T2K June 14

T2K -- Boundary Waters Fur Trade (La Verendrye) Route

June 14, 2000

Location Distance To,
Miles Portage Length,
Rods Total Miles
Including Portages Total
Rods Portaged Comments

Rainy Lake Left camp at about 8:45. Rained until mid-morning.

Soldier's Point 10.7 24.4 0 Ate lunch here after passing thru Burle Narrows; rained while eating.

Nelson Island 2.7 27.1 0 Crossed Rainy Lake to Nelson Island; some headwind, but weather was nice.

Beaver Lodge Campsite on Big Island, Kempton Bay 5.0 32.1 0 Paddled thru Kempton Narrows where we saw a black bear cub. Arrived at campsite about 4:30. Had some time to dry out things, but rained again while eating.

Day's Total 18.4 0

Maps: McKinzie: R1, R2

HISTORY OF ROUTE TRAVELED ON JUNE 14

August 19th, JMcD: Stopped at 3 PM to wait for canoes (near Brule Narrows?). Thunder storm prevented continuing; spent night. (Ref. 11, p. 103)
August 1, 1800. Alexander Henry, The Younger, wrote "At three o'clock they [canoes heading east] passed on. The wind now abating a little, we embarked, and with great difficulty reached Petit Detroit [Brule Narrows] some time after dark. Just at this moment a black thunder-storm was collecting; we could not land, as a reef of rocks prevented approach to the shore; and, before we could reach a proper landing, the storm bust upon us, with thunder, lightning, rain, and a terrible squall from the W. We got under the lee of a large stone, where, all hands clinging to it, with much trouble we kept our conoes from being blown out upon the lake, where we must inevitably have perished." (Ref. 16, p. 19)

HISTORY OF ROUTE TRAVELED ON JUNE 14
August 19th, JMcD: Stopped at 3 PM to wait for canoes (near Brule Narrows?). Thunder storm prevented continuing; spent night. (Ref. 11, p. 103) August 1, 1800. Alexander Henry, The Younger, wrote "At three o'clock they [canoes heading east] passed on. The wind now abating a little, we embarked, and with great difficulty reached Petit Detroit [Brule Narrows] some time after dark. Just at this moment a black thunder-storm was collecting; we could not land, as a reef of rocks prevented approach to the shore; and, before we could reach a proper landing, the storm bust upon us, with thunder, lightning, rain, and a terrible squall from the W. We got under the lee of a large stone, where, all hands clinging to it, with much trouble we kept our conoes from being blown out upon the lake, where we must inevitably have perished." (Ref. 16, p. 19)

Dedicated fisherman on Rainy Lake A wet Beaver Lodge Campsite

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Location	Distance To, Miles	Portage Length, Rods	Total Miles Including Portages	Total Rods Portaged	Comments
Rainy Lake					Left camp at about 8:45. Rained until mid-morning.
Soldier's Point	10.7		24.4	0	Ate lunch here after passing thru Burle Narrows; rained while eating.
Nelson Island	2.7		27.1	0	Crossed Rainy Lake to Nelson Island; some headwind, but weather was nice.
Beaver Lodge Campsite on Big Island, Kempton Bay	5.0		32.1	0	Paddled thru Kempton Narrows where we saw a black bear cub. Arrived at campsite about 4:30. Had some time to dry out things, but rained again while eating.
Day's Total	18.4	0
Maps: McKinzie: R1, R2


Dedicated fisherman on Rainy Lake	A wet Beaver Lodge Campsite