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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Portages, just portages |
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05/13/2020 08:26PM
jwartman59: "
Solo trip on beartrap river, furthest north portage at Peterson bay. The landing is super steep, slick rock, nothing to tie canoe to. My wood/ canvas canoe added to the problems. I’m quite certain that this landing is why the forest abandoned maintenance on this route "
I'd agree. It took me an extra half hour to find that take out. I just would not let myself believe that the portage started up that steep granite. It did.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
05/17/2020 12:02AM
fadersup: "
I think this is the portage into Shell? Anyway, first time I've ever paddled in the middle of a portage.
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I tried to walk through that one last June. About the time I was shoulder deep, with both the front and back of the upside down canoe in the water, I decided maybe I should retrace my steps and paddle across.
05/18/2020 04:23PM
We did that Shell one last fall. Never thought twice about putting the canoe in the water. Seemed obvious to me. But then, we've done the Frost River route. No idea if we used the actual portages on that route or just made our own but there were a lot of 2 rod, 3 rod, 5 rod portages.
08/08/2020 09:43AM
Fourtown
Jitterbug
Lac La Croix
Moon Lake
Isabella
Stairway portage
Kek ponds
The Enchanted Forest portage
Little Isabella River
Ashdick - Swamp
Basswood (Back Bay)
Abinodgi -Swing
Beartrack - Thumb
Big Moose - Cummings
Cave - Ross
Big Rice - Hook
Clam
Edith - Brandt
Eskwagama (south)
Gadwall
Horseshoe - Gaskin
Good - Hula
Gotter - Flying
Ima - Hatchet
Kiskadinna - Davis
Rivalry - Gijikiki
Sema - pond
Skidway
Spaulding - Bench
Tesaker - Takamich
Wisini - Strup
Carl - Morgan
Little Trout - Misquah
Knife
Loon River
Partridge - Duncan
More portages
Jitterbug
Lac La Croix
Moon Lake
Isabella
Stairway portage
Kek ponds
The Enchanted Forest portage
Little Isabella River
Ashdick - Swamp
Basswood (Back Bay)
Abinodgi -Swing
Beartrack - Thumb
Big Moose - Cummings
Cave - Ross
Big Rice - Hook
Clam
Edith - Brandt
Eskwagama (south)
Gadwall
Horseshoe - Gaskin
Good - Hula
Gotter - Flying
Ima - Hatchet
Kiskadinna - Davis
Rivalry - Gijikiki
Sema - pond
Skidway
Spaulding - Bench
Tesaker - Takamich
Wisini - Strup
Carl - Morgan
Little Trout - Misquah
Knife
Loon River
Partridge - Duncan
More portages
08/10/2020 09:51PM
Tuscarora-
Interesting to see some of those portages that I did this year. That beaver dam on the Davis-Kiskadinna is much bigger now and the pond formed was waist deep wading.
The Flying-Gotter portage has a much bigger landing below the stairs. We had some landing, but not nearly that much.
Interesting to see some of those portages that I did this year. That beaver dam on the Davis-Kiskadinna is much bigger now and the pond formed was waist deep wading.
The Flying-Gotter portage has a much bigger landing below the stairs. We had some landing, but not nearly that much.
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