Trip Logs

Submitted by: Joe Mattson and Mikki Hartman-Mattson We put in at Fall Lake, and spent the night next to the Back Bay portage, then we went through Back Bay to Indiana Lake for the second night. The third day we traveled through Wind Bay to Wind Lake for the last night and then over to the Moose ...

Submitted by Jim Varcho Paddlers: Jim Varcho, Brad Greve, David “Ranger” Mize This canoe trip was planned to be 50+ miles long. We will put in at Moose Lake entry point next to the Boy Scout Base Camp on Tuesday afternoon September 8th. We will travel through Moose, Newfound, Sucker, Birch, ...

Short on length and hard to access this little river packs a pretty good punch. The State of Texas lists six Significant Hazards which include one bridge crossing, three CIII rapids, one waterfall (Dolen Falls) and strong winds on Lake Amistad.

Our float plane landed on the west end Greenmantle Lake after a short flight from Mattice Lake. Paddling out of the southwest corner of the lake we went a short ways upstream towards the headwaters and the height of land. I think we could have portaged into the Ogoki River watershed if we had keep ...

August 5 to 12, 2019 Dave McTeague with daughter Brianna McTeague Prologue: Having been on four previous Wabakimi Project trips, I’ve touched this route so to speak twice before and then heard and read reports, so my curiosity was aroused. In 2016, our group traveled down Trail Lake Road (Clem ...

Trip Log from Urban Boatbuilders Youth from Urban Boatbuilders – a nonprofit in Saint Paul, MN that builds skin-on-frame boats with young people facing barriers to employment – took a three-day trip on the Saint Croix River with Wilderness Inquiry. The group of 14 started their trip from ...

If you are looking for a good long weekend paddling route in Algonquin, the Bonnechere Lake loop may be a good option.

As we look down river we can see the infamous wall of cane that contours the shore line. This tall non-native invasive plant can now be found along waterways all over the southern USA. It crowds the river bank, blocks the view and is stiff and unforgiving. If you paddle into it, you could be pulled ...

The park offers challenging, and remote canoeing opportunities. The route, which passes through Ottertooth Creek canyon, presents the canoeist with severe travel obstacles and minimal campsites. However, one is rewarded with unusual and spectacular scenery of rapids, waterfalls, talus boulders and ...

By Len Bierlein Monday, July 9, 2018 My friend and I are on the Voyageur II, heading around Isle Royale. Trip up went well, about 5 hours to Grand Marais. My friend does not like his name used so from here on it he will be Canoeing Partner (CP). We stopped for a late lunch. I had a sandwich and ...

Camping and Paddling - A beautiful canoe trip in the Okefenokee Swamp and Suwannee River in Georgia and Florida

Hocking River 2017 Trip Report June 7-11, 2017 Paddled by the Ohio Historical Canoe Route Association In 2015 the club tried to paddle the Hocking River from Sugar Grove, north of Logan, all the way to the Ohio River. Rain the entire first day swelled the river, washing away the sandbar the ...

Canoe the Thlewiaza River from Nueltin Lake towards Hudson Bay - battling record high water and fierce winds. The group sees historic trading posts, abandoned mining camps, interesting wildlife and follows portions of historic routes paddled by Inuit and Dene residents, and early adventurers like ...

For a National Park that is crisscrossed with pristine rivers and some very large and deep lakes, there are only a few places where a paddler can venture out for a multi-night excursion. Nearly all rivers within Yellowstone are closed to any form of boating. Only Yellowstone and Shoshone Lakes ...

My wife loves the fall colors and she wanted to see a moose in the wild. Last years trip was 1 portage and 2 nights from East Bearskin to Alder Lake. This year I talked the wife into a little more ambitious canoe trip...

"I was looking for a remote river with runnable rapids where someone could learn to run whitewater. I wanted a wild river that could be run in less than two weeks, that was not overly expensive and was relatively close to home. In 2008 I had volunteered to help clear portage trails as a member of ...

Lake Powell is marked with navigation buoys that delineate the distance from the Glen Canyon Dam in one mile increments. We started our trip at Halls Crossing which is 93 miles from the Glen Canyon Dam. A water taxi dropped us off at the entrance to Forbidding Canyon which is about mile 50. We ...

Route: 30 miles on North Knife Lake, then 160 miles on the river. There were lots of active spot fires along the eastern shore of the lake, so we were forced to paddle on the west side to avoid heavy smoke. We encountered no fires along the river, but there were extensive burn areas of various ...

Trip Log: "This was my first exposure to paddling north of Quetico Provincial Park and I was hooked. I have been fortunate to be able to come back to that area Northwest Ontario also known as the “Little North” and paddle the Albany River, Winisk Rivers, Pipestone River, Gammon River, Bloodvein ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Rob Bullis, November 2016 My bride, of 33 years, finally agreed to try an over night trip in the BWCA this year as long I could meet the following conditions. 1. Get a comfortable sleeping pad. So I got her a Thermarest Mondo King, it will fit in a ...

Nate Ptacek's group had only one day of significant rain while spending three weeks descending the Noatak, which also happened to be their biggest day of rapids. All photos courtesy Nate Ptacek. Separated by 50 years in age, six paddlers were brought together this August by three weeks canoeing ...

My Canoe partner Nick gave me a call and said he was looking at one of last seasons Canoe rentals at Killarney Outfitters. A fully restored 17' Quetico from Souris River.

The following is a trip log of four experienced BWCA travelers. Bob, John, Jerry and Greg are all associated with Urban Boatbuilders. We paddled skin on frame canoes built by the teen apprentices at UBB (Urban Boatbuilders). Jerry and Greg’s canoe was about 8 years old and has seen many BWCA and ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Nunavut, Canada July 8-24, 2004 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Guy Mueller, Tom Moore, and Ruth Moore   ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Northwest Territories, Canada June 19 – July 15, 2014 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Brian Arquilla, Dan ...

Trip Dates: June 24, 2014 to July 9, 2014 Nearest Cities: Red Lake, Ontario Bissett, Manitoba Nearest Village: Bloodvein, Manitoba Put in: Knox Lake, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park Take out: Bloodvein Village on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba Water level: High Canoes: Penobscot, Old Town (17 ...

Manitoba, Canada June 19 – July 5, 2008By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu Crew: Mel Baughman, Dan Godwin, Duane Lee, Doug Smith   Route: It took a good share of two days to drive from St. Paul, MN to ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Scott Oeth, February 2016 Lost Canoe Lake in Wisconsin offers a scenic paddle and an incredible amount of wildlife. Sometimes, the best adventures are right next door. After talking with representatives from Wisconsin's Northern Highlands-American Legion ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Scott Oeth, February 2016 Paddling the scenic and historic Bois Brule River. The Bois Brule River in far northwestern Wisconsin is a clear, fast, and rocky river that flows through the beautiful Brule River State Forest as it rushes into Lake Superior. I'd wanted to ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Greg Paris, July 5, 2009 Over the winter, we purchased a 2004 American Traders Feather and I modified it to be a dual-purpose canoe. It can be used as a trolling motor-powered cruiser, or as a normal canoe. The lightweight cedar and ash Feather weighed 49 pounds ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Scott Schuldt, July 26, 2010 Distance/time - 148 river miles, 5 days Photos by Mike Plahuta and Scott Schuldt Scott at the stern approaching the Yakima Canyon. The Yakima River runs east for over 180 miles from the Cascade Range to the Columbia ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Keasley Jones, September 2016 My canoeing experience is rather thin, comprised of just a few dozen days as a young teenager on lakes at a Boy Scout camp in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, a few days of bumping along in a well-dented aluminum canoe on the Russian ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by John Carlson, July 2013 I found this route referenced by different names in different guides. One guide called it the Kawishiwi Lake Loop and the other referred to it as the Lady Loop. My trip was with a local group called Central Indiana Wilderness ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Lindsey Altermatt, July 2015 Our first trip into the BWCA was kind of like becoming a first time parent. You can do tons of research and get loads of advice but until you actually experience it – you have no idea what you’re doing! I was ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mark Odegard, July 2015  

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Manitoba, Canada August 13 - 21, 1993 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Bob Bruininks, Judy Geck, Hugh Hallgren, Guy Mueller, ...

The following is a trip log of four experienced BWCA travelers. Bob, Mark, Jerry and Greg are all either Urban Boatbuilders Board members or volunteers. They paddled skin on frame canoes built by the teen apprentices at UBB (Urban Boatbuilders). Jerry and Greg’s canoe was about 5 years old and ...

Then we flew in a single-engine Otter approximately 400 miles north to a small lake at the headwaters of the Clarke River in what is now Nunavut where we unloaded on a sandy beach. From there we spent most of 9 days on the Clarke River and 17 days on the Thelon River ending near Hoare Point on ...

Brian and Jim on Wellington Bay. Photo by Brian Johnston. At 69° North Latitude in the Canadian Arctic, the summer of 2014 seemed to have taken a vacation. Elsewhere on the globe, this year shaped up to be the warmest in 134 years of recorded weather history.  On Victoria Island in Nunavut, the ...

June 8 – June 17 Fishguts - Patrick Brewer,  Panthermartin – Thomas Brewer, Rookies - TenMileFrown - Dustin Hall & Dave Gutierrez Quetico Entry #44 Bottle River exit at #43 Black Robe Portage   Our trip started at 2AM on June 6th 2011, when we left Brookings, Oregon for our 6AM flight ...

We planned this Canoe Trip for a couple of years; we had been on a Quetico trip back in 2011. We wanted to try and catch a Grand Slam (all 5 species of fish) Lake Trout, Walleye, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass and Largemouth Bass. And this time we wanted to drive from our homes on the West Coast ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mark Odegard, September 2015   

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015   July 17 – August 19, 2012 Nunavut, Canada Route: This expedition began on Lynx Lake at the headwaters of the Thelon River and ended at the Hamlet of Whale Cove on Hudson Bay.  It covered about 605 miles over the course of 47 ...

The temperature was dropping quickly, wind was whipping in from the southwest, and the sky was looking ominous. The forecast had been right—we were in for a big storm. Time to cinch down the tarp, finish cleaning our dinner dishes, hang our grub pack well out of paw range, turn over and tie down ...

This was the 11th canoe trip my son, Ben, and I have taken together. Since his first trip when he was 5, Ben has loved being out in the wilderness. Now 17, he’s a strong paddler and portager, never complains, and has a great sense of humor! We had never been to WCPP, but a friend, Tim Eaton, ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Ontario, Canada August 15 – 26, 2013 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, John Nordin, Mike Prouty, and Dan Godwin Route: Woodland Caribou ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Jeff Winston, February 17, 2008 The Pere Marquette, or "PM" as it's called locally, is known as perhaps the finest barrier-free stream in the United States. Beginning in south eastern Lake County, just west of Reed City, Michigan, it stretches over 180 scenic miles to its ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Thomas Neal, August, 2007 The Chiputneticook Lakes are a series of lakes that straddle the Maine/New Brunswick border and serve as the headwaters of the historic St. Croix River. The primary lakes in this group are Spednic & Palfrey, East Grand and North with smaller ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Kevin French, August 27, 2007 This trip started as a Family reunion trip but slowly downgraded to nine relatives having a great time and about 20 others missing out on a super 67 mile river trip. The last week in June of this year, my son, grandson and I made the 400+ ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Kevin French, August 26, 2008 This trip’s planning started on the second day of last year’s trip after the disaster at Long Lake Dam. Work started in April repairing the canoe I was going to use. I found it in the dump the year before. It looked like it got frozen ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Timothy Eaton, July 17, 2011 We arrived at Port Clyde Kayaks, located on the southern most tip of the St. George’s peninsula, at 8:45 am to rendezvous with our Maine guide- John Sibley. The kayak shop is located on the harbor in Port Clyde, once famous for the canned Port ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Rick Regenfuss, April 9, 2009 Our four intrepid voyageurs (Rick, Brian, Josh & Phil) ventured out Friday just before 6:00 pm on May 30 in two Old Towns, one fiberglass and the other Royalex. We planned to float the Iowa River from Iowa Falls to Eldora. We put in at ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Alaska, United States September 1 - 10, 1994 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Bill Peppler, Bruce Schoenberg, Colin Riley   ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Kari Finkler, May 2013 Virgin growth white pines towering over us are the first surprise. I knew Sylvania (the word is Latin for "forest land") was one of the few pockets of forest untouched by logging, but nothing prepares you for the height of the ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Duane Lee, March 2, 2009 River Route Planner Where and What: NE Manitoba 330 km from the east end of Cross Lake to York Factory Level of Difficulty: River Travel: Advanced Lake Travel: Intermediate Portage and Lining: Intermediate to Advanced Bigstone - ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Muir Eaton, August 6, 2009 Statistics: Tuesday, 6 July 2009; 16 foot wood-canvas canoe, restored by TL Eaton; Two adults paddling, two dogs duffing; Launched at the mouth of Kadunce River, northeast of Grand Marais, MN; Wind was calm, temp in the upper 50’s, sunny; 27” ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Lynn O'Kane, January 23, 2008 August 20th Trip started a little later than planned. Dang Siamese kitten took off and needed to find him before we took off for 3 days! John found him around 6:45 am and then we were ready to get into town and take off. Got to work to ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Ken Wood, April 1, 2009 My obsession for canoe tripping is always difficult to control. It is an addiction that becomes compulsive as I get older. This past fall what started as a hopeful draw on a BWCAW moose permit turned into a classic autumn tour. My companions ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Tim Eaton, July14, 2009 The starting point for this leg of the ‘Heart’ was the Ash River Visitors Center on Kabetogama Lake in Voyageurs National Park (VNP). Paddlers assembled at Whispering Pines Cabin 41 on the afternoon of July 4th 2009. All photos courtesy Tim Eaton ...

  TRIP LOG: Submitted by Tim Eaton, July 14, 2009 This leg of Canoe the Heart paddled from Crane Lake at the southern end of Voyageurs National Park to Fall Lake in Ely, Minnesota. The four day trip covered a distance of ninety-eight miles, included nine portages totaling 737 rods ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Rashi Mckinney, August 28, 2007 We are paddling away from the bank into the light mist hanging above the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Trees cover both sides of the gorge down to the water and the muted calls of the birds filter through the woods. ...

  TRIP LOG: Submitted by Barry Christenson, June 12, 2010   Large thunderheads and frequent lightning dominated the northern sky ahead of us on Saturday morning, May 22, in the apparent direction of our destination – the Mississippi River near Clearwater, MN. I was running ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Rob Kesselring, May 2013 Big Fork River at the Craigville start point.   2013 is the 50th anniversary of the Minnesota State Water Trail system. This is a system of recreational routes on waterways that are managed by the Minnesota ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Taylor Ham, February 2016 On October 1st 2015 my friend Cole and I set out on a four day canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We put in on Angleworm which was a two mile portage just to get to the lake. We packed as light as we could to make the ...

Submitted by Vin Carlson, February 2016 Our 2015 paddling and camping trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area included eight people. One of my brothers, as well as my brother-in-law from Cameroon, would be experiencing the BWCA for the first time.  The rest of us had all visited the wilderness ...

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe Entry Date: 05/23/2013 Entry & Exit Point: East Bearskin Lake (EP 64) Number of Days: 5 Group Size: 2 Trip Introduction: After the long winter we endured this year, we began checking webcams a couple weeks before our trip to make sure the ice was going to ...

by Cory Ritterbusch My wife and I have canoed the lower Wisconsin River for years now. After we welcomed our son, we continued to go (thanks to wonderful grandparent babysitters). We enjoyed our time, but missed our son and wondered when he would be ready to join us. Internet searches ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Vern Fish June 2014 Trip Dates: June 17 – July 1, 2013 Nearest City: Pickle Lake, Ontario Nearest Villages Big Beaver House Wunnummin Lake Summer Beaver Webequie Put in Point: Northwest of Pickle Lake, Ontario- 2.5 hour drive ...

Trail Creek! This was the day. For years (off and on, but literally years) we had looked suspiciously at the thin blue line on the map linking Trail Lake with the Maligne River. Had people been there before? Undoubtedly. How many? Inquiries suggested very few. Would the creek be passable? Today, we ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Victoria Island, Canada July 2 – 22, 2000 Crew: Mel Baughman, Dan Godwin, Jerry Kemperman, Phil Larson, Robert McCoy, and Roger Schaub III Route:   We flew via commercial airlines to Edmonton where our crew assembled from various points ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Nunavut, Canada July 11 – August 12, 1989 Crew: Mel Baughman, Judy Geck, Gayle Knutson, Bob O’Hara, John Quaife, and Steve Schmidt     Route: Bob and Gayle traveled to Baker Lake, Nunavut a couple of days ahead of ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Ontario, Canada June 27 - July 6, 1997 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Judy Geck, John Quaife, Guy Mueller June 27:  We drove from the ...

  TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Ontario, Canada September 18 - 25, 1999 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Mike Baughman, Phil Ashcraft, and Roger Forney Route: ...

    TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015 Ontario, Canada June 26 - July 2, 1999 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Judy Geck, Ruth Moore, Tom Moore, Guy ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015   Ontario, Canada July 10 – 20, 1991 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman and Guy Mueller Route:   On July 10 we ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Mel Baughman, May 2015   Ontario, Canada July 27 – August 4, 2002 By Mel Baughman, Hayward, Wisconsin For a complete journal with more details, contact the author—baughman@umn.edu. Crew: Mel Baughman, Dan Godwin, Ruth and Tom Moore, Guy Mueller, and ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Patrick Brewer, October 6, 2008 This trip was long in the planning stage, and was on hold while I recovered from a heart attack in the spring of 2007. We started planning in earnest when the cardiologist gave me the O.K. Originally this was to be a father son trip with a ...

French/ Pickerel/ Sturgeon/ Quetico/ Cirrus/ Beaverhouse Shuttle Route - Fall 2008 I was first introduced to the mysteries of the Quetico Park in 1969 at the age of 16 on a Region 10 Explorer Scout trek out of Sommers Canoe Base – a loop through Moose Lake / Man Chain / Kawnipi / Kahshahpiwi.  ...

This trip with my son-in-law Joe was our third year in a row to the Quetico, but first to the "southern" area. It was also the first time I've ever been windbound for 36 hours and missed a pickup (by 22 hours). The trip covered Bottle, Iron, Crooked, Gardner Bay(of Crooked), Elk, Cone, Brent, ...

For the past 21 years, I have been blessed with the opportunity to serve as a group leader for my agency’s Wilderness Challenge Program (WCP), a six-day/five night canoe camping experience offered each year to thirty teens struggling with a variety of social, emotional and educational ...

"So what was the best moment on your arctic expedition?" A friend posed this question to me shortly after I had returned from Nunavut. Full of adrenaline from driving 2500 miles almost non-stop from Yellowknife, I wanted to give him a day-by-day detailed trip report, but “the best moment”? I needed ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Craig Norell, September 10, 2007   It was Friday evening about 8:00 o’clock SASKATCHEWAN time and we were negotiating the last part of a 400 km gravel road that terminates at Points North Landing, a transportation hub for mineral exploration in Uranium country. It ...

TRIP LOG: Submitted by Tony February 2016 Route Lake One Thru lakes 2,3,4, Insula, Kiana, Thomas, Fraser, Gerund, Ahmakose, Wisini, Strup, Kekekabic, Eddy, South Arm of Knife, Seed, Carp, Birch. Profiles Hailee 12 year old daughter. First trip up north. Using a Coleman backpack w/ plastic frame ...