.4268
Little Vermilion Lake - 12
SO's first trip to the BW
Entry Date:
June 28, 2020
Entry Point:
Mudro Lake
Number of Days:
7
Group Size:
4
So after coffee and oatmeal, we are ready to pack up and head out. the portage to Fourtown wasn't bad at all. You can't say that about the last 3 portages and the take out. With the water levels being so low, all of the portages are longer and rougher. We finally make it through and paddle back to the creek. The water was even lower so I finally just grabbed the rope and pulled us up the creek.
It was a successful trip. Fishing was decent for the first part. The SO never caught a pike, only smallies.
After dropping off the canoes at the outfitter and a quick shower we head for home. About 15 miles outside of Ely, the SO starts asking questions about canoes. I look over and she's on Facebook Marketplace looking for a canoe for us. She's also decided that we need to upgrade our sleeping mats and will definitely need a fish finder for the canoe.
I'm happy and a little scared right now. I may have created a monster.
We woke up to a few clouds this morning. We hurried and ate breakfast of oatmeal and coffee before heading to Wheelbarrow Falls to do some fishing. We spent several hours fishing and caught 8 smallmouth and a pike, but nothing really worth bragging about.
In the afternoon, the SO wanted to go fish LBW Falls. It was hot and the fish were not biting, but it was so relaxing just sitting there. We grabbed a big pile of driftwood for the fire later that night.
Dinner was jambalaya and sausage, turned out pretty good but some fish in it would have been better.
After dinner we headed back to Wheelbarrow Falls for more fishing, no luck though.
So I about had a mutiny on my hands this morning. I get nervous on big lakes and wanted to get everyone moving before the wind kicked up. Crooked was like glass, so I wanted to go. I packed up camp and literally took coffee cups out of people's hands to get them packed. Probably wasn't a smart move on my part.
We headed south at about 7:30 and at 10:20 we had finished the 328 rod portage from Wagosh to Gun. That first portage from Friday to Papoose creek is a nasty one. There's enough Mosquitos for carry you and your pack away. Then that portage from Wagosh to Gun.... Some have said that it isn't too bad, pretty easy actually. I don't want to see what they consider hard. I'm 52 and in pretty good shape and it flat our kicked my butt.
We stopped for a swim and lunch at a campsite on Gun. The water was the clearest I saw the entire trip. The flies were plentiful though.
We passed through Gun to Fairy with ease, paddled through Fairy to the portage. The SO carried the canoe by herself across the 15 rod portage. Really proud of her and it made her really feel like she was contributing.
We ended up on the second to last campsite on Boot. It's an ok site, nothing great. The flies were terrible and we had a really brave little squirrel there. Didn't matter to him if you were getting something to eat or not, he'd walk right up to the pack for lunch himself.
We did a little fishing, but it was so hot that nothing was biting.
Dinner again was yellow rice and the pork.
Early in the morning we went out to fish some different spots, not much luck. Decided to take them to see the old truck at the campsite on the Canada side.
Wind really came up and made getting back to camp a little more difficult than I would have liked. The rest of the day was really just sitting around watching the wind blow.
Dinner was yellow rice and a packaged mexican pulled pork, it too was really good.
Hoping the wind dies down because we travel on Thursday. 
As soon as we woke up it was hot. The SO and her son went fishing for about 4 hours with nothing to show for it. My son and I sat around camp and played cards. It was a lazy day, a hot lazy day.
Dinner was Red beans and rice with the last of the pork.
We spent some time getting ready to exit the next morning. 
As soon as we woke up it was hot. The SO and her son went fishing for about 4 hours with nothing to show for it. My son and I sat around camp and played cards. It was a lazy day, a hot lazy day.
Dinner was Red beans and rice with the last of the pork.
We spent some time getting ready to exit the next morning. 
So after coffee and oatmeal, we are ready to pack up and head out. the portage to Fourtown wasn't bad at all. You can't say that about the last 3 portages and the take out. With the water levels being so low, all of the portages are longer and rougher. We finally make it through and paddle back to the creek. The water was even lower so I finally just grabbed the rope and pulled us up the creek.
It was a successful trip. Fishing was decent for the first part. The SO never caught a pike, only smallies.
After dropping off the canoes at the outfitter and a quick shower we head for home. About 15 miles outside of Ely, the SO starts asking questions about canoes. I look over and she's on Facebook Marketplace looking for a canoe for us. She's also decided that we need to upgrade our sleeping mats and will definitely need a fish finder for the canoe.
I'm happy and a little scared right now. I may have created a monster.