The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-19
Superior National Forest
Radio Address over WEBC
by RAY U. HARMON, Supervisor
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

the 18th century in an attempt to drive
them out The territory was so ex-
ceptionally difficult to drive out the
ChippewaS from their naturally pro-
tected haunts-these Sioux left their
arrows shot into the cliffs as a sign
that they found their route and would
return" Among other interesting
spots are the unique "table-rock," this
being flat rock, weighing tons, having
been quarried out by the glaciers and
left perched on top of smaller boulders
forming a natural table for the camp
ground surrounding it.
From Crooked Lake one can extend
ones journey north or south, into
Canada or the United States, with many
canoe routes that penetrate to smaller
and inaccessible lakes in the interior.
Many OF those lakes support excellent
bass fishing, and the canoe routes out
OF Crooked Lake are the ones most used
by the outfitterS working out of Ely and
Winton. Several canoe routes take off
both into the United States and Can
ada from La Croix. The government
maintains at the eastern extremity of
Crooked Lake a beautiful log cabin
where again two men are stationed dur
ing the summer fire season to caution
the tourists and to act as the advance
suppression forces should a fire start.
These men again are connected with
the Ely office and the various lookout
stations directly by phone. On Crooked
Lake you will note that the southern
or American shore has been logged over
and to a considerable extent severely
burned. 1t will be noted that the Can
adam territory to the north has never
been cut and supports an excellent
stand of virgin white and Norway pine
The contrast between the two shore
lines is one that will remain long in
the memory of everyone taking the
trip. The log cabin constructed by the
Governement at this point is very at
tractively located and cannot be missed
since it is at the end of the portage
This portage is short lift-out around
what is known as Lower Eastwood Falls
and above this point one starts to
navigate eastward up the Eastwood
River and about one-quarter of a mile
east of the falls long bay running te
the south indicates the starting point
of what is known as the Horse River
canoe route, extending south toward
-Four Town, Horse Lake and thence
into other lakes of the west. Most OF
the portages around the several rapids
going up the Eastwood River are or
the Canadian side. One long portage
however, cuts off several miles Oh
padding, eliminates two short portages
and has been constructed to a high
standard on the American side. This
portage, however, is nearly one mile
long, and most parties prefer to take
the longer route around the horn, max
ing the several short portages rather
than taking the one long one.
We are rapidly approaching the end
OF our journey, as we come into Bass
wood Lake in its northwest corner. We
are agin rapidly returning to civiliza-
ton and can expect to hear the in
cessant roar of cupboard motors or in
many cases that of the inboard motor
in some of the larger launches that are
maintained on Eastwood Lake. We
may continue our Journey by padding
our canoe, or perhaps we have previous
ly made arrangements for one of the
QUILTING concers to meet us at this
point with launches to haul us back
through Eastwood Lake to Ely. It
would not be difficult for us to lose our
way on Eastwood Lake. We have two
routes of travel that we might accept in
returning to Ely, one of which is by
turning to the right and to the south
we could follow down through portion
of Jackfish Bay, thence into Pipestone
Bay, to Pipestone Falls. Newton Lake,
and thence to Fall Lake; or we might
continue in an easterly direction up
around the American point, being care
full that we do not swing too far to the
north, leading into the North Bay into
Canada, and after travelling eastward
several miles, rounding the northeast
corner of American Point, we turn
southwark toward the Canadian Ranger
station, thence in a southwesterly direc-
ton to the southernmost portion of the
bay, where we will find four mile road
connecting Eastwood Lake with Fall
Lake. This is a four-nile road COM
pletely isolated from any other auto
mobile road. 1t was formerly railroad
used by the logging companies in trans
porting logs from Eastwood Lake over
to Fall Lake. A hoist was maintained
on Eastwood end and the logs loaded on
cars, transported over the four miles of
railroad and dumped into Fall Lake,
where they were RATED to Winton and
SawmillS consumed them in a never
ending stream. Trucks are maintained
on this portage by the several outfit
ting concerns, and we are able to have
our supplies and canoes hauled across
at very nominal charge. We could
follow the old canoe route through
here, portaging into several small lakes,
but as this route is little used in recent