Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

EP 14 exit EP16
by RJB

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/23/2012
Entry Point: Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)  
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 8
Day 4 of 7

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Day 4 was our travel day. The Eugene campsite served us well. It was a central location to the other lakes that we wanted to see. Today we moved through Little Beartrack (and heard the music again, first time on Fat Lake. I can’t explain it but we heard it on 4 different lakes at different times of the day. 4 to 5 different notes. Read the first stanza to This is my Father’s world, that’s my explanation until someone tells me otherwise). Next came Beartrack and Thumb. While getting ready to portage out of Thumb into Finger one of our party caught a 27.5” walleye. After trying to catch more in that area we made the portage into Finger Lake and later had a shore lunch before proceeding to Pocket lake. We had intended to stop at the island campsite on Finger but a group passed us on Thumb while we were trying to catch fish. This party took the campsite we intended to take …but providentially it led to the accomplishment of my number 1 goal. Our goal at Pocket was to arise early so that we could enter the creeks leading out toward Gebe-on-e-quet in hopes of seeing a moose. We chose the peninsula campsite on the western side of the lake.