The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-06
PORTAGE CREW
DOES FINE WORK.
ADOLPH DOLINSEK AND CREW
COMPLETE LABORS FOR
THE SEASON.
The crew which has been

The crew which has been i'm
proving portages in the BURNSIDE
Lake and other tributary waters has
completed its labors for the year
and been disbanded. The crew was
under the toremansnIp of Aoolph
Dollnsek ana was composed of Jonn
resnsl, Anton LunKa, Jos. bar1cn,
41ank 1eriep ano Matt kovach with
august SensKar as cook.
lhIs crew has zone an appreci-
able amount OF work for the money
expended. IL ali about forty miles
OF portages and canoe routes have
Deen improved at cost of less
man S4,oO, The work was under
county Commissioner Fay or this
district who feels highly pleased over
The work accomplished. The crew
was the first to bring the news to
the city last summer of the dis
appearance of Bass Lake and has
Deen in the work on the portages
the greater part of the season.
The improvements included four
Ceen portages, tntailng over seven
miles of gravegng, corduroy ano
bridges, twenty Canoe landings, SIX
ty-slx canoe rests, many packsack
rests, six bridges over streams,
swamps ana rock slides; cleaning
out and opening up of springs, fire.
places at campgrounds, anu clear
ing river channels of snags and
rocks.
The portages were built between
the following lakes: Snagawa to
Little Long, Little Long to Burnt
side, Little Long to Bass, north arm
of BURNSIDE to Slim, Slim to Big,
Slim to Little Rice, BURNSIDE to
Slim to Little Rice, Little Rice to
Hook, Hook to Big Rice, BURNSIDE
to Big Crab, Big Crab to Little
Grab, Little Crab to Lunnetta river,
Lunnetta lake to Schlamm river,
Schlamm river to Schlamm lake, and
Little Crab to Korb. In Lunnetta,
Schlamm and Korb rivers the chan
nels were cleared of snags, "dead-
heads, timber left by logging COM
panies, and rocks. In one place a
two-mile portage was reduced to
forty-eight rods (about one-eighth
nlile), and in another place sixty
five-rod portage was entirely elm
mated by cleaning out river chan
mel.
Signs were placed at both ends of
Zach PORTAGE, where they could be
seen easilv from the lakes, and also
at confusing places along the rivers.
Each sign points out the direction
and tells how far it is to the next
lake. On the north arm of Burnt
side large landing for canoes and
launches was built at the end of the
old trail to Fenske lake.
Canoeing was stimulated greatly
in this region and canoeists encoun-
tering the portage crew commended
it highly on the quality of the work
and praised st. Louis county for its
farsightedness in improving the
easily reached natural water routes
near the principal tourist centers
The work was done, at the request
of the Ely Commercial club, pre-
sented to Commissioner William E
Fay, who took the matter before the
county board.
Seven canoes were carried across
the Crab lake portage by tourist
parties on one day while the crew
was working on it. This years
canoe trail improvement were all
within the BURNSIDE state forest
and were used extensively by camp
ers on Shaoawa and BURNSIDE lakes
The cost of two canoes. three tents,
tent flies, tools, wheelbatrows,
kitchen camp equipment, blankets
and compensation case for over
$100 for an injured employe, in
addition to the expenses for labor
and food supplies, were included ir
the total appropriation of less than
$4,000 for the work.