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Morning at Knife Lake

Further discussion includes the entry point’s location, how to get there, public campgrounds nearby, amount of motorized use (if any) through the entry point, and other comments of interest to canoeists.

Following the discussion of an entry point are suggestions for two routes from that entry point. The first is a short route that can be completed by most groups in two to four days. The second is a longer route that takes four to eight days. It is important to understand that this book is merely an accumulation of suggestions. It does not describe all possible routes through the BWCAW. Quite the contrary, the routes that you could take are virtually infinite in number. You may wish to follow only a part of one route, or you may wish to combine two or more routes. Do not feel bound to the routes exactly as they are described in this book. You may follow them precisely as written, but you may also use the suggestions simply as a basis for planning your own route.

The introductory remarks about each route tell you: 1) the minimum number of days to allow; 2) the length of the route; 3) the number of different lakes, rivers, and creeks encountered, as well as the number of portages en route; 4) the difficulty (easier, challenging, most rugged), 5) the maps needed for the route, and 6) general comments, including to whom the route should appeal. Then each route is broken down into suggested days, giving the sequence of lakes, streams, and portages, followed by points of special interest.