Portage Description:
A portage connects these two major bays of Basswood, but it can be avoided by simply paddling through a little swamp connecting the two bays. This avoids doing either the portage or a 5 mile detour to the north. I traveled this myself (through the swamp) and had no problems. A forest service person I talked to later confirmed that this is a good route to take.

Lake after portage: Basswood*
Known campsites: not sure
Lake Description:

Portage from Basswood* into:
Good
Basswood* *Back Bay
Crooked
Indiana
Indiana
Unnamed* *on the way to Kett
Sunday
Basswood* *Back Bay
Basswood* *Pipestone Bay
Poacher
South
Burke
Sunday
Burke
Unnamed* *between Nest and Basswood
Unnamed* *Between Basswood's North bay and Burke
Newton
Sucker
Basswood River
Basswood* *Jackfish Bay