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EP 14 to EP 16 Northern Loop
by IndyElden

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/15/2013
Entry Point: Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)  
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 6
Day 3 of 6
Monday, June 17, 2013.

We had a good day of paddling into Lac La Croix via Pocket Lake and River. We lunched at campsite #146 immediately east of the Pocket mouth. At lunch, we discussed the course we intended to take toward Fish Stake Narrows. On the way toward Fish Stake Narrows, the trailing canoes went off course before the leading canoe knew it, and we were separated. The leading canoe stayed put in the middle of the lake and waited about 30 minutes and eventually the trailing canoes came along, having realized the error of their ways. The rest of the way through Fish Stake Narrows we stayed together. The wind was practically non-existent on LLC that afternoon, so the paddling was easy. We stopped by the pictographs on Coleman Island on way to our afternoon campsite (#171). I do not recommend that campsite. It had a huge sloped flat boulder going down from the fire grate to the lake, which got very slippery when wet. The tent pads were not that great, either. We covered 14 miles that day.