Primitive Camping- BWCA.. tips?

As for the trip itself it was fantastic. Initially it was planned to be a strictly fishing trip, but it turned into more of a sight-seeing adventure with some fishing in-between. Traveled over 80 miles in 6 days to see some water falls, pictographs, historical sites, and then to find the fish! Fishing wasnt spectacular by any stretch, but I caught more than enough to eat each day. After fishing pools 2 and 4 for much of the spring, it was really cool to pull some of these fish up. Look at the colors of them! Its a trip I’m already looking forward to for next year, just hope to find a few buddies to tag along with this time around. Solo-ing is no joke!

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And finally for all you history buffs out there, this one is for you. The first few pictures are indian pictographs and the last one is what is known as “Table Rock.” Unfortunately most of the pictograph drawings are getting quite weathered. Difficult to see in some of the pictures, so I’ll only share a few.

Heres what I could gather up about the history of the area:

In as early as 1680, French fur traders traveled from lake Superior to lake Winnipeg, and the route they took was known as “voyageurs highway.” Lower Basswood River, leading to Crooked lake, is along the route these voyageurs would take. Story has it that the Indians of the area, likely the Chippewa tribe, started to grow concerned about the movement of white man in the area. They sent an Indian war party to the path the fur traders took and shot 20 arrows into a small 2 inch slit in a rock wall just to prove their deadly shot. Must have been some sort of warning. Hostility settled (no actual attacks as far as I know) and the two groups began to make peace offerings and goods exchanges on “Table Rock” which is a large, flat rock overlooking the beginning of Crooked lake. Later, Indians began to make a dye out of the abundant iron ore in the area to make these pictographs shown below. It is unknown when they were drawn, but it was likely in the very early 1800s.

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