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| Name: |
canoepaddle |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
Ensign |
| Date |
May 30, 2007 |
| Time: |
Morning |
| Type: |
Distant Sighting
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| Number of people: |
No answer |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Unknown |
| Ended when: |
Bear left on it's own
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Important
Details: |
Saw small light brown bear on the north shoreline of
Ensign. Walked the shore for around 1/2 hour before going back
into the woods. This was our first day in (base camping) but
we didn't see him the rest of the trip. |
| Name: |
Kevin |
Location: |
Quetico |
| Lake: |
Chatterton |
| Date |
August 23, 2006 |
| Time: |
Evening |
| Type: |
Campsite Visit |
| Number of people: |
3 |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Timid |
| Ended when: |
Bear left due to seeing me
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Important
Details: |
Camped at the top of Chatterton Falls. Late nigh visit. |
| Name: |
John Rapos |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
Fourtown |
| Date |
September 13, 2006 |
| Time: |
Aftrenoon |
| Type: |
Portage Encounter
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| Number of people: |
Solo |
| Cubs present: |
Yes, 2 cubs were present
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| Personality: |
Timid |
| Ended when: |
Bear left due to seeing me
|
Important
Details: |
The sighting was at the south end of Fourtown on the Portage
to Mudro. They were on the steep, left side of the portage (as
you are exiting Fourtown) about 25 feet up from the lake |
| Name: |
canoepaddle |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
Ensign |
| Date |
September 13, 2006 |
| Time: |
Aftrenoon |
| Type: |
Distant Sighting |
| Number of people: |
2 |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Unknown |
| Ended when: |
Bear left on it's own
|
Important
Details: |
Middle of the afternoon sighting. Bear walked out on the
north shoreline of Ensign, across the bay from the island we
were camped on. Walked along shore for about 2 minutes, then
back into the woods. Didn't see it again for the rest of the
trip. |
| Name: |
Mark |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
Swamp Lk / Sag Lk Portage |
| Date |
August 8, 2006 |
| Time: |
Aftrenoon |
| Type: |
Distant Sighting |
| Number of people: |
2 |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Unknown |
| Ended when: |
Bear left on it's own
|
Important
Details: |
Bear was poking around at the Saganaga Lk / Swamp Lk portage
(5 rod) as my wife and I approached in our canoe. It was day-1
of an 8-day trip and we were clearly not interested in losing
any food. We waited offshore for a few minutes until the bear
moved on. We portaged without incident. |
| Name: |
Mark |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
Swamp Lk / Sag Lk Portage |
| Date |
August 8, 2006 |
| Time: |
Aftrenoon |
| Type: |
Distant Sighting |
| Number of people: |
Solo |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Unknown |
| Ended when: |
Bear left on it's own
|
Important
Details: |
Bear was poking around at the Saganaga Lk / Swamp Lk portage
(5 rod) as my wife and I approached in our canoe. It was day-1
of an 8-day trip and we were clearly not interested in losing
any food. We waited offshore for a few minutes until the bear
moved on. We portaged without incident. |
| Name: |
l;onghorn |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
South Arm Knife |
| Date |
August 23, 2006 |
| Time: |
Aftrenoon |
| Type: |
Campsite Visit |
| Number of people: |
2 |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Persistent |
| Ended when: |
Bear left due to flying rocks
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Important
Details: |
Handsome bear walked into camp. I banged my Kung Pao Chicken
smelling pan and hollered at him and he walked off behind a
bush. I grabbed my camera, got a picture and then he huffed
at me threatening like so I responded 'DON'T YOU HUFF AT ME'
and he turned and started walking away. I hurried him along
by throwing a piece of firewood. He walked up and down the shoreline
some but then we never saw him again. North Campsite at center
of SA Knife |
| Name: |
l;onghorn |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
South Arm Knife |
| Date |
August 23, 2006 |
| Time: |
Aftrenoon |
| Type: |
Campsite Visit |
| Number of people: |
2 |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Persistent |
| Ended when: |
Bear left due to flying rocks
|
Important
Details: |
Handsome bear walked into camp. I banged my Kung Pao Chicken
smelling pan and hollered at him and he walked off behind a
bush. I grabbed my camera, got a picture and then he huffed
at me threatening like so I responded 'DON'T YOU HUFF AT ME'
and he turned and started walking away. I hurried him along
by throwing a piece of firewood. He walked up and down the shoreline
some but then we never saw him again. North Campsite at center
of SA Knife |
| Name: |
Hughes Party |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
Lake Alton |
| Date |
August 16, 2006 |
| Time: |
Night |
| Type: |
Campsite Feeding |
| Number of people: |
6 |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Persistent |
| Ended when: |
Bear left because the food was
gone |
Important
Details: |
On our FIRST night, around 2:30 a.m., we heard the bear
going after our food pack, which was about 12 feet in the air.
The six of us used flashlights and made loud noises, including
banging on a canoe with a paddle, but the bear didn't care.
When 2 of us tried moving closer to the bear he/she started
growling a little. We decided to go back to bed, but the bear
was still eating at 6:00 a.m. The bear eventually took off,
after all the sweet stuff was gone, and started making rounds
at the other campsites nearby.
Overall, the bear ate about 7 pounds of our food and
2 pounds of dog food. Wow! :)
Later that afternoon we were visited by the Forestry Rangers
and learned a little bit about our furry visitor. This particular
bear has a limp and lives nearby the campsite...considered
the "local bear"...who likes to visit camp every year. This
bear seems to be very clever and likes to take its time enjoying
"our" food. For example, it tends to unwrap granola bars one-by-one...in
our case roughly 30 granola bars!!! Lastly, during these 3
weeks in August, this particular bear WILL raid campsites
even during the daytime.
All the bear wants is some trailmix...I suppose we
are in their country! :P
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| Name: |
db |
Location: |
Quetico |
| Lake: |
Sturgeon |
| Date |
May 18, 2000 |
| Time: |
Morning |
| Type: |
Campsite Visit |
| Number of people: |
Solo |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Persistent |
| Ended when: |
I left due to the bear
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Important
Details: |
If you think you hang your pack properly, please see this discussion
about hanging
a pack. |
| Name: |
Mark |
Location: |
BWCA |
| Lake: |
Alton near Sawbill Trail |
| Date |
July 24, 2006 |
| Time: |
Night |
| Type: |
Campsite Feeding |
| Number of people: |
2 |
| Cubs present: |
None |
| Personality: |
Persistent |
| Ended when: |
Bear left because the food was
gone |
Important
Details: |
Our location: Entry point Sawbill lake. Starting with
the portage from Alton to Kelso Lake, we stayed at the 2nd campsite
to the south of the portage on the west side of Alton Lake.
This bear immediately left our campsite and passed by the next
campsite to the south of us (empty) and stopped at the next
campsite to the south (not empty).
At our campsite, we had our food pack hung between
2 trees. The ropes were 15 feet off of the ground, in between
the trees we tied a pulley into the rope. So the bottom of
our Duluth pack was over 12 feet off of the ground. The bear
could not reach the pack. However, this bear seemed to know
that a pack hung in a tree means food, and the bear climbed
15 feet up one of the trees to where my rope was on a branch
and pulled on the rope and branch until the branch broke.
This lowered my pack to 6 feet off of the ground because the
rope was still intact. The bear, who could reach 6 feet high,
then proceded to pull our plastic Duluth pack liner out and
ate 5 days worth (all) of the food.
After leaving our campsite, the bear directly walked
2 campsites down and did the same technique of climbing the
tree and pulling on the branch or rope. The camper at that
sight tried to scare the bear away, but the bear was not scared
and continued to try to get into their food pack. After 5-10
minutes of yelling and pot banging, the bear then started
to leave but then turned and "bluff charged" the camper. The
bear stopped at the pack--which the bear took into the woods
and ate most of their food.
Advice: Check with the forest ranger before your trip--we
reported this bear and found out that this bear had visited
campsites several times the week before we arrived on Alton
Lake. Also do not assume that a pack that is properly hung
in a tree is enough, make sure you hang the pack in a location
far from where a bear like this would look. This bear knew
how to take a pack down and knew where the campsites were.
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