BWCA Portage 648 (Kawishiwi River)

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Approximate Length:

120m (24 rods)

Lakes:

Kawishiwi River

Climb/Descent Meters:

17.4

"Hilliness" Index

145

# of Comments:

On 1/10/2024 9:14:51 PM, ElkNinja said:

Visit Date:

7/27/2022

We watched a father and son run the rapids without gear. They made it but long gouges on both sides of their canoe. We did the portage thing.

On 9/2/2020 5:44:13 PM, kaywhypaddle said:

Visit Date:

8/19/2020

Easy peasy, a little bit of a hill, but all good trail. We went swimming on the south end before pushing off again.

On 5/26/2020 11:44:21 AM, BeerBaron said:

Visit Date:

5/23/2020

Easy up and over portage. Not too rocky. Would run the rapids in a non kevlar boat without my kids.

On 10/21/2016 6:10:32 PM, TuscaroraBorealis said:

Visit Date:

10/3/2016

A decent hill to get over...nothing too serious though.

On 8/8/2016 2:03:52 PM, innovater1 said:

Visit Date:

7/18/2016

The water here is not floatable!! Lots of water flowing, LOTS of rocks. To many rapids to get through. The portage is nice. Not very long. Short uphill climb then back down. Not overly rocky. Not over grown. Just a nice path. There is fishing on the north end - down river side. When we got to that side, there were about 12 or 13 canoes fishing with several guys/girls standing out on rocks fishing. It seemed to bother them that we were trying to get out of there with our canoes. We went back a couple of days later to fish. Nothing biting.

On 10/31/2015 3:14:01 PM, Mike Monahan said:

Visit Date:

7/3/2012

Easy flat portage. The water was moving to fast with lots of exposed rocks to risk floating through