Fishing: Northern Pike seen. Also saw White Sucker. Fish likely since it is directly connected to Moosecamp Lake and Fourtown Lake
Maps: Fisher F-9; McKenzie #12
Creek Depth: Over 5 feet in places
Fire History: None in recorded history
Creek Length: About 3 miles
Campsites: 0
Wildlife Seen on Visit: Beavers
Last Visited: May 2, 2015
Creek Elevation: Headwaters at Moosecamp Lake at 1336 feet. Mouth at Fourtown Lake at 1332 feet
Water Clarity: N/A
ROUTES/PORTAGES FROM MOOSECAMP CREEK:
To Fourtown Lake: Paddle In
To Moosecamp Lake: Paddle In
To No-See-Um-Lake: Bushwhack for about 20 rods
To Tick Lake: Bushwhack for about 30 rods
(Moosecamp) Creek
Kawishiwi Ranger District
This creek is often referred to as Moosecamp Creek and sometimes the Moosecamp River. This is a very slow moving waterway punctuated with multiple beaver dams which greatly impede progress while paddling through here. The creek has a total elevation change of 4 feet over about three miles. Moosecamp Creek provides access to a few lakes in the Tick Lake Primitive Management Area (PMA). These lakes are No-see-um Lake, Tick Lake and Webfoot Lake. Tick Lake and No-see-um Lake drain directly into Moosecamp Creek through small streams flowing out of them.
The creek winds extensively and passes through boggy terrain. Several high cliffs rise about the creek in a few places. Some large stumps and logs can be seen in the creek. These date back to the logging era. There used to be a small dam and log sluiceway located where Moosecamp Creek flows out of Moosecamp Lake. Moosecamp Creek was used to float log rafts downstream between Moosecamp Lake and Fourtown Lake. Logging ended in this area in the 1920's. Remnants of the sluiceway were still present in the 1960's (Rom, 1987).
Water levels are rarely an issue when traveling along this creek/river.
References:
Rom, William N., M.D., Canoe Country Wilderness (Stillwater: Voyageur Press, 1987), 95.
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This is where Moosecamp Creek flows into the north end of Fourtown Lake, below a large cliff.
From Fourtown Lake, you paddle up the creek in the direction of Moosecamp Lake. This creek also provides access to three lakes in the Tick Lake Primitive Management Area. Namely, Tick Lake, Webfoot Lake and No-see-um Lake.
A beaver lodge and a tree with some tangled roots along the bank of the creek. You can expect to come across many beaver dams as you work your way upstream.
Last seasons marsh grass along Moosecamp Creek. This is early in the spring, just after ice out and the banks of the creek haven't greened up yet. View is looking upstream.
Perched on the beaver dam, you look both downstream (left) and upstream at the surrounding valley this creek meanders through.
Traveling Moosecamp Creek (downstream)
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This beaver dam was located about three-quarters mile upstream from Fourtown Lake.
Looking upstream at the next beaver dam, while standing on a beaver dam to take the photo.
A small beaver dam that still requires a liftover. There will probably be several "under construction" dams along the creek that you can just paddle through.
Marsh and peat bog line the creek for almost its entire length.
One of many beaver lodges you'll see along the creek. The best time to see North America's largest rodent is around dawn and dusk.
A look upstream at Moosecamp Creek from near its mouth at Fourtown Lake.
