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

June 27, 2000

Location Distance To,
Miles		 Portage Length,
Rods		 Total Miles
Including Portages		 Total
Rods Portaged		 Comments
Mountain Lake 4.9   240.6 2749 Started about 10:30. Encountered heavy winds and waves with cross-swells at bay inlets. Difficult paddling.
Lesser Cherry Portage 0.3 90 240.9 2839  
Fan Lake 0.2   241.1 2839  
Vaseux Portage 0.1 40 241.2 2879  
Vaseux Lake 0.3   241.5 2879  
Great Cherry Portage 0.4 140 241.9 3019 Large number of mosquitos!
Moose Lake 3.6   245.5 3019 Lunch on Moose Lake
Moose Portage 0.4 130 245.9 3149  
North Fowl and South Fowl Lakes 3.0   248.9 3149 Camp about 5:00. Beautiful, spacious campsite with sand beach and long sand bar.
Day's Total 13.3 400  
Maps: Fisher: F-14

HISTORY OF ROUTE TRAVELED ON JUNE 27
  • August 8th, JMcD: Spent night west of Greater Cherry Portage. (Ref. 11, p 99)
  • Two large grassy areas on the north side of Moose Lake are where the Hudson Bay Company and American Fur Company had posts in the early 1800's. They make reasonably good campsites. (Ref. 2, p 12)

Breakfast burritos on Mountain Lake
Camp on South Fowl Lake

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