Noteworthy Things to See in the BWCA

This is an alphabetical listing of noteworthy places to visit in the BWCA and Quetico Provincial Park. In most cases, the nearest water body is used as a point of reference for pinpointing the location of the places in this directory.

Noteworthy Places to Visit in the BWCA

A
Agamok Bridge
Angleworm Lookout Tower (i have picture of the cabin for this saved in angleworm trail directory)

B
Bridal Falls
Brule Lake Lookout Tower
Brule Lake Trail Trailhead
Brule Lake Trail / Eagle Mountain Trail Intersection
Brule Mountain

C
Copper Lake - Likely site of old mining operation
Crooked Lake - Decaying trapper's cabin
Crooked Lake - Rock Crib (old dock support) near Owl Lake portage
Cross Bay Lake - Beaver dam and lodge near the Snipe Lake portage
Cross Bay Lake - Somewhat hidden creek and small waterfall (also the location of the bushwhack trail into the Hairy Lake PMA)

D
Disappointment Mountain

E
Eagle Mountain Trail BWCA Boundary Sign
Eagle Mountain Summit - Highest Point in Minnesota (and BWCA of course)
Edith Lake - Location of Brant Lake Entry Point BWCA Boundary Sign
Ella Hall Lake - Ella Hall Marked Gravesite
Ella Hall Lake - Unidentified foundation structure in northwest part of lake (old dock?)

F
Fall Lake - Old foundation at Mile Island campsite
Fall Lake - Railroad Pier at end of Four Mile Portage
Forest Center - Logging era town on shore of Isabella Lake
Fort Charlotte on the Pigeon River
Four Mile Portage (aka Long Portage) - 1280 rod portage from Fall Lake to Basswood Lake
Frank Kugler Homesite (McFarland Lake/Pine Lake)
Frank Johnson Mine near Jack Lake

G
Gasket Lake - Massive talus slope below high cliff
Gaskin Mountain - 5th highest point in Minnesota
Gunflint Lookout Tower - Remants of a fire lookout tower near the eastern end of the Kekekabic Trail

H
Ham Lake - Location of Cross River BWCA Entry Point Boundary Sign along 24 Rod Portage

I
Powwow Trail bridge over the Isabella River

J

K
Kekekabic Lookout Tower
Kelso River Dolmen
Kelso Lake/River Lookout Tower

L
Lake One - Remains of old logging era dam
Lake Three - "Invisible" Island (not shown on some BWCA maps)
Little Gabbro Lake - Old Logging Dam Number One in northeast channel
Little Gabbro Lake - Old Logging Dam Number Two in the northwest channel

M
Mass Lake Dolmen (Hairy Lake PMA)
Missing Link Lake - Official BWCA entry point boundary sign

N

O

P
Pagami Creek - Old cabin and camp relics at mouth of Pagami Creek
Paulson Mine - 1880's era mining operation near the eastern end of the Kekekabic Trail
Powwow Trail - Bridge over the Isabella River
Powwow Trail - The "Wye" Intersection
Powwow Trail - "The Second Wye" - Location where the existing western loop connected to the unmaintained eastern loop

Q

R
Rib Lake - Remains of old dock structure at Lower George Lake portage
Rose Falls and the Stairway Portage

S
Sioux River Lookout Tower
Sioux Falls along the Little Indian Sioux River
Sora Lake - Common starting point for the bushwhack from Copper Lake into the Hairy Lake PMA
Swallow and Hopkins Railroad - From Range Lake to Tin Can Mike Lake

T
Temperance River - Its headwaters at Brule Lake

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