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02/03/2025 04:09PM
WhitePine1: "Fourtown?"
I agree with WhitePine1. I think it's Fourtown, specifically the Fourtown side of the portage to Boot.
Or I could be completely delusional
Mike
I did indeed rock down to Electric Avenue, but I did not take it higher. I regret that.
02/03/2025 04:23PM
MikeinMpls: "WhitePine1: "Fourtown?"
I agree with WhitePine1. I think it's Fourtown, specifically the Fourtown side of the portage to Boot.
Or I could be completely delusional
Mike"
You may be delusional Mike, but it’s not Fourtown. :)
02/03/2025 06:27PM
Good game eg, I have no idea, but it looks so familiar.
Not the Vento Unit cause three portages in have already been called?
I cannot find online maps of the old BWCA boundary's, to reference. I will say Smoke.
Not the Vento Unit cause three portages in have already been called?
I cannot find online maps of the old BWCA boundary's, to reference. I will say Smoke.
May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.
02/04/2025 11:12AM
Deeznuts: "Tin can Mike? Didn't that used to be called murphy?"
Yes, it did. After Mike Murphy. Rumor has it he would drink his coffee out of a tin can, hence the name change. On old maps (like 100 years old!) you'll see it referred to as Murphy Lake.
02/04/2025 12:00PM
chessie: "Deeznuts: "Tin can Mike? Didn't that used to be called murphy?"
Yes, it did. After Mike Murphy. Rumor has it he would drink his coffee out of a tin can, hence the name change. On old maps (like 100 years old!) you'll see it referred to as Murphy Lake. "
Winner! The "entry point" is the old Range Lake entry and I used to be able to hike the old Cloquet Line all the way to Tin Can before a beaver damn raised the water level on Sandpit. The old line ran along the north east side of the lake.
02/04/2025 01:56PM
egknuti: "chessie: "Deeznuts: "Tin can Mike? Didn't that used to be called murphy?"
Yes, it did. After Mike Murphy. Rumor has it he would drink his coffee out of a tin can, hence the name change. On old maps (like 100 years old!) you'll see it referred to as Murphy Lake. "
Winner! The "entry point" is the old Range Lake entry and I used to be able to hike the old Cloquet Line all the way to Tin Can before a beaver damn raised the water level on Sandpit. The old line ran along the north east side of the lake. "
It was the 'center of the earth' photo that was the dead giveaway ;) !
I wondered if you followed the old RR grade (built by the Swallow and Hopkins Co.) - it ran on the east sides of Range and Sandpit, then west side of Murphy, up to Horse, with a split going to Fourtown (I think). Is this one and the same as the "Cloquet Line"?
02/04/2025 08:03PM
chessie: "egknuti: "chessie: "Deeznuts: "Tin can Mike? Didn't that used to be called murphy?"
Yes, it did. After Mike Murphy. Rumor has it he would drink his coffee out of a tin can, hence the name change. On old maps (like 100 years old!) you'll see it referred to as Murphy Lake. "
Winner! The "entry point" is the old Range Lake entry and I used to be able to hike the old Cloquet Line all the way to Tin Can before a beaver damn raised the water level on Sandpit. The old line ran along the north east side of the lake. "
It was the 'center of the earth' photo that was the dead giveaway ;) !
I wondered if you followed the old RR grade (built by the Swallow and Hopkins Co.) - it ran on the east sides of Range and Sandpit, then west side of Murphy, up to Horse, with a split going to Fourtown (I think). Is this one and the same as the "Cloquet Line"? "
Yes. This was part of the Cloquet Line. Ha! I thought that early clue would give it away to fast.
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