- Rob, who I worked with in Sarnia;<\/li>
- Rob’s friend, John D another Sarnia native;<\/li>
- Rick, who I worked with in Houston;<\/li>
- Roy, who worked with John G in Calgary after I left there.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Plan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
We used Camp Quetico<\/a> as our outfitter; they provided canoes, permits and shuttles to and from their camp on Eva Lake where we dropped our vehicles and spent the night before the trip started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because John G had paddled Quetico once before nine years ago, he took the lead in the route planning. In order to benefit from tailwinds on the bigger lakes, John G developed a route where we entered the park on the northwest side and canoed east and north back towards the east entrance of the park:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Route of our Quetico Canoe Trip: Beaverhouse, Quetico, Jean, Sturgeon, Olifaunt, Pickerel, Nym (click for larger version)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The Route<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
I used my Fenix 3 to track our route. I’ve stored these gpx tracks on Wikiloc;<\/a> each day is available separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Beaverhouse Lake – Quetico Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>
- Quetico Lake – Conk Lamp – Jean Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>
- Jean Lake – Burntside Lake – Rouge Lake – Sturgeon Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>
- Sturgeon Lake – Olifaunt Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>
- Olifaunt Lake – Fern Lake – Bud Lake – Beg Lake – Bisk Lake – Pickerel Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>
- Pickerel Lake – Batchewaung Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>
- Batchewaung Lake – Nym Lake<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Highlights of the trip for me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Our campsite on Sturgeon Lake (Day 3) was spectacular; a sand spit on the south shore made for terrific swimming and comfortable sleeping.<\/li>
- The downwind paddle on Day 4 covered a lot of territory and Sturgeon Lake is a beautiful one.<\/li>
- Although it had the longest portage, the lakes visited on Day 5 were beautiful. The rapids between Bisk and Beg Lakes were very photogenic.<\/li>
- The last night’s campsite on Batchewaung Lake was beautiful. John G had remembered it from his previous trip and it was worth the long day’s paddle to get to,<\/li>
- The food on the trip was excellent. Rob made 5 of the 6 dinners, dehydrating four of them for later in the trip. The spaghetti sauce was particularly good. Roy’s potato soup and Rick’s Hudson Bay bread also stood out.<\/li>
- Rob and I were the only ones not fishing throughout the trip. The rest of the crew had good success and we had fish every day except our last full day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
On the downside:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- While we didn’t have any rain, it is hot; too hot at times..<\/li>
- We had some haze for the first four days due to some forest fires in the area.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Summary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
This was by far the best canoe trip I’ve done. Quetico is truly a great place for paddling; its remoteness has a lot to do with that. Even better, it was great to reconnect with the others in the group, some I haven’t seen in many years. We worked well together both on and off the water, making the experience great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photography \/ Videography<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
On this trip, I took only my Hero 5 Black GoPro. The lead photo was taken by my fellow canoeist and friend, John, as we approached the first portage of the trip between Beaverhouse and Quetico Lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Camera: Hero 5 Black GoPro
\nMode: Photo
\nISO: 100
\nShutter Speed: 1\/1150
\nAperture: f2.8
\nEV Comp: 0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn May 2019, I finally got around to making a video of our trip with all the footage I took. You can view it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Quetico Lake – Conk Lamp – Jean Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>
- Beaverhouse Lake – Quetico Lake<\/a> (camp)<\/li>