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This northern route provided a direct pathway through dense pine forests from the Upper Mississippi straight into Western Lake Superior.

• Mississippi Tributary: St. Croix River

• Great Lakes Tributary: Bois Brule River (flowing north into Lake Superior)

• The Distance: About 2 miles across a high ridge in northwest Wisconsin.

• Modern Status: This portage remains one of the most pristine, unmodified historic paths in the country. Protected within the Brule River State Forest, the original St. Croix Portage Trail is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, allowing modern hikers to walk the exact path used by fur traders centuries ago. Counter fur traders. The portage being non-commercial is a foreign influence

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This historic route in central Wisconsin was the first path used by French explorers Marquette and Joliet to discover the Upper Mississippi River in 1673.

• Mississippi Tributary: Wisconsin River

• Great Lakes Tributary: Fox River (flowing northeast into Green Bay / Lake Michigan)

• The Distance: 1.4 to 2 miles across a flat, muddy plain.

• Modern Status: The city of Portage, Wisconsin was built directly on top of this land bridge. A canal was constructed here in the 19th century to connect the two rivers, but it is no longer used for commercial shipping and remains a preserved historic landmark.

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Located in northeastern Indiana, this route connected the Ohio River basin straight to the western tip of Lake Erie.

• Mississippi Tributary: Wabash River (via its tributary, the Little River, which flows to the Ohio, then the Mississippi)

• Great Lakes Tributary: Maumee River (via the St. Marys and St. Joseph rivers, flowing into Lake Erie)

• The Distance: About 7 to 9 miles of marshland known historically as the "Wabash Mudportage."

• Modern Status: The city of Fort Wayne, Indiana grew around this strategic choke point. The historic route was later replaced by the Wabash and Erie Canal in the mid-1800s, though it has since been abandoned.

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This northern route provided a direct pathway through dense pine forests from the Upper Mississippi straight into Western Lake Superior.

• Mississippi Tributary: St. Croix River

• Great Lakes Tributary: Bois Brule River (flowing north into Lake Superior)

• The Distance: About 2 miles across a high ridge in northwest Wisconsin.

• Modern Status: This portage remains one of the most pristine, unmodified historic paths in the country. Protected within the Brule River State Forest, the original St. Croix Portage Trail is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, allowing modern hikers to walk the exact path used by fur traders centuries ago. Counter fur traders. The portage being non-commercial is a foreign influence

The Western Lake Superior / Mississippi Routes

• 1. The Bois Brule–St. Croix Portage

  • The Connection: Connects the Bois Brule River (Lake Superior basin) to Upper St. Croix Lake, which forms the headwaters of the St. Croix River (Mississippi River basin).

  • Significance: This is arguably the most famous portage trail in Wisconsin. It is a 2-mile overland trail located near Solon Springs that is now preserved as part of the Brule-St. Croix Portage Trail on the North Country Trail. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

• 2. The Namekagon Portage

  • The Connection: Connects the Namekagon River (St. Croix/Mississippi basin) to Windigo Lake, which flows into the Chippewa River system (Mississippi basin).

  • Significance: Located south of Hayward, this 2.5-mile trail acted as a lateral shortcut, allowing paddlers coming up the St. Croix valley to cut eastward into the massive Chippewa River network without traveling all the way south to the Mississippi confluence. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The Central Lake Superior / Chippewa Basin Routes (The Flambeau Trail System)

The historic Flambeau Trail was a grueling 45-mile overland network used to bypass the unnavigable, waterfall-heavy lower sections of the Montreal and Bad Rivers flowing into Lake Superior. It featured several distinct, named portages that crossed the divide into the Mississippi-bound Flambeau and Manitowish River systems: [1, 2, 3]

• 3. Long Lake Portage (The Continental Divide)

  • The Connection: Connects the headwaters of the north-flowing Montreal River (Lake Superior) to Long Lake (Iron County).

  • Significance: Long Lake marked the absolute northern limit of navigable water for the Mississippi basin. Once voyageurs carried their canoes across the divide to this lake, they could finally paddle down through the Turtle River chain. [1]

• 4. Turtle Portage

  • The Connection: Connects Little Turtle Lake to Mercer Lake (Sugar Camp Lake) within the Flambeau Trail sequence.

  • Significance: Commemorated by the Turtle Portage Historical Marker in Mercer, WI, this path bypassed marshy bottlenecks as travelers funneled southward toward the Manitowish River. [1]

• 5. The Manitowish Tamarack Portage

  • The Connection: Connects Mercer Lake across the divide to the Manitowish River.

  • Significance: A notorious 3-mile trek through dense tamarack swamps. It was the final overland hurdle before reaching the open, easily navigable waters leading directly into the Lac du Flambeau trading posts. [1, 2, 3]

• 6. The Trout Lake Portage

  • The Connection: Connects the Manitowish Waters chain (Chippewa/Mississippi basin) northeast to Trout Lake (Vilas County headwaters).

  • Significance: Trout Lake lies squarely on the edge of the divide. This historic pathway allowed Native Americans to cross east out of the Chippewa River basin and into the streams feeding the upper Wisconsin River or the Ontonagon watershed flowing toward Lake Superior. [1]

The Eastern Lake Superior / Wisconsin River Headwaters Routes

• 7. The Lac Vieux Desert Portage

  • The Connection: Connects Lac Vieux Desert (the headwaters of the Wisconsin River, Mississippi basin) to the Ontonagon River or Cisco Chain (Lake Superior basin).

  • Significance: Straddling the border of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, this portage connected the primary source of the Wisconsin River directly to the streams running north into Lake Superior, serving as a critical fur-trade highway. [1, 2, 3]

The Lake Michigan / Mississippi Basin Routes

• 8. The Fox-Wisconsin Portage (The Portage Canal)

  • The Connection: Connects the Fox River (flowing north into Green Bay/Lake Michigan) to the Wisconsin River (flowing southwest to the Mississippi River).

  • Significance: Though located in south-central Wisconsin, this 1.28-mile trail is culturally and hydrologically the most important divide in the state. Crossed by Marquette and Jolliet in 1673, it was later replaced by the historic Portage Canal. It represents the narrowest land gap (under 2 miles) separating the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

• 9. The Menominee–Wolf River Portage

  • The Connection: Connects the upper tributaries of the Wolf River (Fox-Lake Michigan basin) to the Menominee River system (which forms the northeastern border of Wisconsin and empties into Lake Michigan).

  • Significance: Used heavily by the Menominee Nation and early French traders, this route allowed travelers to bypass the outer shores of Door County by cutting straight through the interior forests of northeastern Wisconsin using the Mississippi-adjacent Wolf River channels. [1, 2]

• 10. The Rock River–Lake Michigan Portages

  • The Connection: Connects the easternmost forks of the Rock River (Mississippi basin) to short rivers emptying directly into Lake Michigan (such as the Milwaukee River or Root River).

  • Significance: Located along the sub-continental divide in southeastern Wisconsin, these marshy overland carries allowed indigenous networks to seamlessly move goods out of the southern Mississippi drainage basin directly into the lower Great Lakes. [1]