I rarely have found myself "a little disappointed to see the lake at the other end"  ;), but I did love the portage from Beaver to Adams.  So much that I went back and walked it again with the camera, and really didn't want to leave!  It remains, in my BWCA memory, high on my list of most beautiful places.

It was a long time ago, and it is a place to which I would like to return.  I wonder if I would still find it so enchanting.