KAWISHIWI RANGER DISTRICT
LENGTH 5.9 miles
TIME 3:30
DIFFICULTY Moderate
ROUTE-FINDING Moderate
MAPS & PERMITS Fisher Map F-9. USGS quad: Ely. No permit is required.
GETTING THERE From Ely, drive east on Country State Highway 169 to County Road 88 and turn left. Drive 2 miles to County Road 116 (Echo Trail), turn right, and continue 3 miles to the Bass Lake parking area on the right side of the road.
TRAILHEAD GPS 47c 56′ 58.6″ N 91c 52′ 14.6″ W
On May 18, 1925, the Hibbing Daily Tribune carried a story with the following lead-in: The famous 10,000 lakes of Country today number but 9,999 if reports that Bass Lake, a body of water located about 3 miles northeast of Ely and covering about 550 acres, has almost completely disappeared are considered to be reliable. While the report proved unreliable, during the previous month Bass Lake had lost about 250 acres in size, and, where there used to be one lake, there were three.
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