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Boating - Non-Motorized
Travel the route of the Anishinabe Indians and the early explorers. The Chippewa National Forest offers several canoe routes, ranging from the mighty Mississippi and the unpredictable Leech Lake to the slow-moving Rice River and other small creeks.
These canoe routes offer excellent opportunities to view bald eagles, loons and a variety of northern Minnesota wildlife. Walleye, northern and panfishing is good along most of the routes. Extreme caution should be used in crossing the large and unpredictable Winnibigoshish, Leech and Cass Lakes.
The Mississippi River is the fourth longest river in the world, flowing 2,350 miles from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. In Minnesota, the river flows through valleys, bluffs, prairies, and woodlands in a variety of flow rates and widths. Portions of the river have been designated as a Wild and Scenic river. There are ten mapped segments of the Mississippi River in Minnesota, beginning at the source and ending on the Minnesota/Iowa border.
The following sections pass through the Chippewa National Forest:
- Map 1 - Lake Itasca to Cass Lake
(Map PDF, GeoPDF Map PDF) - Map 2 - Cass Lake to Vermillion River
(Map PDF, GeoPDF Map PDF)
Boating - Non-Motorized Areas
- Blackduck Area
- Big Lake Boating Area
- Dora Lake Family Picnic Area
- Lake Andrusia Boat Site
- Moose Lake Boating Area
- Pimushe Boating Area
- Reese Boat Landing
- Richards Townsite Boating
- Third River Boat Ramp
- Turtle River Canoe Route
- Webster Lake Boating Area
- Cass Lake Area
- Bimijiwan (bi-mi-ji-wan) recreation area
- Norway Beach Recreation Area
- Cass Lake Campground Loop
- Chippewa Campground Loop
- Norway Beach Campground Loop
- Wanaki Campground Loop
- Deer River Area
- Birches Boat Area
- Bowstring Lake Landing Boat Area
- Bowstring Landing Boat Area
- East Seelye Bay Boat Area
- Little Cut Foot Sioux Boat Area
- Mosomo Point Boat Area
- Plughat Point Boat Area
- South McAvity Bay Boat Area
- Marcell Area
- Big Fork River Boat Area
- Big Too Much Lake Boat Area
- Caribou Lake Boat Area
- Clubhouse Campground
- Clubhouse Lake Boat Area
- Little Jessie Lake Boat Area
- North Star Campground
- North Star Lake Boat Area
- Spider Lake Boat Area
- Walker Area
- Boy River Canoe Route
- Diamond Lake Boat Area
- Hovde Lake Boat Area
- Lake 13 Boat Area
- Long Lake Boat Area
- Lower Sucker Lake Boat Area
- Moccasin Lake Boat Area
- Pine Lake Boat Area
- Portage Lake 13 Boat Area
- South Pike Bay Boat Area
- Three Island Lake Boat Area
