From Poplar Lake, BWCA Entry Point 47 provides access to Caribou Lake along two different routes. One route (the easiest) is through Lizz Lake. The other route is from Swamp Lake to the east, but this route is much less used. Only roughly the south half of Lizz Lake is within the Boundary Waters.
Logging, courtesy of the General Logging Company, was carried out in this area between 1946 and 1963. Access was via spurs from a logging road that extended into the forest as far as the Horseshoe Lake-Vista Lake portage (Heinselman).
The Banadad Trail that meanders through this part of the forest to the north of Meeds Lake is a remnant of a gravel road that was built by the Consolidated Papers Company. This road extended into the forest from the terminus of the old General Logging Company railroad which was located about one mile to the southeast of the eastern end of Poplar Lake (Heinselman). You cross the Banadad Trail when portaging from Poplar Lake.
Water from Lizz Lake flows toward the south through a small creek into Caribou Lake.
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PADDLING FROM THE POPLAR LAKE PORTAGE TO THE CARIBOU LAKE PORTAGE
Paddling most of the length of Lizz Lake between the two portages as a thunderstorm rolls in. Startled a loon off a nest at about the 13:45 mark in the video. About halfway down the lake, you cross the boundary line and enter the BWCA.
A blue flag iris enhances the beauty of the already scenic shoreline of Lizz Lake in mid-summer.
Lizz Lake from the Poplar Lake portage landing. Portage to Caribou Lake -or- Explore Another Route **********************************************END OF ROUTE***********************************************
PADDLING FROM THE CARIBOU LAKE PORTAGE TO THE POPLAR LAKE PORTAGE
Paddle most of the length of Lizz Lake to reach the Poplar Lake portage. Near the mid-point of the paddle, you leave the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Only the south half of Lizz Lake is in the BWCA. Portage to Poplar Lake -or- Explore Another Route **********************************************END OF ROUTE***********************************************
Route Connections for Lizz Lake
From Lizz Lake, you can portage to Caribou Lake or Poplar Lake, which is outside of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
