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Virtual Trip along the portage
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How to get a video or Quicktime version of 2002 6-Pause Portage project
To travel the 2002 virtual trip along 6-Pause Portage the user merely needs to click on the map to select one of 13 pages that has modern maps and images of the route. If you prefer there is a table below that has the sequential links for the virtual trip starting at the creek from Grand Portage Lake flowing into Mercer Lake. The trip will conclude at the Manitowish River.
The northern part of the 2002 6-Pause Portage route will use roads and snowmobile trails because all of the trail is on private property. The southern part of the route will follow the trail percisely because most of the trail's course is along DNR land. The 2002 6-Pause Portage reseach team gained permission from private property owners or managers before do research upon non public lands.
