Monosyllabic Chain of Lakes is how I coined the small lakes, separated by long, unkempt portages between Sagus and Makwa Lakes: They are Roe, Cap, Ledge, Vee, Fee, and Hoe. The lake namers had no imagination.
On day 2, I traveled between Ima and Cap via Thomas and Frasier Lakes. The fellow at Canoe Country Outfitters advised me that Frasier Lake would be a major decision point as to whether to take the easy route north to Kekekabic or the remote route of long portages to Little Saganaga. He told me that once I had started the latter route there was really no way out ... except to turn around or go all the way. I wasn't sure what he meant. But the remote route, he told me, had promise of moose and no people. That said, there was really no decision. I saw my last human beings at the west end of Frasier on the afternoon of day 2. After that I saw nobody except for one distant canoe on Little Sag around 11 AM on Day 4. The next signs of human activity came in the form of occupied campsites at Makwa Lake and Mueller Falls; but I did not see anyone else until Day 4, early evening on Lake Ogishkemuncie. Ironically, all the sites were full on Lake Ogishkemuncie so I had to travel on through a couple more lakes until Jenny Lake welcomed me with an unoccupied site at close to 8.
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| The map and my guide book (BWCA, Western Region by Robert Beymer) indicated an 80 rod portage between Vee and Fee. But here you can see, the portage ends and a bog begins. This came as sort of a surprise. I dropped by sack started snapping pictures and then sat down to figure out the problem. Solution: canoe goes into the bog and look for an exit at the other end. |
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| Not sure how obvious it is that I was a little freaked out by the bog. |
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| I think this is the east end of Ledge Lake heading into the portage. |
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