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Trip Report - Hog Creek kayak day-trip

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Northernroots

09/18/2025 06:01PM

New Trip Report posted by Northernroots

Trip Name: Hog Creek kayak day-trip.

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LindenTree

09/18/2025 07:04PM

Wow, 45 minutes one way on that river. Doubt a beaver could make it that fast.
I was a BWCA ranger for a few years and that river route would take us ~2 hours each way.

May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.

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NEIowapaddler

09/19/2025 07:08AM

That sounds like my experience there 3 years ago. Same time of year. It was by far the most brutal paddling I've ever done. I swore I'd never paddle that Hog Creek again unless the water was high lol.

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Pinetree

09/19/2025 08:18AM

that aways looked moosey,but never seen any moose-have you?

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NEIowapaddler

09/19/2025 08:14PM

Pinetree: "that aways looked moosey,but never seen any moose-have you?"

I didn't see any on my trip but the outfitter said he saw the biggest bull he'd ever seen along Hog Creek a few years ago.

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dogwoodgirl

09/21/2025 12:56PM

I camped at the first site on Perent and saw moose.

~On to Fort Chipewyan before the snow flies!

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LukeMacGillie37

10/24/2025 06:24AM

Pinetree: "that aways looked moosey,but never seen any moose-have you?"

3 years ago our departure from the lake was postponed while a young cow moose hung out in the mouth of hog creek.

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Ccjmcloutier

Guest Paddler

01/17/2026 09:08AM

Does anyone know if the Forest Service will be removing the beaver dams this winter? Concerned funding shortages to address those dams may result in a tougher paddle in the spring.

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