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Transports / Tows

For entry points in the mid-Gunflint Trail area, transport starts at $50, additional charges for large groups or multiple trips; most are free with canoe packages or canoe rental. Rockwood is on Poplar Lake, so no transport needed for Entry Points 47, 48 or 49. Mid-Gunflint Trail includes entry points off of the Lima Grade (Bower Trout, Ram, Morgan), Bearskin Road, Clearwater Road, Hungry Jack Road, Gunflint Public Access, Cross River, Round Lake, and for hikers the Magnetic / Border Route Trail (West) & Kekekabic trail heads.

Canoe transport

Haul canoe, gear and people from Rockwood to the BWCAW entry point for overnight canoe trips using a truck and trailer.

  • Free with canoe rental for mid-trail entry points
  • We can haul your canoes to mid-trail entry points starting at $50
  • If our staff is available other entry points may be offered starting at $180
  • Not available for Brule Lake, Ely EPs or Grand Portage

Canoe tow

Putting a canoe on a motor boat and transporting the canoe, people and gear to the entry point.

  • The three entry points on Poplar are an easy paddle
  • We do not offer canoe tows

Hiking BRT

Supporting the East/Otter Lake and West/Magnetic Rock trailheads.

  • Transport of hikers and packs from East to West or West to East
  • Park your car at one end, drive you to the other
  • $180 for 1 to 3 hikers, pets allowed
  • Overnight hiking only on the Border Route Trail
  • Subject to staff availability

Outside of mid-Gunflint trail, we’ll do transports to the end of the Gunflint Trail (Seagull, Saganaga), Shoe Lake Road, and the Arrowhead trail, including the Border Route Trail (East) / Superior Hiking Trail trailhead on Otter Lake Road for hikers. We do not transport to Brule Lake entry points.

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Canoe trailer proudly made by Remackel Trailers in Minnesota
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Can you see the moose?

Tows

Tows are not available, either on Poplar Lake or other lakes. A tow, in this definition, is putting a canoe on a motor boat and transporting the canoe, people and gear to the entry point. Our three entry points on Poplar Lake are within a mile paddle, making a tow much more trouble than it’s worth.

You cannot drive to the Entry Points for EP 47 Lizz / EP 48 Meeds / EP 49 Skipper. They can only be accessed from Poplar Lake, from the water. The road you see on forest maps near EP 47 and 48 is the Banadad cross country ski trail; you can’t even hike sections of it in the Summer months. You can drive to Iron Lake and get to EP 49 through Portage Lake / One Island Lake, but it adds several portages making it simpler to start or end on Poplar.