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Date/Time: 03/28/2024 02:49PM
border portage question

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Gaidin53 05/28/2021 02:40PM
Only certain Garmin devices are compatible with the mapping. You get a download version and an SD card version. Go to the Garmin website though and make sure the in reach device you have is compatible. The website lists the devices.


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HighnDry 05/28/2021 11:54AM
Are you talking about a SIM chip that allowed you to download the Q/BW database onto it? Or is that something directly from Garmin? I'm just curious. I have an inreach as well and portaging along the border looking for those routes and campsites would obviously be helpful :)
Gaidin53 05/28/2021 10:42AM
Sorry for the late response. That was Navionics on my phone and I had to hand enter all the waypoint markers. Worked great in 2019 and tracked that whole trip. Every day! Last year in 2020 it shut off everyday and didn’t work for the tracking any day we travelled.


This year I’ve got a Garmin in reach device with the BWCA Quetico chip in it so all the campsites and portages are marked.


Ryan
cyclones30 05/25/2021 08:40PM
Looks like Navionics I have on my phone
jdmcniff 05/25/2021 12:11PM
what software are you using for your mapping


jeff
HighnDry 05/19/2021 09:48PM
I've never found the US side portage in that area. I've always used the Canadian side. It's very obvious....and easy.
Gaidin53 05/19/2021 11:32AM



Thunder Point start of trail
Gaidin53 05/19/2021 11:31AM


Last Two Portages into Knife Lake
Gaidin53 05/19/2021 11:30AM


Carp Lake Section of portages going into Knife Lake
Gaidin53 05/18/2021 10:31PM
I asked the same question last year. Last portage going into Knife is on the Canadian side and that is the one everyone was using!


Ryan
ryebread26 05/13/2021 10:44PM
Thanks for the responses, never been to this area before. Heading up Saturday cant wait!
cyclones30 05/11/2021 09:18PM
The Canadian one is the only one we found when doing that route. And you can use it still
schweady 05/11/2021 12:50PM
Seed to Knife? Agree with TuscaroraBorealis. Even in 2020-2021.
Here's another Q&A on that one
TuscaroraBorealis 05/11/2021 12:44PM
Use the Canadian side.
ryebread26 05/11/2021 12:30PM
We are heading in on Sunday the 16th. Going from EP25 Moose and taking the tow to the Sucker/Birch portage. We are heading to the south arm of Knife. A few of the portages are across the border. I assume that those are the ones we are supposed to use, but what about the last one on the Knife River right before Isles of Pine Island? On the map it shows two portages. Which one are we supposed to use?

Thanks.