How Stupid Would This Be?

[Eino Maki]

I want to thank you four people who gave the thoughful responses to my question. I have not made any plans to do this dive. As I said, we were contemplating it. I just tossed it out there to see what divers with way more experience than I have would think of it. It is still tempting to think about. I guess the voice in the back of my head says that doing it solo would not be too smart. However, the thought of getting entangled in fishing line with 40 minutes of air left is more appealing than getting snared with 40 seconds of breath left if free diving.
When I was a mere lad of about 15, about 1965, there was a feature in the Sunday paper about some divers that went into what is now the BWCA. They dove below "run-able rapids." In the fur trading days, imagine Pierre and Serge' in their canoe above the rapids. "Should we run them or should we unload all this stuff and portage around?" Well, plenty of times Pierre won out and they ran them. Plenty of times they dumped the canoe too. The divers found dozens (maybe hundreds) of cast iron pots and kettles that the trappers were carrying as trade goods.
Now that is is the BWCA, these are considered artifacts and you cannot remove them from the BWCA. It would still be fun to check it out sometime. There are probably fishing rods stacked up a foot deep in places too.
I have rambled. Anyway, if I could go with a few other divers it might be a fun adventure. The entry point was Baker Lake and it is about a easy 90 minute paddle to the site where my kids capsized. The visibility would probably only be a few feet. It could easily be a day trip. When we leave my house, about 50 miles north of the twin cities, we are usually on the water about six hours after we leave the house. This includes picking up our permit, which wouldn't be necessary for day tripping.
Thanks again for taking time to reply.
Eino