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07/21/2021 08:45AM
Okay Folks,
If BWCA is still locked down come entry date, my kids and I are considering VNP. The last time I spent time there, the sites did not require reservations. I have loads of questions of course.
1. Considering we would be in a boat, where can we get gas out there (other than Crane)?
If BWCA is still locked down come entry date, my kids and I are considering VNP. The last time I spent time there, the sites did not require reservations. I have loads of questions of course.
1. Considering we would be in a boat, where can we get gas out there (other than Crane)?
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07/21/2021 07:37PM
Not really , but I camped in Lost Bay once and really liked it. It is probably busy since it is only a mile or more from the Ash River Visitor Center. I canoed there in 94.
May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.
07/21/2021 08:16PM
LindenTree: "Not really , but I camped in Lost Bay once and really liked it. It is probably busy since it is only a mile or more from the Ash River Visitor Center. I canoed there in 94."
It's been a year or two for me too. Are you talking about Lost Lake or Lost Bay? At least according to Caltopo, Lost Lake is the little bay across from the Ash river visitor center. Lost Bay is sort of the easternmost dead end bay on Kabetogama. It's about 4 or 5 miles from the visitor center. You're off the main lake so you lose some traffic. It also is the trailhead for the Cruiser Lake trail, which I highly recommend. I don't know if they still do , but they used to have canoes you could check out on the interior lakes. Cruiser has a good population of small lake trout.
There are a ton of nice campsites in Voyageurs. I don't really think you can go wrong. The ones in Lost Bay are nice. I also stayed on Sexton Island once which I remember was a nice campsite but right on the channel to Namakan and up to Kettle falls, so the entertainment was watching the boats go by. Have also stayed near Namakan Narrows, which is a very scenic area. Can't pinpoint any campsites really, but like I say you can't really go wrong.
07/22/2021 06:11AM
This will bring you to information and photos about each of the individual campsites in Voyagers National Park, just fun to look at not to mention very helpful to pick out a campsite:
VNP campsite photos by area/lake
VNP campsite photos by area/lake
07/22/2021 09:18AM
marsonite:
It's been a year or two for me too. Are you talking about Lost Lake or Lost Bay?
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Yes, my mistake, I was talking about Lost Lake. I am a little familiar with Lost Bay, I camped near there one time about 10 years ago. We put out a fire there when I worked for the Park in 94.
May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.
08/03/2021 06:47PM
I was camping with my brother in VNP many years ago. We didn't know about the Kettle Falls hotel/bar. We basically stumbled on it. So we came from a wilderness trip to drinking cold beer in a bar. It was surreal.
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