Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Reports :: Trip Report - Sawbill to Lake One, Across the Center of the BWCA
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TominMpls |
BendingBranchesPaddler: "I'm also very impressed with your daughter and her love of the BWCA at a young age - you've done a nice job fostering that and I hope to be able to do the same with my 2.5 year old, although I have some time to figure out the best way to get him as interested as I am." Thanks! She's a great tripping partner and I try to remember not to take that for granted. We've built slowly and followed her interests; I kept our early trips short enough that she was always complaining that they weren't long enough. I don't think I got some specific thing right, I think she just loves getting out into the wilderness. cyclones30: "Great report! Can I ask how much the shuttle was? I've been thinking of doing something similar. " Yes, it was $350. That's a lot to spend on a shuttle, but compared to the overall costs it's justifiable for us to enable a cool route. "What was your favorite lake?" Tough question! I think Polly and Insula were my favorites. Insula in the early morning, almost glass-smooth, with all the rocks and islands, and the first sight of the burn area, was really magical. M says her favorites were Insula and Koma. We were caught on the storm on Koma so that surprised me, but she says, "it scared me into loving it" :) |
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TominMpls |
Trip Name: Sawbill to Lake One, Across the Center of the BWCA. Entry Point: 38 Click Here to View Trip Report |
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inspector13 |
Snowshoe Hares are common in the Arrowhead region. Cottontail Rabbits are very rare that far northeast. I’ve never seen rabbits north of Duluth but see Snowshoe Hares almost every day at my property in Lake County. |
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Twins87 |
Number Chain was the very first trip we took 27 years ago and at the time we had only car camped at state parks. It didn't feel crowded then but now it does. We usually trip off the Gunflint Trail or out of Sawbill. We enjoyed the solitude of the Lady Chain last summer so much that I want to go back to Phoebe and basecamp one of these years. Loved all the photos. Your daughter seems so at home in the wilderness - love to see teens out there enjoying it. |
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MN_Lindsey |
I really enjoyed reading your trip, and hope that my MiniMN turns into as good of a canoe partner as M. The burn area was really interesting. Hauntingly beautiful. I bet it was really strange coming into civilization on Insula/Lake 4 etc when you hadn't seen people the whole first part of your trip. Great report. Thanks for sharing. |
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BendingBranchesPaddler |
I'm also very impressed with your daughter and her love of the BWCA at a young age - you've done a nice job fostering that and I hope to be able to do the same with my 2.5 year old, although I have some time to figure out the best way to get him as interested as I am. Thanks again for the report and I look forward to reading more in the future! |
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cyclones30 |
The only portion of your route I've experienced was Polly thru the NW portage out of Malberg this June. That one was muddy at the N end and a pond in the middle. Glad you got a good site on Polly, our trip in and out through there had it looking pretty busy. What was your favorite lake? |