Caribou Lake (near Clearwater Lake)
Gunflint Ranger District
CARIBOU LAKE CAMPSITES:
Campsite 1 (#686): Westernmost campsite along the north shoreline
Campsite 2 (#687): Second campsite along north shoreline from the west end of the lake
Campsite 3 (#688): Third campsite along north shoreline from the west end of the lake
Campsite 4 (#689): Fourth campsite along north shoreline from the west end of the lake
Campsite 5 (#690): Second campsite along the north shoreline from the east end of the lake
Campsite 6 (#691): Easternmost campsite on this lake and located along north shoreline
Cliffs and hills rise from 300 to 500 feet about Caribou Lake along both its north and south shores.
Really old maps of this area show an extremely long and arduous portage near the middle of Caribou Lake heading north to Clearwater Lake. That portage was moved several decades ago to the east to the existing 200 rod portage. Could find no trace of the old portage which probably existed at least until the late 1960's.
Older maps of the area also show a road running along the north shore of Caribou Lake, near its western end. Remains of this road can still be followed. It connects the three western campsites on Caribou Lake to the western portage to Clearwater Lake.
Deer Lake drains into Caribou Lake through a small creek along the south shoreline. Caribou Lake's water flows into Little Caribou Lake which itself drains via a little stream into the Crocodile River just before that river flows into the very west end of Pine Lake.
References:
Beymer, Robert, Boundary Waters Canoe Area – Volume 2 – Eastern Region (Berkeley: Wilderness Press, 2006), 230, 235, 239, 242, 243, 244, 246, 252, 255, 260, 261, 268.
Pauly, Daniel, Exploring the Boundary Waters (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005), 381, 389, 391.
Exploring Caribou Lake
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Late afternoon view looking west of Caribou Lake. This viewpoint is from the east portage to Clearwater Lake.
Route Connections for Caribou Lake
From Caribou Lake you can portage into Clearwater Lake (either from the east or west end of the lake, as there are two portages to this lake), Deer Lake and Little Caribou Lake.
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