BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
April 18 2024
Entry Point 19 - Stuart River
Number of Permits per Day: 1
Elevation: 1237 feet
Latitude: 48.0955
Longitude: -91.9887
Stuart River - 19
Wolf sighting between Oyster and Hustler
Entry Date:
September 12, 2016
Entry Point:
Moose/Portage River (north)
Number of Days:
5
Group Size:
2
Because half their gear was still at the other end of the portage we joined them in the walk back, assuming four humans would be more daunting to a wolf than a pair. On the walk we did see a couple of wolf tracks but did not see a wolf so that was the end of the adventure.
The night before we had heard a wolf howling from our campsite on Oyster. It was a single wolf, not the howling of a pack we've heard in the past. That next morning I heard the single wolf howl again and thought it had moved in the direction of the Hustler portage so it may have been the same animal.
Oh, we had a great trip. No bugs, good weather and the portages for as far as we went were smooth and easy enough.
There were a few too many people for our tastes. The camp sights on Lake Agnes were reportedly all full on Tuesday night. We're thinking about moving our annual fall trip from the second week of September to the third week.
