Gary
Lake Saganaga, yes, got into it once from the south out of Agnes Lake and one of the three branches of the Agnes River. Big lake as I recall with many bays in which to catch Morthern Pike and get lost in.
Part of the chain from Grand Portage (Pronounced Grahn Por tahge) on Lake Superior to Lake of the Woods, the Voyaguers Highway. Did the Grand Portage once, 26 miles from Gran Portage to just above the falls on the Pigeon River Brutal! Fortunately, after the many
decades (century or so) of thousands of travellers, the trail was like a sidewalk, trees with near horizontal branches to rest the canoe against for a pose (pause).
Hobson's choice on portages, 1. take canoe across, go back, take Duluth Sack pack across, go back, take second Duluth Sack across. OR 2. Put one Sack on back, another in front and canoe on shoulders, then stagger across the portage like a pack animal and collapse at the far end.