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Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal (Read 17518 times)

Westwood Inukshuk Offline Posts: 669 Location: Was Minnesota Now Iowa Joined: Mar 4^th, 2005	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #20 - Oct 18^th, 2018 at 10:10pm	Quote Print Post
	You can get into Antoine by taking the creek out of Sturgeon Lake. I first took the creek in 1972 and twice since then. The creek is a lot smaller than it was in 1972, but still passable. Lonely Lake was the destination of my first trip into Quetico in 1969. In those days we took 14 foot aluminum boats and 10 horse motors. I have always wanted to return to Lonely Lake and fish the two ponds.


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Quetico For Life Inukshuk Offline Posts: 130 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Joined: Sep 22^nd, 2006	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #21 - Oct 18^th, 2018 at 10:30pm	Quote Print Post
	Westwood wrote on Oct 18^th, 2018 at 10:10pm: You can get into Antoine by taking the creek out of Sturgeon Lake. I first took the creek in 1972 and twice since then. The creek is a lot smaller than it was in 1972, but still passable. Lonely Lake was the destination of my first trip into Quetico in 1969. In those days we took 14 foot aluminum boats and 10 horse motors. I have always wanted to return to Lonely Lake and fish the two ponds. Wow that's awesome to know about getting into Antoine from Sturgeon. I'd presume during times of low water doing so would be questionable?


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Quetico For Life Inukshuk Offline Posts: 130 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Joined: Sep 22^nd, 2006	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #22 - Oct 18^th, 2018 at 10:50pm	Quote Print Post
	Westwood wrote on Oct 18^th, 2018 at 10:10pm: You can get into Antoine by taking the creek out of Sturgeon Lake. I first took the creek in 1972 and twice since then. The creek is a lot smaller than it was in 1972, but still passable. Lonely Lake was the destination of my first trip into Quetico in 1969. In those days we took 14 foot aluminum boats and 10 horse motors. I have always wanted to return to Lonely Lake and fish the two ponds. Pulled out a map, which creek are you speaking of?


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Quetico For Life Inukshuk Offline Posts: 130 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Joined: Sep 22^nd, 2006	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #23 - Oct 18^th, 2018 at 10:51pm	Quote Print Post
	solotripper wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 11:44pm: Can you buy just ONE issue or Jimbo's article? I'm curious of that as well. Definitely sounds like an article worth reading


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Quetico For Life Inukshuk Offline Posts: 130 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Joined: Sep 22^nd, 2006	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #24 - Oct 18^th, 2018 at 11:00pm	Quote Print Post
	solotripper wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 6:52pm: TomT wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 6:03pm: He daytripped from north Sturgeon. Said he paddled the creek as far in as usual then found the trail with blowdown on it. The fishing was worth it. Going in from Lonely Lk looks easier on the map than thru North Sturgeon? I'll have to remember this and in the future, if I become more of a base camper, look into going in from the Lonely side? There's actually an old portage marked on one of my maps.. Possibly from Jim Clark? Haha... From Antoine into Lonely ponds. Hard telling if this would even remotely be feasible. Looks like it follows a bit of a natural saddle..


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TomT Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1052 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Aug 26^th, 2007	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #25 - Oct 19^th, 2018 at 11:38am	Quote Print Post
	Quetico For Life wrote on Oct 18^th, 2018 at 10:51pm: solotripper wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 11:44pm: Can you buy just ONE issue or Jimbo's article? I'm curious of that as well. Definitely sounds like an article worth reading I would order the issue directly from BWJ if you can't find it at a newstand. Big bookstores like Barnes and Noble will usually have it. This is a very good issue and worth the read. Going from antoine to Lonely ponds seems unreasonable. Stu describes exactly what he had to do to get there. It's mostly a bushwhack with some blowdown. I'm game to get there. It'll be a warm up to when I go into Pierna. That's my holy grail in Quetico.


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Westwood Inukshuk Offline Posts: 669 Location: Was Minnesota Now Iowa Joined: Mar 4^th, 2005	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #26 - Oct 20^th, 2018 at 1:22am	Quote Print Post
	The creek into Antoine is actually a creek into Ram Lake. You would have to make a very short portage from Ram to Antoine. The creek that flows from Ram to Sturgeon flows from the northeast side of Ram Lake. I have taken the creek into Ram in 1972, 2004 and 2012. Each time the creek seems to get smaller. There isn't much elevation to the creek so if the water is low you could probably make your decision as you enter the creek.


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Jimbo Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4600 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #27 - Oct 20^th, 2018 at 1:15pm	Quote Print Post
	Quetico For Life wrote on Oct 18^th, 2018 at 11:00pm: solotripper wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 6:52pm: TomT wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 6:03pm: He daytripped from north Sturgeon. Said he paddled the creek as far in as usual then found the trail with blowdown on it. The fishing was worth it. Going in from Lonely Lk looks easier on the map than thru North Sturgeon? I'll have to remember this and in the future, if I become more of a base camper, look into going in from the Lonely side? There's actually an old portage marked on one of my maps.. Possibly from Jim Clark? Haha... From Antoine into Lonely ponds. Hard telling if this would even remotely be feasible. Looks like it follows a bit of a natural saddle.. QFL - I had an old map showing a portage from Antoine into those Lonely Ponds, too... and, no, Jim Clark didn't draw it on the map, either! Tried to find that portage several years back without luck. Looked to be a bit of a slog through there so I'm not sure how feasible it might be. There's an OLD thread on QJ where this subject came up, I'm pretty sure. Later, Jimbo


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Quetico For Life Inukshuk Offline Posts: 130 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Joined: Sep 22^nd, 2006	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #28 - Oct 21^st, 2018 at 2:19pm	Quote Print Post
	Westwood wrote on Oct 20^th, 2018 at 1:22am: The creek into Antoine is actually a creek into Ram Lake. You would have to make a very short portage from Ram to Antoine. The creek that flows from Ram to Sturgeon flows from the northeast side of Ram Lake. I have taken the creek into Ram in 1972, 2004 and 2012. Each time the creek seems to get smaller. There isn't much elevation to the creek so if the water is low you could probably make your decision as you enter the creek. Ah, that makes sense now. I've been through Ram to Antoine once, and that portage between the two isn't too bad iirc. I mainly remember the hill climb from Antoine going out to Sturgeon. As for the the creek, right, that would be a game time decision on go or no go.


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Quetico For Life Inukshuk Offline Posts: 130 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Joined: Sep 22^nd, 2006	Re: Fall 2018 Boundary Waters Journal Reply #29 - Oct 21^st, 2018 at 2:23pm	Quote Print Post
	Jimbo wrote on Oct 20^th, 2018 at 1:15pm: Quetico For Life wrote on Oct 18^th, 2018 at 11:00pm: solotripper wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 6:52pm: TomT wrote on Oct 8^th, 2018 at 6:03pm: He daytripped from north Sturgeon. Said he paddled the creek as far in as usual then found the trail with blowdown on it. The fishing was worth it. Going in from Lonely Lk looks easier on the map than thru North Sturgeon? I'll have to remember this and in the future, if I become more of a base camper, look into going in from the Lonely side? There's actually an old portage marked on one of my maps.. Possibly from Jim Clark? Haha... From Antoine into Lonely ponds. Hard telling if this would even remotely be feasible. Looks like it follows a bit of a natural saddle.. QFL - I had an old map showing a portage from Antoine into those Lonely Ponds, too... and, no, Jim Clark didn't draw it on the map, either! Tried to find that portage several years back without luck. Looked to be a bit of a slog through there so I'm not sure how feasible it might be. There's an OLD thread on QJ where this subject came up, I'm pretty sure. Later, Jimbo Good info, that it wasnt just a Jim Clark marking lol. That alone would make me really question ever trying! Yeah, I have no clue, but certainly imagine it could be extremely interesting, if not impassible, at least not without heartache and strife beyond what I would desire to get myself into. Then again who knows, could just be a bit of a bushwhack. It would be interesting if there was a report of someone going through there to see just what it was like! Regardless, going from Lonely makes more sense, no doubt about it.


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