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Awfully quiet out there. I head to the island in August and await some trip reports. I wonder if the food storage cases are in place at all campgrounds and what direction is being given by the rangers on that front.

I just returned earlier this week:

• Proper food storage was mentioned during the orientation, but we were not asked to prove that we had appropriate storage devices.
• We were unable to locate the food storage locker at Feldtmann.
• I think there were three at Siskiwit. One was tilted toward the user, so caution on opening the doors was warranted.
• The one at Island Mine was level and nicely placed.
• I can't remember if there were any at South Lake Desor.
• I remember seeing one at Malone Bay.

On a related note: my expensive zipper bag from LOKSAK lost its seal within the first couple of days. I'm not quite home yet so will deal with that next week.

Unless they've been moved---unlikely, since they're 300+ pounds and the small clearing they're in is surrounded by heavy brush on three sides and a lake on the other---the Feldtmann lockers are conveniently placed in a small lakeshore clearing about 60 meters north of group campsite one. I've dropped a pin in a Caltopo map to indicate (my best guess about*) the location:

https://caltopo.com/m/FGTKL5A

My Moosewatch team used the lockers while based at Feldtmann in May, thereby establishing a faint use trail. One of the lockers is pretty tilty---the clearings advantages don't include perfect flatness. Both are exposed to the sun, which led to some cheese liquefying!

*they could be even closer---I dropped the pin the first clearing I could see.

But to echo the main point: trip reports, please!!!!

Kelly wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:43 pm I just returned earlier this week:

• Proper food storage was mentioned during the orientation, but we were not asked to prove that we had appropriate storage devices.
• We were unable to locate the food storage locker at Feldtmann.
• I think there were three at Siskiwit. One was tilted toward the user, so caution on opening the doors was warranted.
• The one at Island Mine was level and nicely placed.
• I can't remember if there were any at South Lake Desor.
• I remember seeing one at Malone Bay.

On a related note: my expensive zipper bag from LOKSAK lost its seal within the first couple of days. I'm not quite home yet so will deal with that next week.

Malone Bay had one in May near the back just before the trail to the group sites. If I remember correctly the one in Chippewa Harbor is back on the big rock near the first outhouse but was nice and level.