Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Stuart River Up to Canadian Border
by GopherAdventure

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/09/2018
Entry Point: Stuart River (EP 19)
Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)  
Number of Days: 8
Group Size: 5
Day 4 of 8
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 We woke to another nice day in the BW with sunshine and cool temperatures. After an oatmeal breakfast and some discussion, we decided to head back into Peterson Bay for some fishing today. It was a good call, as Douglas and Tristan punished the Walleyes and Crappies! Tristan caught two 16" + crappies that was definitely one of the highlights of the trip.  Once again, we had enough fish to eat, so the rest of the day was spent relaxing and exploring our surroundings. I took the canoe out with Douglas paddling the bow seat and he was a natural. I'm really looking forward to watching him grow in his canoeing ability.  We paddled past the International Boundary Markers and Douglas thought it was super cool to paddle into another country...as did I the first time I did it. The clouds started to roll in as the sun set and the weather radio was indicating a storm or two could roll through so we battened things down and hit the sack. Around midnight, the skies opened up and a pretty good thunderstorm rolled through, lots of rain and some lightning accompanied it, but nothing to get worked up about. Douglas slept through the whole thing.