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AlmostCanadian
01/20/2021 08:33AM
 
Whiskey Jack?
But that doesn't seem to fit with the portage length hint..
 
MikeinMpls
01/20/2021 10:48AM
 
Contentment


Looks like TrreBear may have beat me to the answer.


Mike
 
sns
01/19/2021 10:07PM
 
cowdoc: "Might you be estimating the length of the portage because its length is not listed.....because it is not maintained?! And you can't see the firegrate in the campsite, because the site is also not maintained?!"


I like how your Primitive Mind Ascertains.
 
sns
01/20/2021 08:15AM
 
cowdoc: "Yeah, those were the things I saw when I took a wild guess with Frost. I've done some further sleuthing and now I'm left with just a feeling of happiness and satisfaction ;)"


Thumbs up, Cowdoc...it's almost within your grasp.
 
TreeBear
01/20/2021 10:34AM
 
sns: "cowdoc: "Might you be estimating the length of the portage because its length is not listed.....because it is not maintained?! And you can't see the firegrate in the campsite, because the site is also not maintained?!"



I like how your Primitive Mind Ascertains."



That was a clever clue. I am not sure WHICH lake. It looks like some of the country below Cross Bay like Swollen Ankle, but I didn't totally like that answer.

But then codoc said what he did.

Now I too am filled with feelings of Contentment.
 
sns
01/20/2021 11:59AM
 
I am Satisfied - the answer has been Grasped!


Contentment it is...Portage in comes from Thumb, which is adjacent to Finger.


Still pretty impressed with Cowdoc parsing my sentence structure to figure out that the portage is unmaintained and the campsite is decommissioned. Really well done.


TreeBear, you are on point for round 26.
 
cowdoc
01/20/2021 07:16AM
 
Yeah, those were the things I saw when I took a wild guess with Frost. I've done some further sleuthing and now I'm left with just a feeling of happiness and satisfaction ;)
 
GopherAdventure
01/20/2021 08:22AM
 
Birl
 
sns
01/20/2021 10:28AM
 
Cowdoc clearly knows the answer, and appears to be giving others a chance to name his lake.


I'll be out for a few hours, but if nobody else has it when I get back, we'll do the reveal and pass the baton to Cowdoc.
 
sns
01/18/2021 05:25PM
 
Photo centered more-or-less ESE-ish. Canoe itself more SE.
 
JD
01/18/2021 08:03PM
 
Lunar
 
ClayKevlar
01/19/2021 08:56AM
 
Angleworm
 
CStoke
01/19/2021 11:24AM
 
Gull
 
Spartan2
01/19/2021 12:38PM
 
Allen
 
cyclones30
01/18/2021 06:42PM
 
Kek
 
cowdoc
01/19/2021 01:33PM
 
Frost
 
Duckman
01/20/2021 06:42AM
 
cowdoc: "Frost"


That would make the picture right before the left turn back to the portage to unload.


And the first camp site should be almost directly to the canoe's left.


The portage looks right.


There should be some tall rock faces on that south shore, but if it's frost they may start a little further west from what you see in the pic.

Edit: just read the update about the fire grate. Not frost.
 
Stumpy
01/19/2021 11:33AM
 
Malberg
 
OneMatch
01/19/2021 11:45AM
 
Gabbro
 
Michwall2
01/19/2021 12:26PM
 
Banadad Lake
 
djwillco
01/19/2021 01:03PM
 
Bat
 
JD
01/19/2021 01:05PM
 
Adams
 
sns
01/19/2021 12:24PM
 
I took this photo on the portage into the lake in question.

 
plexmidwest
01/19/2021 12:46PM
 
I was thinking Lunar also, but I'll go with Lake of the Clouds
 
Stimpy
01/19/2021 07:05PM
 
Pickle
 
MikeinMpls
01/19/2021 01:20PM
 
Mudro


Mike
 
treehorn
01/19/2021 03:43PM
 
Little Trout.
 
dustytrail
01/19/2021 02:11PM
 
Beaver.
Resembles the portage between beaver and adams. Since the bluff would be on your left going toward Beaver that will be my guess.
 
airmorse
01/19/2021 03:25PM
 
Lower Pauness
 
Harv
01/19/2021 04:08PM
 
Fourtown
 
sns
01/19/2021 04:15PM
 
In this first photo, you cannot quite see the actual firegrate, but if someone were wearing orange and standing next to the firegrate, they would be visible just slightly left of the right edge of the photo.
See arrow.



 
sns
01/19/2021 04:34PM
 
Another small hint:
The portage shown in the photo looks like a sufferfest, and though it's not easy it is fairly short, maybe 150 meters. Overall not too bad. It does gain some elevation, perhaps ~50 feet.

Edit: I said 150 meters - but lest anyone think this is Quetico, since I realize I did not specify in the first post...this lake is in the BWCA. And I'm sticking with 150 meters, because there is no real way to tell how many rods that might be. :)
 
Mocha
01/19/2021 07:28PM
 
sns: "Another small hint:
The portage shown in the photo looks like a sufferfest, and though it's not easy it is fairly short, maybe 150 meters. Overall not too bad. It does gain some elevation, perhaps ~50 feet.


Edit: I said 150 meters - but lest anyone think this is Quetico, since I realize I did not specify in the first post...this lake is in the BWCA. And I'm sticking with 150 meters, because there is no real way to tell how many rods that might be. :)"



Google says 150 meters = 29.825.....rods.
Divide length value by 5.029.
Think I'll stick to feet to rods, easier math.
 
sns
01/19/2021 07:42PM
 
Mocha: "sns: "Another small hint:
The portage shown in the photo looks like a sufferfest, and though it's not easy it is fairly short, maybe 150 meters. Overall not too bad. It does gain some elevation, perhaps ~50 feet.



Edit: I said 150 meters - but lest anyone think this is Quetico, since I realize I did not specify in the first post...this lake is in the BWCA. And I'm sticking with 150 meters, because there is no real way to tell how many rods that might be. :)"




Google says 150 meters = 29.825.....rods.
Divide length value by 5.029.
Think I'll stick to feet to rods, easier math."




Your sorcery is beguiling.
 
HowardSprague
01/19/2021 10:01PM
 
Beaver
 
520eek
01/20/2021 12:09AM
 
Gun
 
cowdoc
01/19/2021 09:54PM
 
Might you be estimating the length of the portage because its length is not listed.....because it is not maintained?! And you can't see the firegrate in the campsite, because the site is also not maintained?!