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Canoes paddling northeast past the mouth of Cache Bay
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Canoes paddling northeast past the mouth of Cache Bay

Saganaga Lake (pronounced "SAG-ah-nuh-GA", often simply Sag) is a large entry point lake on the U.S.-Canada Border at the end of the Gunflint Trail. Saganaga is a complicated lake with numerous bays, islands, and points in all directions. Because of its size and location, Saganaga is a popular entry point. Saganaga Lake is the deepest (280 feet) as well as the third largest (17,593 acres) lake in the BWCAW.

The Boundary Waters in the News

The combined Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Forest Service plans call for more than a dozen logging sites along the first 20 miles of the trail. Several of those plans call for clear-cuts down to the edge of the roadway.
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Sag, as everyone north of Hinckley calls it, is arguably the best trophy walleye lake in the state. The expansive body of water on the Canadian border north of Grand Marais also produces excellent smallmouth bass and lake trout, and the northern pike fishing isn't bad, either.
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