Woodland Caribou Portage 20151 (Dragon to Unnamed)

This portage broke some members of our canoe party. To be fair, it was over 30 degrees and very humid. The weather combined with the pretty dismal condition of the "trail" resulted in a change of plans due to nervousness about subsequent portages on the south route (we deviated north out of Dragon Lake instead). Needless to say, this section of WCPP still needs some more love and attention from a crew with chainsaws and ribbons. Reading Matt's comment has me wondering where we were - our trail was certainly NOT cleared or obvious from the east side (Middle Kilburn). He was only there a week later so no idea if we were on the old messed up trail or what? Either way, I'm glad to see there's apparently a reasonable route now. Make sure you look for it because where we went SUCKED.

*2024 Update*: I had time, so I paddled west to see this portage from Middle Kilburn Lake and help clean it up. It was a mess in 2023 and I only managed to clear less than half of it. Sometime before me in 2024, a WCPP chainsaw crew had cleaned it up and re-routed the west side. I found the old portage trail for the first 2/3's of the way clearly marked and burned dead fall removed. The last 1/3 at the west end has been re-routed to the north side of the low spot. The Dragon Lake entrance is now found on the north side of the bay / floating bog. When approaching this portage from Dragon Lake going east, look for it there and you should see my orange flagging tape marking the way. When paddling east of this portage, look for the paddling route through the floating bog on the south side of the pond.