Fall Lake to Mudro Lake

Nice four, five or six day canoe trip with excellent scenery on the Basswood River. Trip can be extended to Wednesday or Thursday Bay of Crooked Lake, exiting the area at either Mudro Lake, from Friday Bay through Pappoose, Wagosh, Gun, Boot, Fourtown or back down the Basswood River to the Horse River and out at Mudro Lake. Or go through Fourtown or south from Horse through Murphy and Sandpit Lakes to Mudro Lake. Good fishing area for walleye, northern pike and small mouth bass.

Mudro Lake to Moose River or Moose River to Mudro Lake

If you choose this trip allow yourself 7 or more days. There are 7 portages to Lac La Croix, 2 more to Crooked Lake and 6-7 more to the Mudro Lake exit. Excellent scenery and waterfalls exist on this route. Fishing is outstanding for small mouth bass, walleye and northern pike, especially on Iron lake, Saturday and Thursday Bays of Crooked Lake. You'll cover 45-55 miles, so if you decide on traveling this route and want a day layover you will have to cover about nine miles per day.

Fall Lake to Moose River

Similar to the Mudro/Moose River trip except you are starting at Fall Lake. You have two portages to get to Basswood River, with four portages on Basswood River. This trip has more paddling than portaging, with only 15 portages total. This trip can be made easily in 7 days, even with a layover day. 

Lake One to Kawishiwi Lake

Starting at Lake One, and ending at Kawishiwi Lake. You can also reverse this route, and go with the slow moving current, but you'll have the two longest portages on your first day with full packs instead of your last day when most of your food weight is gone. Fishing is walleye and northern pike, with some really big bluegills on some lakes. This is a fabulous route for Scout, School or church groups. Many nice day trips or expanded route possibilities.

Moose Lake to Moose Lake

From Moose Lake go northeast to Knife lake and down through Kekekabic and into Thomas, then through Jordan, to Ashigan and into Ensign. Take Sucker Lake back down to Moose and your back where you started. A great loop into more of the heart of the BWCA. This is where you'll see moose, deer and bald eagles. Some hiking possibilities exist here on the south shore of Kekekabic Lake.

Fall Lake to Fall Lake

From Fall Lake to Basswood Falls and up the Basswood River until you get to the Horse River. Then go into the Horse River, which is a small and slow moving river...with plenty of wildlife, you'll come to the Horse lake and then into Murphy and Sand Pit Lakes. You'll go east into Jackfish Bay of Basswood Lake and back into Fall Lake through Pipestone bay and Newton Bay. Nice scenery and easy paddling, a great five day route. Fish for small mouth bass, northern pike, and walleye.

Island River to south Kawishiwi camp ground (Hwy 1)

If you enjoy river travel this trip goes from Island River and down the Isabella River into Bald Eagle Lake, through Gabbro Lake and then into the Kawishiwi River and either north through Clear Lake or southwest down the Kawishiwi River for pick-up at the campground there. Good five to seven day basecamping trip with plenty of time for day tripping and loafing next to the water. Large northern pike, walleye and small mouth bass inhabit these lakes, with even large mouth bass in Clear Lake. 

>>Quetico Park Canoe Trip Routes

Nym Lake ( north side of Quetico) to Moose Lake (U.S.)

If you can escape from the world for 10 -14 days this route offers excellent fishing, excellent scenery and the opportunity to really get away from it all, including other people. There are sparkling rapids, some really great waterfalls, beautiful cliffs, excellent small mouth bass, walleye, northern pike and lake trout fishing. Most parties say they would liked even more time to explore and fish. In our opinion this is probably the best canoe trip in the BWCA/Quetico.

Prairie Portage to Sarah/McIntyre and out to Mudro Lake

Put your reservations in early for the beauty. This route offers quite a bit of paddling and portaging, but if you would like to get into lakes that are not visited or fished much, it will be worth the effort. Most parties exit at Mudro instead of Moose. Fabulous fishing and a great adventure. We suggest 7 days or more for this route, Tow Service to Prairie Portage your first day. We don't recommend this trip for beginners. 21 portages, with the longest about 1/2 a mile.

Prairie Portage to South Chain and back

Leaving Prairie Portage you'll paddle into Burke and into North Bay of Basswood Lake. From there you'll head northeast through South, West, Shade, Noon, Summer, Sultry, and Silence lakes into Agnes Lake. Then go south into Meadows and west into Sunday Lake. From Sunday go to Burke and then back to Prairie Portage. We suggest Tow Service both to and from Prairie Portage because you can then make the trip in 5 days of travel, leaving two days for a layover so you can loaf or fish and explore. Trip also goes past Louisa Falls on your last full day. 

Fly In/or Fly Out Trips

Fly in from Crane Lake to Lac La Croix and you'll see plenty of beautiful country from the air. This also allows you to get deeper into canoe country on your first day. Our favorite route starts at the old ranger station on Lac La Croix to McAree, Minn Lake and down the Darky River into Darky Lake. Then you could go many directions depending on what you decide. Great scenery, excellent fishing, Indian paintings in the south end of Darky Lake. 

Base Camp Fishing Trips

We suggest these two areas for setting up camp without having to ever portage. Well, we also want to keep these areas to just a few people so you'll have to book a trip with us and we'll share these places. Both areas are portage free when you use our Tow Service or fly-in service.

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