Can someone identify the entry point in this video?

I have heard Sawbill has a boat dock. Are there more lakes with a boat dock?

Looks like Snowbank.

thistlekicker: "Looks like Snowbank. "

Yup, Snowbank... and it sucks for solo canoes. It's the only way to get on land there. It's a pain to get in and even more of a pain to get out.

OK. Thanks.

That is a motor lake too. Is that why there are boat docks?

My understanding is that Snowbank is large and has potential for being wind bound.

It's not really a "boat dock". There's a separate access on Snowbank for trailered boats. What you're seeing in that pic is a floating dock intended for canoe access. I would guess the dock is there to protect the shoreline from erosion, since there's approximately a million canoes that launch and land there every day during the summer months.

IIRC Farm Lake ep has a dock like this.

I got sucked into the video and was trying to follow along on a map. The entry is definitely Snowbank because, based things Matt says and shows, they did a loop through Jordan, Thomas, Insula...

From 2012 I think... my wife at the Snowbank put-in just about ready to start her first BWCA trip.

rdgbwca: "OK. Thanks.

That is a motor lake too. Is that why there are boat docks?

My understanding is that Snowbank is large and has potential for being wind bound."

Being a large round lake, not many places to get away from the wind.

I think Farm Lake has a ramp into the water next to a dock. The EP is also a trailer boat access.

thistlekicker: " there's approximately a million canoes
"

Heh. :-)

And canoe dogs too!

mschi772: "I got sucked into the video and was trying to follow along on a map. The entry is definitely Snowbank because, based things Matt says and shows, they did a loop through Jordan, Thomas, Insula..."

Cool that you recognize some of the lakes. I haven't been in that area.

I think he mentioned three lakes that are normally connected by a channel...I am not sure which those are.

Then at one point he camps on a lake that only one portion was in the burn area. Was that Insula?

Jackfish: "
From 2012 I think... my wife at the Snowbank put-in just about ready to start her first BWCA trip. "

I take it you launched without tipping then? Seems like the platform would raise the center of gravity when entering the canoe.

rdgbwca: "

Jackfish: "
From 2012 I think... my wife at the Snowbank put-in just about ready to start her first BWCA trip. "

I take it you launched without tipping then? Seems like the platform would raise the center of gravity when entering the canoe."

We definitely didn't tip. I don't recall any real problems.

Jackfish: "
From 2012 I think... my wife at the Snowbank put-in just about ready to start her first BWCA trip. "

The way you worded it at first, Jackfish, I thought that your wife took off without you!

rdgbwca: "

mschi772: "I got sucked into the video and was trying to follow along on a map. The entry is definitely Snowbank because, based things Matt says and shows, they did a loop through Jordan, Thomas, Insula..."

Cool that you recognize some of the lakes. I haven't been in that area.


I think he mentioned three lakes that are normally connected by a channel...I am not sure which those are.


Then at one point he camps on a lake that only one portion was in the burn area. Was that Insula?"

I'm not sure where their first stop was, but their second night was on Jordan, and the pictographs he stopped by were along the narrows on the east side of Jordan. He references two lakes connected by a channel later--that's Thomas and Fraser (they camped on Thomas). Next they camped on Insula on, I believe, site 1337 by that paddle planning website's numbering system (seriously, blocking that website's name is super petty; their maps and interface are just nicer, sorry not sorry). The area in the burn was Lake Three the next night. They exited at the Lake One entry point, and his hike to the car would have been from Lake One to Snowbank.

Now to blow you mind. I've never been to this area. I'm just that good at reading a map. Knowing that they started on Snowbank because of the answers in this thread and based on the features I saw, the descriptions of the areas and portages, and the numbers of portages he talked about, I deduced the route. I even figured which Insula site they were at based on the lighting and the horizon I just poked through site photos on the website on which one plans paddles but shall not be allowed to be named on bwca.com while I was watching/listening and saw a site that matched.

mschi772: "
Now to blow you mind. I've never been to this area. I'm just that good at reading a map. Knowing that they started on Snowbank because of the answers in this thread and based on the features I saw, the descriptions of the areas and portages, and the numbers of portages he talked about, I deduced the route. I even figured which Insula site they were at based on the lighting and the horizon I just poked through site photos on the website on which one plans paddles but shall not be allowed to be named on bwca.com while I was watching/listening and saw a site that matched."

Very cool.

In some of his earlier videos he would go over his maps and point out his route. In some of his videos, I have tried to guess the route based on number of portages and distinctive camp sites. Like an island site two portages from a very large lake etc.

HighnDry: "

Jackfish: "
From 2012 I think... my wife at the Snowbank put-in just about ready to start her first BWCA trip. "

The way you worded it at first, Jackfish, I thought that your wife took off without you!"

I see what you mean... but I took the photo. :)