Campsite last visited on: August 4, 2025; Previous Visit(s): May 21, 2020
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A good site. The fire pit and tent pads are back in the forest with no real views of the lake. There is a very handy rocky point that juts out into the lake right in front of the campsite. You can use this flat slab of rock to land canoes, fish, sit around or for a star viewing platform at night. It is a large campsite with plenty of room for all the tents you might have. The campsite is located a little to the north of the main route across Smoke Lake that runs between the Sawbill Lake and the Burnt Lake portages, so paddlers coming and going won't be passing by that closely (August 4, 2025).
This video shows older footage of this campsite (May 21, 2020).
A flat rock platform rising up out of shallow water provides a nice pier for boat landings. This rock shelf also offers a good place to sit or fish. You are looking southward (May 21, 2020).
Another view of the "dock" (August 4, 2025).
Older image from similar perspective as the one above (May 21, 2020).
View of the kitchen area (August 4, 2025).
Older image of the fire pit sitting area. Some engineers created an interesting piece of machinery and left it near the fire pit. Imagine it will become firewood eventually. Sort of looks like an old fashioned tiller that would be pulled by an ox to plow farm fields (May 21, 2020).
The fire pit from a different angle looking in direction of the lake (August 4, 2025).
An older image from a similar perspective (May 21, 2020).
A close up of the engineering project. A rack to hold stuff of some sort (May 21, 2020)?
Large tent pad (August 4, 2025).
Another tent pad (August 4, 2025).
No shortage of tent friendly locations (August 4, 2025).
Another one (August 4, 2025).
And one more for good measure (August 4, 2025).
This campsite has a newer, deluxe model biffy. The latrine appears to have been moved in the last few years (compare to image below) (August 4, 2025).
Older image of the biff. Appears to be in a new location (May 21, 2020).
View is towards the west. For orientation, the Sawbill Lake portage landing would be to the left of center in the far distance (August 4, 2025).
Looking toward the north across Smoke Lake, while standing on the dock made of rock out in front of the campsite (May 21, 2020).
THE TENT PADS SHOWN BELOW ARE JUST OLDER IMAGES FROM MAY 21, 2020 OF THE TENT PADS SHOWN ABOVE
One of the places around the campsite where you could potentially set up a tent (May 21, 2020).
Here's another location to put a tent (May 21, 2020).
And another...maybe the best too and also the biggest (May 21, 2020).
