Oct. 25, 1913- 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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the way. However, they do not break water like 
the musky. 
Camp was broken after dinner, and we pad- 
died up to the outlet into Basswood River. Here 
we landed to search for the trail, which was not 
located. We afterward found there were two 
outlets, and that the trail led out along the south 
side of the southern outlet, located at the head 
of a bay which was nearly a mile paddle from 
the northern one. These two outlets join a short 
distance from the lake, forming the main river. 
After enjoying the scenery and rushing waters 
of the river, which were certainly grand, we 
paddled along the north shore, which is the 
southern side of Hunter’s Island and Canadian 
territory, and located a camp at the north end 
of a large bay. It started to rain early in the 
evening and finally turned into the worst elec¬ 
trical storm that we had ever experienced, there 
being practically a continuous glare of lightning 
from 7 p. m. until near midnight. Several times 
the lightning struck in close proximity to the 
tent. Simultaneously with one of the flashes, 
Leo jumped about two feet high, and to this 
day he claims that he was struck, the charge 
passing in at his elbow and out at his heel. The 
other members of the party diagnosed the case 
at the time and pronounced it a very mild case 
of apoplexy, brought on by an acute attack of 
lightning fright. 
After two nights and one day at this point 
we broke camp and paddled down to the south¬ 
ern outlet. Here we struck the old northwest 
trail, which was used years ago by the North¬ 
west Fur Co. in traveling from Lake Superior 
west to the Rainy River district. Here we made 
our third portage, which was from sixty to 
eighty rods long. This was necessitated by the 
very swift and rough stretch of water at the 
entrance to the river. Further down two more 
short portages were made, and one rapid was 
shot below this rapid, which was very narrow 
with high rocky cliffs on each side. The river 
widens out into a large bay or lake. Here on 
the left hand side we made our camp, at which 
place we stayed five days. The fishing in this 
bay and in others up and down the river was 
excellent. Artificial bait was used exclusively, 
consisting of wooden minnows and spoons, both 
of which proved to be very attractive bait in 
these waters. 
From this camp several short trips were 
made. One of these, the most enjoyable of the 
whole trip, was made at Crooked Lake. Pro¬ 
visions for two days, together with the blankets 
and fishing tackle, was loaded into the canoes, 
and we started down the river. About 200 yards 
from camp we had to portage around a water¬ 
fall, then through a large bay similar to the one 
on which we were camped, another rough rapid 
and so on, five portages being made before we 
reached the large bay or lake above the outlet 
into Crooked Lake. This outlet consisted of 
three waterfalls plunging over a granite ledge 
some forty feet high, and falling into a large 
deep pool forming a small bay at the southern 
end of the lake. 
The scenery at this point was by far the 
finest on the river, and was alone well worth 
the expense and exertion necessary to reach it. 
We decided to stop at this place for a few hours 
while a much needed dinner was prepared. The 
writer and Leo were delighted to secure the 
necessary fish for the meal, and the lake above 
the falls was selected as the most likely place. 
The fact that both canoes were on that side of 
the portage probably had more to do with this 
selection than anything else. Paddling up the 
lake a short distance and rounding a point, our 
attention was directed to two large moose just 
across the bay. They were the first we had 
seen, and we watched them for several minutes 
before trying to get any nearer. They were both 
cows, one in the water feeding on lilypads, and 
the other on the shore. We slowly paddled to¬ 
ward them and succeeded in getting within about 
one hundred feet of the one in the water before 
she bolted for shore. Of course the camera was 
in the dunnage bag back at the portage, so we 
were compelled to be satisfied with the image 
in the mind. After securing the all important 
fish for dinner, we hurried back to the portage 
to relate our experience with the moose, but alas, 
how incredulous some people are, for our breath 
and patience were both lost on the other two, 
and the more we tried to convince them that we 
had actually seen a moose, the louder they 
laughed, and the more suspicious they became. 
However, we had our revenge a few hours later 
when they nearly paddled into two more when 
rounding a small island in Crooked Lake. They 
were then apparently convinced that such an 
animal really did exist in that part of the coun¬ 
try. From this time on we saw in all nine moose 
in the Basswood River district, which indicates 
that they are very plentiful, due to the continu¬ 
ous protection given them in the reserve. 
In paddling down Crooked Lake we passed 
a high granite cliff on which we found many 
Indian paintings, which consisted of moose, 
ducks, fish and other animals. This cliff was 
at least one hundred feet high and about one- 
quarter mile long and presented an extremely 
beautiful appearance on account of the coloring. 
Nearly all colors were represented in vertical 
streaks, produced by the action of the water 
which trickled down its surface. 
A small island, back of which Boarch and 
Walter had their experience with the moose, was 
selected for our camp that night, and while 
sitting around the camp-fire after dark many 
strange sounds were heard in the dense forests 
around us which indicated that this part of the 
country was well filled with game. 
Not having the tent with us, that night was 
spent under the canoes, and as it started to 
rain early in the morning, we broke camp about 
6 A. M. and started back for our permanent camp 
arriving there about noon. 
A few more happy days were spent at this 
camp, then as the end of our vacation time was 
growing near, we reluctantly packed up for our 
trip back to civilization. On our way out we 
stopped on a large island in Basswood Lake for 
two days for the purpose of securing some fish 
to bring home. Breaking camp on Friday morn¬ 
ing, we paddled up the lake, and on entering the 
south arm, we struck a bad headwind with which 
we battled the remainder of the day, arriving 
at portage No. 2 about 6 p. m. where we camped 
that night in the old deserted fisherman’s cabin. 
Llere the lost coat was picked up, badly water- 
soaked. At this point we met a party of three 
from Chicago just going in. They were the first 
people we had met for ten days. The next after¬ 
noon found us back at Winton, our starting 
point, and which completed one of the most en¬ 
joyable camping trips we had ever experienced. 
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