Paddlers tend to quickly pass through East Pipe Lake on their way to Pipe Lake. East Pipe Lake doesn't have any campsites. Pipe Lake on the otherhand has three campsites located on the west end of the lake. This area of the BWCA makes for a good weekend trip or a place to bring those that are new to the Boundary Waters experience.
East Pipe Lake is part of the "Pipe" chain of lakes. That chain of lakes consists (from west to east) of Stem Lake, Tobacco Lake, West Pipe Lake, Pipe Lake and East Pipe Lake.
East Pipe Lake is one of the sources of the Vern River (the other being Homer Lake and possibly Pipe Lake, since it is upstream of East Pipe Lake).
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PADDLING FROM THE VERN RIVER PORTAGE TO THE PIPE LAKE PORTAGE
Rocky hill across the channel from the Vern River portage. View is towards the east.
The northwest tongue of East Pipe Lake as viewed from the Vern River portage. Looking toward the south/southeast.
Hugging the west shoreline of East Pipe Lake on a windy day as we make our way from the Vern River portage to the Pipe Lake portage. It's a relatively shore distance.
Portage to Pipe Lake -or- Explore Another Route ***********************************************END OF ROUTE***********************************************
PADDLING FROM THE PIPE LAKE PORTAGE TO THE VERN RIVER PORTAGE
Take a longer, more circuitous route between these two portages. We travel east a bit into East Pipe Lake and circle around the lakes island. The island has been recently burned, so there are very few trees on it. After going counterclockwise around the island, make for the Vern River portage. Portage to the Vern River -or- Explore Another Route ***********************************************END OF ROUTE***********************************************
