The Gunflint Trail offers many posibilities.  We have had good results using Way of the Wilderness Outfitters.  Bud and Mark Darling are the owners and they have nice bunk facilities and a small restaurant.  If you head across Sag, I would use their tow.  If you take the tow you can easily make it to Knife Lake and base camp there a few days.  Fishing is ok.  Good scenery going through Ottertrack.  Be sure to stop at Benny Ambrose's home site.  You could then loop back out through Seagull or go back the same way and have a tow meet you on Sag.  You would probably want to spend one night between Knife and the take out on Seagull. 

We like the Grand Portage Monument.  They have a new museum that contains a lot of Native American information.  This interests me as I have Native American ancestry.  A good all day trip from the monument is to take the boat to Isle Royal and back.  Grand Portage has a campground so you can camp.  The falls on the Pigeon River is also worth seeing.

E. Bearskin, Rose, Duncan, Stairway Portage area has great fishing and scenery.  Of course I'm only there in the winter.  My $0.02

I've stopped at GPNM a few times and always find it enjoyable. There is a nice short hiking trail from there that leads up to a nice overlook of Lake Superior. You can either poke around on your own or take the free guided tour of the Fort. The guided tour will give you a better feel for the history. I think it lasts an hour or so. I recommend it if you enjoy learning about the history of the fur trade era.

The monument / historic fort at Grand Portage has been closed each time I've been there, so I can't speak for that. However, the Grand Portage trail is pretty cool, if you're up for an 8.5 mile hike one-way (you can cut it in half by driving up Old 61). Keep going west at the end, and there's a really cool campsite right next to Partridge Falls.

If you're feeling gung-ho, you can use the Grand Portage to reach the BWCA via the Pigeon River to South Fowl Lake and North Fowl Lake (EP #70). I have not done this. When we were last there in 2006, the water in the Pigeon River was abnormally low, but probably still passable by canoe.

The most help I can offer is Trail Center. Frosted mugs, real malts, decent food and interesting atmosphere. The bar stools suck though so it only gets four stars. 

I looked at the website for (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links). Looks worthwhile to me if I had the time and someone to enjoy it with. I'm kind-of a softy for that sort of historic stuff tho.

Enjoy your trip!

I'm planning a late September trip to the east side of the BWCA (I've always gone to the west side).  I plan to do base camping and am interested in scenery and good fishing.  any suggestions?  Also, has anyone been to the Grand Portage National Monument?  Worth a side trip?  Thanks.