Unload Lake
Gunflint Ranger District
The portage from Unload Lake to Frost Lake is 40 rods on the south side of the short creek between the two lakes. The portage is mostly to get around a large beaver dam. Depending on water levels, you will usually find it easiest to paddle through/do a beaver dam liftover into Frost Lake. The fairly long portage from Gordon Lake is made difficult by a fairly steep climb near the beginning.
The lake looks pretty shallow. If there are any fish in this lake, they are probably northern pike.
According to (Pauly, 2005) there is a grove of giant cedars about 50 feet from the Unload Lake portage landing.
Unload Lake drains west into Frost Lake.
References:
Beymer, Robert, Boundary Waters Canoe Area – Volume 2 – Eastern Region (Berkeley: Wilderness Press, 2006), 68, 77, 85, 123, 132.
Pauly, Daniel, Exploring the Boundary Waters (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005), 272.
Exploring Unload Lake
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Unload Lake looking due west while standing at the Gordon Lake portage. Frost Lake portage would be just right of center in that notch where the tree line reaches its lowest point.
Panoramic view of nearly the entire lake looking west from the Gordon Lake portage.
Route Connections for Unload Lake
From Unload Lake, you can portage to Frost Lake or Gordon Lake.
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