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06/07/2012 05:45PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
So, I see Pipestone Bay and Jackfish Bay allow motors. How do you get a boat and motor there. Do you come from Prairie with them or are there areas around there to launch/recover a boat.
I'm not planning on this but always wondered how it worked.
Thanks,
Geo
I'm not planning on this but always wondered how it worked.
Thanks,
Geo
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06/07/2012 06:07PM
The Newton and Pipestone portages are like roads. You put portage wheels under the boats and canoes or have the wheels attached and drag the boats over.
I helped a couple of guys drag a boat up what they called heart attack hill last year. It is hard work and would take 4 strong people to get a 16' deep boat up the hill.
They told me that the Pipestone Portage is where the Pipestone Falls resort used to be and they used jeeps and trailers to get boats over long ago.
It is a scenic portage with good views of the falls.
I helped a couple of guys drag a boat up what they called heart attack hill last year. It is hard work and would take 4 strong people to get a 16' deep boat up the hill.
They told me that the Pipestone Portage is where the Pipestone Falls resort used to be and they used jeeps and trailers to get boats over long ago.
It is a scenic portage with good views of the falls.
06/08/2012 08:48AM
You have to bring your own wheels.
I don't know what PP is like now but the last time I was there in '96 or thereof a boat trailer with motorcycle tires was used and two young men assisted us pulling the boat over for a fee.
I don't know what PP is like now but the last time I was there in '96 or thereof a boat trailer with motorcycle tires was used and two young men assisted us pulling the boat over for a fee.
06/18/2012 03:30PM
Either put in at Fall and go to Newton and then to Pipestone, both portages allow portage wheels. prairie portage on the Moose Lake side has a truck and trailer to pull your boat over.
4 mile portage off of Fall Lake use to have a vehicle that would pull your boat over...sure wish they still had that!
4 mile portage off of Fall Lake use to have a vehicle that would pull your boat over...sure wish they still had that!
08/21/2019 08:44PM
Back in '99, they used a Ford Explorer on Prairie Portage. I haven't been back since. Until this weekend, that is. I will update this thread regarding the equipment they are using to portage motor boats around the dam.
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