Western view from one of the 2 campsites on this lake.

(There is a member who may get this one right away???)

Newton

Angleworm

I bet tumblehome has it

That sure looks like the campsite I portaged a canoe into on Becoosin last summer. If it is, I'm equally impressed that you made it in the winter.

Winter pics are so hard! I'm going to guess emerald?

Jack Lake

Clove

TreeBear: "That sure looks like the campsite I portaged a canoe into on Becoosin last summer. If it is, I'm equally impressed that you made it in the winter."

You were the member I was referring to. BTW great story you shared about hauling the canoe back there. Reminds me of a time when I was hauling the Black Pearl along the BRT between Sock & Topper Lake and we ran across a couple. We joked that we'd love to hear what their conversation was just after passing us. :)

TuscaroraBorealis: "

TreeBear: "That sure looks like the campsite I portaged a canoe into on Becoosin last summer. If it is, I'm equally impressed that you made it in the winter."

You were the member I was referring to. BTW great story you shared about hauling the canoe back there. Reminds me of a time when I was hauling the Black Pearl along the BRT between Sock & Topper Lake and we ran across a couple. We joked that we'd love to hear what their conversation was just after passing us. :)

Phew, glad I didn't miss it then! Yah, quite the portage into there. Quite the winter adventure too! I bet that area's real quiet in the winter. I portaged in from the Parent campsite to the beaver pond, jumped off at the dam, and started up the hill. I took the pack first since I didn't know what I was getting into and I'd go back for the canoe (I had a tuff-weave along which is a bit heavy, but bushwhack ready.) Halfway up the hill, I heard voices. "Boy, they are going to be surprised when they turn the corner and see a canoe," I thought. They were. They caught up with me. It was a young couple in for a weekend. We chatted for a bit and then they passed me. Even after seeing that I was hauling a canoe in, they took the first campsite. Figures.... The guy hauling a canoe where it shouldn't go just got his portage lengthened! With a bit of grumbling, I hauled the pack over to the campsite you pictured above. It is a special campsite! I love the perched view. Unfortunately, the sun was setting. So I made a run back to the canoe. The blowdown section has few stretches that are a tad precarious with the canoe. I put the canoe in the water right at the start of the small bay between the two campsites and paddled to the perched site since there is a nasty brushy, boulder hopping section on the trail. That said, that campsite wasn't made with a canoe in mind! I lugged the hull up onto the slope. By then it was dark, so I hung a hammock and made dinner. I have learned on solo trips to not push things if my mindset isn't great, and that's what happened the next day. I started on my PMA adventure with the hope of making it to Starlight Lake. From there, I would take Drumstick Creek hopefully to Drumstick Lake, portage over to Disappointment, and then out. But my mind wasn't in it, so I called it off. Better to quit then get oneself in trouble. I ended up heading back out which in fact meant that I portaged a canoe in there for really no reason at all! I did have a cool experience with a loon up close in the fog that morning, and it was good to check another lake off the "visited" list. Somewhere, I have a timelapse of portaging out from there. It's pretty amusing because I had to dismount for a couple of the down trees, and the steep hill going down to the beaver dam was a slip-and-slide (I can't imagine it was great on snowshoes either!) Thanks for posting a lake I knew!

As I recall here were two BIG climbs to get to Becoosin the way you did. Fortunately, I came in from the other way but, even with the crampons on my snowshoe thrse were more like downhill skiing. Plus (at least for me in the winter) the initial climb up the spur trail to the site was a down on all fours adventure. Dont know how wise it was but, I slid down the steep hillside out in front on the lake when leaving. :) Tip my hat to you for being able to bring the canoe in.

IMHO the beauty of Becoosin Lake was worth the effort.

TuscaroraBorealis: "As I recall here were two BIG climbs to get to Becoosin the way you did. Fortunately, I came in from the other way but, even with the crampons on my snowshoe thrse were more like downhill skiing. Plus (at least for me in the winter) the initial climb up the spur trail to the site was a down on all fours adventure. Dont know how wise it was but, I slid down the steep hillside out in front on the lake when leaving. :) Tip my hat to you for being able to bring the canoe in.


IMHO the beauty of Becoosin Lake was worth the effort. "

It is a beautiful little lake. The islands are gorgeous. There's enough topography mixed with varying forest types to make it really interesting. Since I didn't hike it, I still haven't been over to Benezie so I still have to get over there sometime. My plan was to head south towards the big beaver swamp and then work south towards the creek with the hope that last year's high water made things easier. The first swamp south of Becoosin has a stellar rock face on its north edge that makes that valley real scenic.