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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Group Forum: Other Canoe Camping Locations Anyone paddle the Otter Tail river? |
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01/25/2012 09:38PM
Just looking into summer trips.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson...and...“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".
08/28/2017 04:45PM
I canoed it from Detroit Lakes to Frazee.
I wouldn't recommend that to anyone, it turns into a slow winding marsh with little shoreline to look at, it was not very fun.
I wouldn't recommend that to anyone, it turns into a slow winding marsh with little shoreline to look at, it was not very fun.
May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.
08/31/2017 07:51AM
I grew up in Fergus Falls so I paddled many parts of it back in the day. Most of the property along it is private land so camping is trespassing. When I was younger, a buddy and I camped in his cow pasture for almost a month right on the river near Fergus Falls. It has a pretty strong current and it's tough to paddle against the current. One time we took two cars and left one at Phelps Mill and drove the other one with the canoe on it up to Deer Lake. It was about 90 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. When we got to Phelps and pulled the canoe out of the water we realized my buddy left his keys back in my car at Deer Lake. We paddled into the current back to my car. Afterwards we decided it would have been much faster to walk. Probably the worst sunburn I have ever had. Lots of great paddling, not to sure about camping however.
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