Cap to RoeBoundary Waters portage Posted by: Tom Kendall Season/Year: Summer 01 Water Level: low Length: 40 rods Rating: easy | Additional Perspectives:
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Portage Description: The maps & guidebooks show this as a 140 rod portage. Don't believe it. From cap to a put-in on Roe creek is a good, almost level 40 rod trail. Beyond the put-in the trail disappears among wandering moose tracks. The put-in has deep muck, but by carefully walking on the floating peat beside it you can safely load/unload. A short paddle down the weed-choked creek opens into Roe lake. This portage could be *very* difficult to find coming from Roe! Look for a large hump shaped rock sticking up on the east shore and enter the creek just south of it. Take-out is on the north side. Lake after portage: Roe Known campsites: None at all Lake Description: Nasty. The very definition of eutrification. Keep paddling and find something else. Portage from Roe into: Return to Cap
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