Digital Time Travelers 2002

Virtual Trip Along 6 Pause Portage

8. Slashings to dense swamp

Please be aware that this part of the route is on private property and requires permission.

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The red arrow illustrates the portion of the 2002 6-Pause Portage covered on this page.
Grass and slashing exiting Midwest Timber and high ground into the dense swamp of 6-Pause Portage.
Edge of Dense swamp and high ground past the cutover slashings.
Dense swamp and muskegs that resemble the path described by Victor Malhiot in 1804.
Path exiting the dense swamp area into the open sawmp.
Many birds like the sparrow inhabit much of the dense swamp area.

 

1.Creek and Mercer Lake 2. Start Portage Mercer Lake to Cemetery 3.Cemetery to Flerick Road 4. Flerick Rd. to Snowmobile Trail 5. Snowmobile to Old Pioneer Rd 6. Old Pioneer Rd to Gene Talyor's residence 7.Gene Taylor's residence to Midwest timber and slashings
8. Slashings to dense swamp 9. Open swamp to pine high ground 10. Pine high ground to willows 11. Willows to Murray Landing Road 12. Murray Landing Road to terrace on River 13. Looking from the Manitowish River to the terrace