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 Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Trip Planning Forum Pictographs Reply
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| tumblehome |
03/16/2019 06:41AM For me, paddling a long way to see pictographs is a highlight of my trips. It is more than just seeing faint drawings on rock. You immediately feel history in front of you. I mean, there is a sense of calm, serenity, and awe as your canoe bobs in front of them. It's a feeling you cannot describe but must find for yourself. Besides, If you make it down Crooked, you can witness the site of this famous painting first-hand. The pictographs are right there. 
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| Kraut88 |
03/14/2019 02:27PMManAndDog: "Thanks for the responses. We did a loop out of Mudro last May going up through Fourtown to Crooked and the back down through Basswood and Horse. Having paddled both routes you are describing I'd go down the Basswood River, check out the pictos and then Lower Basswood Falls. Bonus: The portages from Horse to Mudro are much easier than the ones through Fourtown. |
| TuscaroraBorealis |
03/14/2019 02:20PM We did this trip a few years ago. The historic pictographs route |
| jwartman59 |
03/14/2019 01:58PM Both are great routes. I usually take the basswood river. |
| ekffazr |
03/14/2019 12:54PM if you can route yourself by them, then why not |
| ManAndDog |
03/14/2019 12:48PM Thanks for the responses. I'll get more specific if anyone cares to share their wisdom: The last leg of our trip will be from Crooked Lake to Mudro EP. The 2 options are: Go down Friday Bay > Gun Lake > Mudro Go east and down through Basswood River > Mudro I personally like the look of the first option better, but the second option has pictos. Any thoughts? |
| Kraut88 |
03/14/2019 12:46PM I've seen a bunch (in person). They are cool, but personally I wouldn't go out of my way to see them. Now if they are on my route then that's a different story. |
| ekffazr |
03/14/2019 12:46PM its worth it if its out of your way, make a long day trip pack a lunch and enjoy an unburdened day of paddling I always swing by if I am within a day trip of pictographs |
| old_salt |
03/14/2019 12:29PM You say that you have an appreciation and respect for them. If so, the question is unnecessary. If you want to see them, you go as far as you need to go. Seeing a picture is not the same. It’s like telling people you’ve seen Denali, when all you’ve done is look at pictures. If/when you see them, you’re appreciation may deepen. |
| ManAndDog |
03/14/2019 12:00PM The images that I've seen of them look really cool and I appreciate the history behind them and respect the natives and generations of travelers that have been here before me. I am trying to decide whether or not we should go a certain way this year based on pictographs so I ask you: How far out of the way are you willing to go to see pictographs? Is seeing pictures of them good enough? |
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