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BW Full Send 2018
by ManAndDog

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/09/2018
Entry Point: Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)  
Number of Days: 8
Group Size: 4
Day 2 of 8
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Our original goal was to take the "hidden" portage from Slim Lake to Fat Lake. I'm still half regretting that we didn't. The difficult portage from Little Loon to Slim discouraged us from trying a potentially more difficult and longer portage. So we went around: up through North Lake, Steep Lake, Eugene Lake, Little Beartrack Lake and finally Beartrack Lake where we spent our second night.

We stayed at the northern most campsite because I saw it had good reviews online. This was a mistake, if you are staying at Beartrack Lake, stay on the Eastern most campsite! We explored it as we left the next day and it looked like a beauty.

We didn't fish much here. We had a nice swim and relaxed for the evening. This was the campsite that felt the most "remote" and away from anything. We felt like we were deep into the wilderness. We had the entire lake to ourselves besides the loons and wolves/coyotes that we heard throughout the evening into the night.

~Section Pond, North Lake, Steep Lake, Eugene Lake, Little Beartrack Lake, Beartrack Lake