Sawbill Lake

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Method of travel is paddle. Access is a boat landing at Sawbill Lake. Several trip options with additional portages. Storm impacted areas. Check fire restrictions just before starting your trip. For more information, please call the Tofte Ranger Station in Tofte at 218-663-7280.

Sawbill Lake is a rather long and narrow-ish tannin-stained lake that contains walleye, smallmouth bass, and northern pike. For those staying at the campground or on Sawbill, day trips to Alton, Kelso or Smoke are an easy portage away.

Sawbill Lake is located 24 miles north of Tofte, Minnesota, at the end of the Sawbill Trail. It is located along the southern edge of the main body of the BWCAW.

A Forest Service Campground on Sawbill Lake is operated by concessionaire Sawbill Outfitters, also located at the end of the trail.

From Sawbill lake, one can travel:

West: thru Alton Lake towards the 'Lady Chain' of lakes (Beth, Grace, Phoebe and on to Polly), meeting up with traffic from the Kawishiwi Lake entry point.

North: from Alton or Sawbill to Kelso Lake to the Louse River country

North from Sawbill to Cherokee Lake and on towards Long Island Lake, or then west to the Frost River, or then East to North Temperance Lake and Brule Lake

East thru the "Flame" lakes (Smoke, Burnt, Flame) towards the Baker Lake entry.