BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
July 04 2025
Entry Point 55 - Saganaga Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 15
Elevation: 1184 feet
Latitude: 48.1716
Longitude: -90.8868
Lizz & Swamp Lakes - 47
North from Baker Lake
Entry Date:
August 19, 2014
Entry Point:
Baker Lake
Number of Days:
6
Group Size:
4
It rained all night. There was no thunder or lightning but the rain occasionally came down hard. I was ready to get up at 6:00 a.m., but it was warm and dry in the tent, so I stayed in bed listening to the rain and cat-napping. I finally got up about 9:00.
Our cocoa had a shot of brandy in it this morning.
The rain turned into a drizzle at 10:00 and then turned into a thick, wet fog.
Jim took a walk through the woods to the other campsite, the first one on Canoe Lake. It was vacant now. After he told me about it, we both hiked over. It looked good. A good site for a summer camp – kind of exposed for spring or fall, though. The site is elevated and near a grove of cedars.
After we hiked back to our campsite, Jim and I decided to paddle in the fog a bit. It was nice to know we weren’t leaving the lake and that it was a smaller lake that we could easily find our campsite again. The worse case scenario was that we paddle the shoreline and circumnavigate the lake until we found our site. Jim and I also tried out each other’s canoes.
Paddling in the fog was nice. The temperature was good and there was no wind. It was foggy ALL day! Neither Jim nor I have ever experienced a day that was foggy all day.
We had our first campfire of the trip. I made some biscuits to go with our supper of Knorr Teriyaki Noodles with Asian Vegetables with foil pack chicken. Excellent!
Bed at 10:00.
