Canoe Lakes Help

[nwa1819]

Hey everyone, other then the BWCA, are there any chains of lakes in Minnesota where you can camp, portage, and not have boats with motors on the lake?

[OnAFly]

There are some State Parks that have lakes like this. Just check through the SP site and there is a nice little spreadsheet that has all the amenities for each park.

A bonus is that few people bother to portage into some of these lakes, so the fishing can be quite good on some.

[reinhard1]

the isabella/finland area offers that with a variety of fishing as well. if you like trout there are lakes like divide, hogback, a very short portage to scarp [cliff] and more. there is delay lake just a few miles from isabella that has excelent walley and bonus smallmouth with access right from the road through a narrow channel. there is dumbell which has a boat access but little traffic and has muskie,walley, and smallies. another canoe lake with easy access and walleys is dam 5 lake. windy lake has a gravel access with hardly any boat traffic at all and if there is it would be a smaller boat with all the rocks and boulders but plentyfull walleys. i could go on but that's just a few. there are campgrounds in the area to stay also so you can travel easily daily to any lake you want. good luck.

[Redlantern]

Suomi Hills north of Grand Rapids, the Vegetable chain in Cook county north of Grand Marais.

[delcecchi]

Hey everyone, other then the BWCA, are there any chains of lakes in Minnesota where you can camp, portage, and not have boats with motors on the lake?

I once read a fascinating story about canoeing from Cook down the Little Fork River. I think there is a DNR publication about it. Or maybe Forest Service.