Pine River
Gunflint Ranger District
The Pine River has its headwaters in Ontario, Canada north of North Lake at Fortune Lake. The river flows for about 27.-5 miles, much of it along the Minnesota-Ontario border, primarily along the boundary between the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and La Verendrye Provincial Park. The river is part of the Winnipeg River drainage basin and is a tributary of the Granite River.
From its source at Fortune Lake in Ontario, the river first flows in a southwest direction through Prelate Lake, Addie Lake, and North Lake before reaching Gunflint Lake. From here, the river then flows north into Magnetic Lake, Clove Lake, and then Granite Lake. At Granite Lake, the Pine River becomes the Granite River. The Granite River then continues northward along the international border to its mouth at Saganaga Lake.
There is one BWCA campsite along the Pine River on Pine Island, just south of the Clove Lake portage.
There are five portages along this beautiful river downstream of Magnetic Lake. The most scenic is probably the short portage around Little Rock Falls. There is an historically important portage across Pine Island into Clove Lake. This is known as the Pine Portage. The portage out of the north end of Clove Lake is also pretty as it provides fine views of a set of rapids. The first portage upstream (south) of Pine Island (47-rods) is known as the Blueberry Portage. Go there in July and you'll see why.
Exploring the Pine River
Routes to locations on Pine River are shown below:
No routes defined yet for the Pine River.
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The Pine River as seen from the Clove Lake portage during a period of low water levels.
The head of the rapids where the Pine River begins its decent into Granite Lake. This view is from the start of the portage. Granite Lake is where the Pine River ends and the Granite River begins.
Route Connections for Pine River
From the Pine River, you can portage to either Clove Lake or Magnetic Lake.
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