BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
July 01 2025
Entry Point 1 - Trout Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 12
Elevation: 1381 feet
Latitude: 47.9144
Longitude: -92.3220
Trout Lake - 1
Perent Lake
Entry Date:
July 09, 2009
Entry Point:
Hog Creek
Number of Days:
3
Group Size:
1
Left the Twin Cities around 2 in the afternoon and arrived at Sawbill Outfitters around 6:30. As I got out of my car at Sawbill, I instantly heard someone ferociously banging on a pot in the campground. Not only had a bear come into someone's campsite, it had tried to get into someone's car. I picked up my permit and solo canoe and then headed over to the Kawishiwi Lake Campground to spend the night before entering Hog Creek. I stayed at the same site two friends and I stayed at the night before a long trip in 2006 out of Kawishiwi Lake. 
I woke up to wind around 8am. A peek out of my hammock confirmed there were also whitecaps on Perent. It was also cooler this morning. I donned my fleece and made myself a breakfast of eggs, sausage, green peppers and cheese. After breakfast, I finished reading "A Season for Wilderness." It was my second time reading the book and it's still fun to read. Great Boundary Waters book. I fished some more from different points around shore without success and then decided that I was going to eat lunch and then head out. I was very disappointed at how bored I was but with nothing else to read and too much wind for me to day-trip west into the Perent River or go out and fish by myself, I decided to leave.
After struggling to get the canoe launched because of waves, I was able to paddle the waves easier heading east with the wind and soon I was back on the curvy Hog Creek. The weather was perfect once I got on the creek and I really enjoyed the couple hours of tripping on my way out. I took some timed pictures on the portage along Hog Creek and finally made it out in the early afternoon.
All in all, it was a good experience and I learned some lessons that will allow me to plan a better solo trip in the future, but I learned that I do really enjoy company while in the BWCA.
Lessons learned:
1. Bring better bug spray/lotion 2. On my next solo, I need to travel each day. Small lakes, rivers and creeks so the wind is less of a factor. 3. Bring more than one book. 
I woke up to wind around 8am. A peek out of my hammock confirmed there were also whitecaps on Perent. It was also cooler this morning. I donned my fleece and made myself a breakfast of eggs, sausage, green peppers and cheese. After breakfast, I finished reading "A Season for Wilderness." It was my second time reading the book and it's still fun to read. Great Boundary Waters book. I fished some more from different points around shore without success and then decided that I was going to eat lunch and then head out. I was very disappointed at how bored I was but with nothing else to read and too much wind for me to day-trip west into the Perent River or go out and fish by myself, I decided to leave.
After struggling to get the canoe launched because of waves, I was able to paddle the waves easier heading east with the wind and soon I was back on the curvy Hog Creek. The weather was perfect once I got on the creek and I really enjoyed the couple hours of tripping on my way out. I took some timed pictures on the portage along Hog Creek and finally made it out in the early afternoon.
All in all, it was a good experience and I learned some lessons that will allow me to plan a better solo trip in the future, but I learned that I do really enjoy company while in the BWCA.
Lessons learned:
1. Bring better bug spray/lotion 2. On my next solo, I need to travel each day. Small lakes, rivers and creeks so the wind is less of a factor. 3. Bring more than one book.