Lake is in BWCA
Looking southeast

Pose

Lynx

Malberg

There are no campsites on this small lake

Vee

Powow

Lizz

Bug

In the 1950s a major logging road passed within a couple hundred yards of this lake and a spur trail went right to the shore.

Calamity

Pose

Section twelve

Lizard

You can paddle into this dead-end lake but the easiest way in is to portage about 250 rods on the old road. It is flat, shaded and very easy walking.
Here is a picture of the old gate. Note the brass padlock and post made of welded railroad steel.

Bear

JackpineJim: "You can paddle into this dead-end lake but the easiest way in is to portage about 250 rods on the old road. It is flat, shaded and very easy walking.
Here is a picture of the old gate. Note the brass padlock and post made of welded railroad steel.
"

Dang Jim,
That is a YALE paddlock from the USFS in the pic.
I feel like this is a game of Battle Ship, I think I'm close but no hit. I know you and your friend canoed around a bit in other places, so maybe I should set my sights a little farther out.
I'll get back to you with my lake.

Tomohawk. If this isn't it, I'm going further north.

Muskeg

Hundreds of people paddle right past the turn-off to this lake every summer but I’ll bet very few have made the right turn. I’ve paddled past it dozens of times myself but never ventured up the creek to it - I’ve only hiked to it.

The old road that passes this lake clips the corner of a parking lot of a popular entry point.

Gossip

Fungus

Ferne

Short

Holy

Jacob aka Louis

This lake's name reflects the Dakota native word meaning "fish bait" or "plenty of fish." I only knew one person, Henry "Hank" Knuth, who fished this lake back in the 1950's while living in a small Tomahawk logging camp on this road. This photo is of Hank but I don’t know if he caught the nice perch in this lake. He said wile living in that particular camp he mostly fished from the sandy shore of the entry point lake to the west.

Watonwan

TuscaroraBorealis: "Watonwan"

TuscaroraBorealis has it!
The East Road out of Forest Center turned north near the Kawishiwi Lake landing (EP 37) and crossed the Kawishiwi River where it flows out of Square Lake. It rejoined the old FS151 road east of Baskatong. FS151 continued north across the Phoebe River at Camp 4 (Polly Camp) and then crossed the Louse River just north of Boze Camp and went up nearly to Kivandiva Lake.
I wonder if it was intrepid fishermen portaging into Watonwan Lake or hunters walking the old road as the trail was obviously used lightly although from the looks of it it was too thick in there to be good deer hunting. I followed the old road north from the turnoff to Watonwon but it got more grown over and I didn’t have near enough time to make it to Square Lake and back.

Good job Paul.
Nicely played JackpineJim, I knew you would give us a run for the money. I had the Powow area stuck in my head and couldn't shake it.

Lindy, I was wondering if there is a drawer at the Isabella Station with the keys to those old locks?

JackpineJim: "Lindy, I was wondering if there is a drawer at the Isabella Station with the keys to those old locks?"

Yes, the keys to those locks are national. Meaning they will work on pretty much any USFS lock in the nation and will get you into out houses, gates and the like.
Hit me up sometime and I may be able to help you retrieve that lock.

JackpineJim: "You can paddle into this dead-end lake but the easiest way in is to portage about 250 rods on the old road. It is flat, shaded and very easy walking.
Here is a picture of the old gate. Note the brass padlock and post made of welded railroad steel.
"

Jim,
Any idea how long that lock has been there?

FYI, those look like grader blades not RR steel. They go on the cutting edge of grader blades and are very strong/hard. RR steel is very soft and pliable.

Thanks Lindy, I couldn’t picture how those steel blades would fit on a railroad track but couldn’t think of another possibility. Judging by the big chunk out of that one piece I suppose they were no longer suitable for grading and reused for the gate.