Hegman Lake Pictographs
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andrewmcc
N 48° 03.191 W 091° 54.247
15U E 581663 N 5322791
These Pictographs are only able to be seen by foot when there is safe ice on the lake or by canoe. They are in the boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. You can obtain a permit at the entry point for day trips. No motors allowed
Waymark Code: WM39ZP
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2008
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This site may be several hundred years old, although the age, the artists, and the purpose of the pictographs are yet unknown.
"South Hegman Lake has one of the finest examples of original Native American Pictographs to be found, on a granite cliff overlooking the water. The panel shows a human figure in an outstretched arms posture standing near a quadruped animal with a long tail, possibly a dog or wolf, and a remarkably well drawn bull moose with splayed hooves and dew claws. (A dew claw on a moose is a reduced hind toe or the false rudimentary hoof above the true hoof .) Beneath these figures is a long horizontal line, probably representing the ground or horizon, and above the human figure are two vertical rows of short horizontal lines or dashes. One set has 4 lines and next to it are 3 lines. Above and to the right are what look like three canoes. The top two canoes have two paddlers and the third has a faint single one in the middle. Above the moose's rack is a single mark. Above all of these figures is a large cross like a "plus" sign, possible a a maymayguayshi spirit-man. Several feet to the left of the scene are other, faint pictographs including 6 horizontal lines, one above the other, three crosses above each other, and a "Y" shaped figure with a "C" shape to it with diagonal strokes. There may also be a spiral and grid-like figure near the water." From Fenske Lake website
Type of Pictograph: Rock Painting
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2. You must include a close up photo of the pictograph and your GPSr. The pictograph must be recognizable.
3. Tell a little bit about what you learned of the area.