BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
September 21 2026
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!
Burntside to Cummings Lake
Entry Date:
June 24, 2026
Entry Point:
Crab Lake and Cummings from Burntside Lake
Number of Days:
4
Group Size:
5
We paddled through Crab Lake and on to the portage to Little Crab which is undemanding. The paddle through Little Crab Lake was quick and culminated in a lift over between Little Crab and the Korb River, with two more lift overs before reaching Korb Lake. Paddling through Korb Lake and the following section of the Korb River was easy but felt interminable in anticipation of getting to Cummings, yet there was much to observe along the Korb River, including several beaver lodges and hundreds of gorgeous maroon blossoms from the purple pitcher plant.
The portage at the end of the Korb River is rocky and it took some doing to land and unload, but the portage is short, and we were happy to have made it to our destination lake. Now to find a campsite!
Our top two campsite picks were taken, but we finally settled on an island site (#287) on the eastern section of the lake and totally lucked out. We were spoiled by great campfire seating, decent tent pads, dappled sun exposure the entire day under red pines, minimal bugs, an airy latrine, and lovely breezes. Fishing was high on the activities list and many small mouth bass were caught out on the water, while a few sunnies were landed when shore fishing. Another favorite activity was collecting empty dragonfly nymphs along the rocky shore. We even got to watch two dragonflies emerge.
