Boundary Waters and Quetico Park
Portage Database
(By author)

Scott

BWCA

Bald Eagle to Gull Difficult to find the entrance to...

Scott

BWCA

Gull to Pietro Fairly level short portage with a...

scott

Quetico

Fair to Your This used to be easy but...

scott

Quetico

Burntside to Bentpine This portage is at the far...

Scott

BWCA

Entry #44 to Ram (BW) Average to difficult I'd say. The...

Scott

BWCA

Ram (BW) to Kroft A little tough but short and...

Scott

BWCA

Kroft to Rum A little overgrown but very easy...

Scott

BWCA

Rum to Little Trout Short but quite difficult. Rain the...

Scott

BWCA

Little Trout to Misquah This is the hardest portage in...

Scott

Quetico

Basswood to Basswood River Horse Portage is wide, flat, and...

Scott

Quetico

Robinson to McIntyre There is a stream between these...

Scott

BWCA

Kawishiwi River to Alice In August, 2004, there was a...

Scott

Quetico

Soho to Smudge The portage is a little overgrown...

scott

Quetico

Clair to bentpine We found the beginning of the...

Scott H.

BWCA

Middle Cone to North Cone High water lets you pull the...

Scott H.

BWCA

Omega to Henson Very wet. Don't let a boot...

Scott Swanson

BWCA

East Bearskin to Alder A little hill or 2 and...

Scott Unke

BWCA

John to East Pike Had just watched a wolf while...

Scott Unke

BWCA

Little John to John Very flat with no covered brush...

Sean Heide

Quetico

Poohbah to Maligne River Of course we say never again...

Seth Cowdery

BWCA

Saganaga to Swamp A short skip over a bit...

Seth Rice

BWCA

Little trout to Misquah This 190 Rod was brutal that...

Seth Rice

BWCA

Entry #44 to Ram (BW) For the first portage in five...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Caribou to Clearwater This portage starts on an uphill...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Pine to Little Caribou The portage starts with an uphill...

SetTheHook

BWCA

East Bearskin to Moon Portage starts on a nice path...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Moon to Deer Good place for a lift-over. Path...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Deer to Caribou Portage starts on a very wide...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Zenith to Lujenida This is actually a quite easy...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Louse to Poe This is a very rocky portage...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Powell to French This is a tough little portage...

SetTheHook

BWCA

West Fern to Powell Not a bad portage, but looks...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Little Saganaga to Virgin I rated this portage average, some...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Powell to French I'd rate this portage average for...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Little Saganaga to Virgin The portage has a good trail...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Virgin to West Fern The takeout from Virgin had some...

SetTheHook

BWCA

Beartrap River to Beartrap The portage is no longer maintained...

SetTheHook

Quetico

Beartrap River to Beartrap River This is one of two unmarked...

sf

BWCA

Trout to Pine River Flat, easy trail with some blueberries...

sf

BWCA

Trout to Oriniack Kind of like walking up a...

sf

BWCA

Vermilion to Trout Truck portage from Vermilion to Trout...

SFR

BWCA

Trout to Little Trout Travel between Trout and Little Trout...

SFR

BWCA

Snowbank to Boot Older maps show two portages from...

SFR

BWCA

Boot to Haven This portage is more of a...

SFR

BWCA

Haven to Abinodji There is a very steep climb...

SFR

BWCA

Abinodji to Swing This portage ends in a boggy...

SFR

BWCA

Swing to Gibson This is the last of three...

SFR

BWCA

Gibson to Cattyman This is an up hill portage...

SFR

BWCA

Cattyman to Adventure This portage is a lift over...

SFR

BWCA

Adventure to Jitterbug Portage starts with a gradual climb...

SFR

BWCA

Jitterbug to Ahsub At the Jitterbug side of the...

SG

BWCA

Entry #33 to Gabbro Trail was long, but not a...

Shani

Quetico

Yeh to Lonely This portage is great! It may...

Shani

Quetico

Sturgeon* to Russell Good Fun!!! Well I thought so...

Shani

Quetico

Nym to Batchewaung So theres a bit of length...

Shani

Quetico

Bud to Fern Beautiful, absoulutely beautiful!!! The trail is...

Shannon

BWCA

Rock Island to Clearwater Yes there is passage to Clearwater...

shlenny loonberger

BWCA

Town to Vesper The portage is up hill early...

shlenny loonberger

BWCA

Vesper to Gasket Another difficult portage. Mud and boulders...

shlenny loonberger

BWCA

Gasket to Cam By now you are beginning to...

Skinny Shaw

BWCA

Alpine to Jasper Rather rocky and a little steep...

Skinny Shaw

BWCA

Kingfisher to Ogishkemuncie The map we were using showed...

Skinny Shaw

BWCA

Ogishkemuncie to Annie Easy, shallow, gravel put-in with moderate...

Skinny Shaw

BWCA

Seagull to Alpine Easy portage-it has a semi-gradual 45...

Skip Guyer

Quetico

Meadows to Agnes Glaciated rock footing - slippery when wet...

Skip Guyer

Quetico

Sunday to Meadows Footing and hills aren't bad, but...

Smoove

BWCA

Insula to Kiana For my first visit to the...

Smoove

BWCA

Thomas to Hatchet From Thomas to Hatchet Lakes, we...

smug

BWCA

Brule to Vernon Trail drops considerably from Brule to...

Snowdigger

BWCA

Cherry to Lunar Trail begins next to a nice...

Snowdigger

BWCA

Hanson to Knife Easy portage for the length - nice...

sojourner

Quetico

Brent to William This portage is far west of...

Sojourner

Quetico

Brent to Darky I was here in August and...

solodavo

BWCA

Iron to Dark Easy takeout from Iron to a...

Solomon

Quetico

Clair to Bentpine The section of the trail closer...

Solomon

Quetico

Hamburg to Maria Each part of this two-part portage...

Solomon

Quetico

Clair to Bentpine Claire's info in '02 is still...

solus

Quetico

Kett to Wilson close to nonexistent, finding the put...

Solus

Quetico

McIntyre to Unnamed (on way to Earl) A short carry beside a beautiful...

Solus

Quetico

Unnamed to Unnamed (between McIntyre and Earl) A steady uphill climb with a...

Solus

Quetico

Unnamed (on route to McIntyre) to Earl A beautiful portage, difficult only because...

Solus

Quetico

Unnamed (on route from McIntyre) to Earl A beautiful portage, difficult only because...

Solus

Quetico

Ted to Hurn A slow descent, with occasional rock...

Solus

Quetico

Hurn to Elk A steady descent from Hurn to...

sonicwall

Quetico

Murdock to Agnes Stay away from Agnes River. The...

sonjar9

BWCA

Rose to Rove There are two fairly new beaver...

sonjar9

BWCA

Caribou to Clearwater First of all, you have to...

sonjar9

BWCA

McFarland to East Pike Feels like you're climbing a mountain...

sonjar9

BWCA

East Pike to John This portage was hard to locate...

Speckled

BWCA

Vesper to Town The Portage is really short, but...

Speckled

BWCA

Crystal to Spaulding The portage was relatively short, easy...

Speckled

BWCA

Spaulding to Bench The portage starts out with a...

Speckled

BWCA

Brule to Cam This is a short and easy...

Speckled

BWCA

Newfound to Skull The portage is very short, and...

Spepet

BWCA

Poplar to Skipper Very long, varied terrain, but the...

Spepet

BWCA

Cross Bay to Rib Very wet, next to river, very...

Spepet

BWCA

Lower George to Karl Very wet & mucky...

Spepet

BWCA

Ham to Cross Bay Hard to find on the way...

Spido Pete

BWCA

Hanson to Cherry A real backbreaker if you've come...

Spido Pete

BWCA

Swamp to Ashdick In that year this portage was...

Spido Pete

BWCA

Omega to Unnamed (south) Bushwacked into small unnamed lake due...

Spido Pete

Quetico

Saganagons to Saganagons For those of you working the...

Spido Pete

BWCA

Entry #8 to Big Moose Took Moose River off Moose Loop...

Springer

BWCA

Sandpit to Mudro The locals call this Heart attack...

Springer

BWCA

Mudro to Fourtown The 140 rod portage is tough...

Springer

BWCA

Boot to Fairy No problem...

Springer

BWCA

Bullet to Moosecamp Lots of beaver activity at the...

Springer

Quetico

Kawnipi to Lemay 1964/Boy Scouts: Up Lemay Creek...

Springer

Quetico

Alice to Fern Actually 2 portages, the "Bon Homme...

Springer

BWCA

Gull to Thunder 2 portages with little Mudhole Lake...

Springer

Quetico

Pickerel to Dore Wide and smooth...

Springer

Quetico

Dore to Twin Dore has a sand beach, pictographs...

Springer

Quetico

Twin to Sturgeon Actually the Deux Riviere--pretty, great...

Springer

BWCA

Triangle to Kawishiwi River The portage was very wet August...

springer

Quetico

Kett to Basswood East (Basswood) end is flooded, either...

springer

Quetico

Earl to Brent The two short portages out of...

springer

Quetico

Nub to Unnamed* The portage is about 50 yards...

springer

Quetico

Unnamed* to Kett Steep downhill to Kett--seldom-used, brushy...

Springer

Quetico

McIntyre to Robinson McIntyre Creek starts in the SW...

Springer

Quetico

Sarah to Irene First two short portages out of...

Springer

BWCA

Basswood to Crooked From Back Bay to Lower Basswood...

Springer

Quetico

McDougall to Cushing The maps are vague--the portage...

srtrout

Quetico

Oriana to Hamburg You might not realize you need...

srtrout

Quetico

Unnamed* to Beaverhouse This is an interesting portage as...

srtrout

Quetico

McAlpine to Kasakokwog We had no trouble with the...

srtrout

Quetico

Quetico to Cirrus We "paced" this portage and found...

starwatcher

Quetico

Minn lake to Maligne River Tuesday Oct 2, 2007 canoed from...

Stephanie

BWCA

Horseshoe to Gaskin Portage isn't bad. Just up hill...

Stephen Cowdery

BWCA

John to Royal Portage starts in a small bay...

Stephen Cowdery

BWCA

Royal to South Fowl Fewer trees, more open than most...

Stephen Cowdery

BWCA

North Fowl to Moose A bit tricky to find, it...

Stephen Cowdery

BWCA

Mountain to Pemmican Straight up and down, some erosion...

Stephen Cowdery

BWCA

Mountain to Clearwater Fairly steep for the first third...

Stephen Cowdery

BWCA

Poplar to Swamp Fair amount of up and down...

Steve

Quetico

Quetico to Conk The landing here is the tricky...

Steve

BWCA

Lac La Croix to Takucmich This is an easy portage. However...

Steve K

BWCA

Kekekabic to Strup Not a bad portage as far...

Steve K

BWCA

Strup to Wisini Nice easy portage compared to some...

Steve Reick

BWCA

Takucmich to Trygg Pretty steep for first third, there's...

Steve S.

BWCA

Green to Bat This is a refreshingly easy portage...

Steve S.

BWCA

Brant to Gotter This portage is slightly more difficult...

stevedug

Quetico

Kawnipi to McKenzie The portage is very steep at...

stevedug

Quetico

Russell to Chatterton The only real portage from Russell...

stevedug

Quetico

Burke to Sunday The Singing Brook Portage is a...

stl-steve

Quetico

Darky to Tanner Easy to find coming from the...

STUMPY

Quetico

Conmee to Delahey Just a long walk in the...

Stumpy

BWCA

Horsefish to Pace I was over this portage before...

Stumpy

BWCA

Pace to Amimi It is a liftover. Seems to...

Sue

BWCA

Poplar to Lizz Well used and easy but it...

Sue

BWCA

Horseshoe to Vista Rocky on Vista side. On the...

Sue

BWCA

Lujenida to Zenith Harder to do heading north, much...

Susan

BWCA

horse river to horse The horse river was a nightmare...

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