1.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Just a fun little "rehab" scramble to a viewpoint on "Mount Rose" (which I just can't help but call Rose Hill, I'm sorry). Offered some great views of the Grand Portage harbor, and a reconstructed fort on the site once used by the North West Company as the primary export point for their fur operations. The area is now within the Grand Portage Reservation of the Ojibwe tribe.
The name Grand Portage refers to the 8.5 mile portage from Fort Charlotte to this spot on Lake Superior. The Pigeon River, which forms the boundary between the USA and Canada here was simply too rough to consider running in birch bark canoes. Instead, "pork eaters" would hump two 90# bales of fur on their backs for this distance.
Someday, hopefully once this nerve thing is settled down, I'll return and retrace the steps those voyageurs took over 200 years ago.
Comments
Karl
October 25, 2014
Hey, thanks much, Mike! This is my first battle with something like this, and it is truly torture at times. So sorry to hear you've had a similar flair-up! I'd been really wondering what was going on with you, as I hadn't seen any of your reports in so very long. Best wishes with your healing, too!
Mileage Mike
October 23, 2014
Sorry to hear about your pinched sciatic nerve! Looks like you had some great rehab hikes in a beautiful area. I had been fighting a nasty SI joint issue in my back, and the knee that had meniscus surgery took a turn for the worse on the first day of my vacation in August. I can relate to your frustration, but hang in there and I'm sure it will get better! Take care!