Blackw Nagel Lake A STATE WATERater Bass TRAIL GUIDE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Cr 1200 Prairie Little White 2 38 Oak Lake Forsythe Lake #1 Cohasset Pokegama Lake Rec. Area Warburg River Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1185 Leech Lake Indian Reservation L Trout Lake Blackwater Lake 1180 3 Little Drum 62 Portage Left • 44 yards 18 Lake Bass Brook 169 Trout W.M.A. Hale Lake 6 Lost L Jay Gould L Grand Lake Snells L Lake Jay 63 Rapids Eagle Gould Schoolcraft 1190 Little Loon L Lake Izaak WMA Rice Lake Walton Park State Park ake # Vehicle Permits Required 1175 Riverside Park Rice 64 MN Forest History Chippewa National Forest Chippewa R Leaning Willow # 10 64 Interpretive Center Cr Long Lake 1195 Campsite Chisholm Point 23 Blandin Island SNA Paper Steamboat Leighton Cavanaugh Sylvan Municipal Company Access Van Patter Lake Park Dam Lake Rice Lake River Portage Right Blackberry Little Sugar 1200 yards Lake 65 Leighton Lake Bay Bk Golf Salter Course Rd 2 Pond Leighton Drumbeater 169 Vermillion Lake Lunch Lake Island Skunk Salter Pokegama Lake L Bay Dead Horse 1170 Little Lake Nesbitt Island Vermillion L Skunk L. Vermillion Cr Nesbitt Blackberry Brook Island WMA Sucher’s Blackberry Figure Eight Kings Campsite Bridge Lake Landing 3 Spruce Lake Sugar Bk Little Siseebakwet Lake river level gauge 1165 No-ta-she-bun Sugar Lake Lake BSpringoltuck-Rice Fore ver SiseebakwetWild SNA Lake Lake ry Arm Skelly Lake er Carry-in Access Campground Drinking Water Sh Hospital Water Access Watercraft Campsite Interpretive Center Stokey River Mile Lake 72 Callahan Siseebakwet Outfitter Lake Rest Area Creek Point of Interest Rapids Irvin Lake . Pokegama Cr 2 Safe RefugeLong Lake Herb Beer’s Dock Spring Fish Hatchery 1160 Willow Lake Deer Yard WMALake Little Safe Refuge is shelter with Pokegama Lake Fishing Pier access to a telephoneHills Designated Blackberry Sugar Dam Picnic Area Public Land Golden Anniversary State Forest 72 Smith Lake North Co. Rd. 72 F ork 65 Muskeg Interstate HighwayU.S.Lake Highway State Highway County Road Smith 1155 72 01234miles W.M.A. = Wildlife Management Area North 0 1234kilometers S.N.A. = Scientific andCreek Natural Area South Hennessey Split Swan River Deer Lake Shingle Mill Yard WMA Fork Lake Swimming Ha Bear Morrison 1150 169 nd ROUTE DESCRIPTION • VERMILLION RIVER TO PALISADESplit Hand Creek Swan Mountain Lake Ash Lake 1145 ook NOTE: (R) and (L) represent right and left banks of the 1179.2(L) Pokegama Lake Recreation Area/Dam 1134.8(R) Swan River confluence River river when facing downstream. It is a 44 yard portage Dinneraround Pokegama Dam. Pail Lake Maple L Shorty Lake The dam is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of 1134.2(R) Jacobson Wayside Rest L GENERAL DESCRIPTION of ROUTE H Engineers to enhance a variety of water uses, Located before State Highway 200 bridge. Stop 65 ITASCA CO ill such as wild rice crops above the dam, fish for supplies in town which is on the left side of ITASCA COUNTY Foley Brook County Line This river section is located about 200 river milesRiver spawning in the spring and fall, and to protect the river. The steamer “Fawn Lake” sank at this CASS CO CASS AITKIN CO 1140 Sailordownstream Lake Finn of Lake Itasca and about 300 river miles private property on Lake Pokegama. location in 1894. AITKIN COUNTY Thiebault Lake Lake upstream of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Hill L 10 Holy 1177.9(R) Izaak Walton Park 1134.1 State Highway 200 bridge. Jacobson Paddling is easy, but Wateris interrupted Lake by two dams, one Campground controlling the level of Lake Pokegama and the other It was developed by the local akechapter of the Izaak Walton League. Its a great way to get on Previsthe 1124.8(R) Willow Wood Campsite 1135 providing hydropower to Blandin Paper Company. Both Lake must be portaged. Mississippi River above the Blandin Paper Mill, River access only. Swan Perry Jacobson This is a section of transition, from the wetlands and Lake a river stretch known locally as the “Mill Pond.” Wayside Rest River forests of the Chippewa National Forest though the town of Bible 1119.4 Powerline crossing Grand Rapids, to the lowland hardwoodLittle Hill forest River of WMAAitkin 1177.4(R) MinnesotaLake Forest History Center Jacobson County. The town of Grand Rapids is growing, from the It’s Wanagan Landing recreates lumbering days 1118.8 (L) Ms. Keto Campsite 200 200 Minnesota Power generating facility west of town to the of 100 years ago. Hill City River access only. Watch for riffles and rocks at confluence with the Prairie River east of town. The river low flow conditions in this river section. runs south downstream of Grand Rapids, and the shorelines 1176.7(R) Sylvan Municipal Park Access and fishing pier become agricultural and the forested, as it meanders into 1114.6 (L)Two River Springs 1130 Aitkin County. 1175.9(R) Blandin Paper CompanyHill Lake Dam WMA This state-designated trout stream drains to the Vanduse River miles are counted upstream from the Mississippi’s The Mill Pond reservoir ends at the Blandin Mississippi from the east. Lake confluence with the Ohio River, according to a system Paper Company Dam. The dam must be portaged developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. right, 1200 yards. Blandin Paper Company has 1114.5 Powerline crossing provided a streamside phone for assistance. River 1195.3(L) Schoolcraft State Park Park, on the right bank below the Highway 169 1109.8(L) Libby Brook The Vermillion River flows northeasterly from bridge, was created when the Blandin Libby Brook is also a state-designated trout Savanna State Forest conifer swamp lands lying in the Chippewa Foundation, left bank, bought houses across the stream. Watch for riffles below Libby Brook National Forest. From there, the Mississippi river. Here, the riffles that are remnants of the confluence. Ball Bluff Hay flows southeasterly though a mixed rapids create an excellent habitat site for aquatic L hardwood-conifer forest into rugged hills, life. 1107.6(L) Lee Ferry Access Willow Wood bringing together two dominant vegetation types This public access was a ferry crossing during 1125 of the Mississippi Headwaters region. 1175.8 US Highway 169 the settlement era. Schoolcraft State Park, located above the Little Ball Bluff Vermillion, is a good place to explore the 1175.7(L) Fishing pier 1106.1(L) Libby Township Campsite Lake magnificent pines. River access only. Located deep in a lowland 1175.5(L) Steamboat Access hardwood forest, this is home to a variety of Ball 1194.0 The Mississippi Leaves the Chippewa National birds, especially songbirds and cavity dwellers Bluff Blackface Forest, the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and 1175.0(R) Riverside Park such as owls and wood ducks. 65 Lake Lake the “Wild” section of the Mississippi Headwaters Moose Willow Board’s management area. 11873.1(L)Prairie River W.1101.9(L) M. A. MooseSandy RiverWillow WMA The Prairie River meets the Mississippi and The Sandy River flows into the Mississippi from 1192.6(L) Leaning Willow Campsite doubles the water flow. The Prairie flows the east. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Power River access only if provided. southwesterly for 50 miles, draining pine lands, maintains a large campground, with many Line which tend to flood. About two miles above the facilities, about a mile up the Sandy River, which 1120 1191.3(R) State Highway 6 Access river flows through a magnificent gorge. provides access to Sandy Lake. If you are heading there from the Mississippi, you have to 1169.6(R) Sucher’s Campsite paddle against the Sandy River’s current, and 10 1188.3(R) Little Rice Lake Creek Willow cross under Minnesota State Highway 65 to Ms Keto 1187.5(L) Little Drum Lake Creek 1167.5(L) Blackberry Bridge Access reach it. A river level gauge is located on the County Springs 1186.0 Blackwater Lake Road 441 bridge. Water level greater than 4.5 1098.0(L) Scott’s Rapids Campsite vers The Mississippi enters the reservoir of the feet of above is considered high; water levels are River access only. Ri Pokegama Dam. average if the reading is between 1.8 feet to 4.5 River 1115 Two feet; and water levels are low if the reading is 1092.6(R) Wold’s Ferry Crossing Access Hay Point WMA Power 1181.8(L) Mississippi #1 Access and fishing pier less than 1.8 feet. This is a Mississippi This was once a common Mississippi River Line River shorelands are owned by Minnesota Power. Headwater River Watch Project water quality crossing. A steamboat wreck in the river is Minnesota Power’s steam generation facility is sampling site. another reminder of historic transportation. located on the left bank. Minnesota Power provides river access. This is the western edge of 1167.5(R) Herb Beer’s Access 1083.1 Hwy 232 bridge Mesabi Iron Range, and tailings piles are evident. B The intersection of two geological landscapes 1159.0(L) Blackberry Campsite 1083.0(R) Berglund Park Libby rook results in diverse plants and animals. Rare River access only. Palisade is a small town, located high on the orchids and ferns, as well as bald eagles, can be Mississippi’s right bank. Bergland Park offers a 1110 found here. Just prior to entering Jay Gould Lake 1158.0(L) County Road 72 Access169 public access, fishing, picnicking and camping. Savanna the Mississippi River exits on the left. Portage 1149.0(R) Split Hand Creek confluence This location marks the down river boundary of this map.