What is a lake you enjoy that most people have probably never been to?

Interested to hear about some off the beaten path lakes I would probably never know about.

I like fat lake a one campsite deadend lake. It's full of smallish Lakers. Actually there is an unmarked portage to slim, but on maps it a deadend lake.

Leah Lake (east of Mesaba Lake). Bushwacked in a few years back. There is a Rhododendron garden that I would like to see in June.

Trail Lake. Not many do the Louse River route. Just a magical evening there once.

Please also include your favorite morel mushroom picking spot, blueberry patch, and secret walleye honey hole too. I jest. Sorry. Carry on.

Maybe I should have re-phrased, what's a lake you enjoy off the beaten path - not trying to get people to share secrets. Yeeesh.

My favorite lake off the beaten path is Chad lake. It's an enjoyable small lake with some islands and decent fishing that probably doesn't see many visitors coming from the Trout entry point.

Whitaker south of Winchell. takes some work!! to get there but has a intimate feel to it being so narrow.

Mine is probably Crocodile Lake...dead end lake, easy access very good fishing, remote feeling, good wildlife possibilities, scenic and only one permit per day, many of which are not taken. Sssssh

Bologna. One portage in from the Frost River and only one campsite. The site does not get used much, so most people would not like it much but I was glad to spend two nights here weathering storms. I found the lake especially beautiful and enjoyed paddling the perimeter before leaving.

Raven Lake. Just visited on a day trip one year but if I was looking to hang out in a PMA some time I would give this serious consideration. Beautiful lake.

The lake Martin named Poodle in Woodland Caribou... nothing real special. Just a fun lake to get to and from and very scenic. The other one up there he’d dubbed Side Rock I think. Again nothing special... same attributes and very rarely visited making it kinda cool in itself. Speaking of cool... I remember waking up to 38 degrees on that lake. Great memories!
In the BWCA I had several... but Boulder north of Adams was my favorite. I’d move there if I could! Haha!

Fearlessleader: "Raven Lake. Just visited on a day trip one year but if I was looking to hang out in a PMA some time I would give this serious consideration. Beautiful lake. "

I am gonna say Raven also. The trip into it is interesting and the lake looks inviting. I only went on the lake to get water the after spending the night but would like to return. It's known to have lakers.

Dr. William (Bill) Rom wrote a book about his travels in the BW and beyond back around the 1950's - '60's and has a story about Raven Lake that I never forgot.

This book is out of print but I found a used one online if anyone wants it. Really good stories here.

Canoe Country Wilderness: Canoe Trails and Tales from BW, Quetico, and Beyond

Bench Lake. Portaged in there once with a friend. We were in search of late-season browns. It's surrounded by ridges that make it feel secluded. No campsites. The portage in is more of "suggestion" rather than a moose trail. It was an adventure. :)

Whipped Lake

boonie: "Whipped Lake"

+1. Nice Spot.

Cache Lake, with a side trip to zephira. The old growth forest between Cache and Zephira is amazing....

Just outside of the BW south of Isabella Lake is Section 29 Lake. I have camped there many times, it has three primitive campsites, I have also dispersed camped on the otherside of the lake a few times.
It was the end of my division when I was on the Pagami fire, most of the lake shore was missed by the fire except a small area on the north east side.

I have picnicked on Clam Lake off of Hanson. There are some Orchids there that are amazing at the right time. The portages in are kinda interesting.

I'd really like to give some away but I can't bring myself to do it. Wantonwan was a really neat area though especially if you work your way towards Short lake and there is a super cool area if you make a wrong turn lol.

I just want to note that I added a link to a book in my post above.

One of my favorites is Smite. It used to have two maintaine portages but, as with many places with redundant routes, the forest service let it fall into disrepair. Most folks head through Beaver and into Adams instead of adding one lake in between (and the Beaver/Adams portage is one of my all-time favs.) The portages through Smite are only partially useful now (and you can for sure paddle through the north one.) I tried climbing the amazing high point on the north shore of Smite, but blowdown (looked like '99) makes it rather treacherous. The view though is incredible as you can see into the PMA and beyond.

TreeBear: "One of my favorites is Smite. It used to have two maintaine portages but, as with many places with redundant routes, the forest service let it fall into disrepair. Most folks head through Beaver and into Adams instead of adding one lake in between (and the Beaver/Adams portage is one of my all-time favs.) The portages through Smite are only partially useful now (and you can for sure paddle through the north one.) I tried climbing the amazing high point on the north shore of Smite, but blowdown (looked like '99) makes it rather treacherous. The view though is incredible as you can see into the PMA and beyond. "

Treebear, in your opinion would a person be able to get in there with a canoe on a day trip? Have you fished in there? Thanks in advance.

We spent a week on Ella Hall Lake. Was dead end and we actually found only 2 of the campsites when there. While we did not bushwhack for further site exploration some 10 years ago, there is not much backup if the 2 better sites are taken, we got lucky and had no problems. Go to the island for a marker for Ella and you can connect with some of the Lake's history you can research fairly easily. We fished for anything which would bite, and came up with bass and Northerns of medium to small sizes,

Be careful what you divulge or it won't be your favorite any longer.

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