Wabakimi is a lot tougher for portaging that the BW/Q simply because many of the portages are not maintained. Rumors have it that certain well-connected outpost owners don't want canoeists ruining the solitude of their clients and have struck a deal with the park super. Don't know if it's true, but a good story. The portage where we dropped the canoe down the cliff is an historic fur-trading route and had not been used in years...maybe 20. It took us a hour to even find the portage, another couple to connect together the old blazes and a couple more to clear and/or reroute the portage. It's now open and well blazed!

I've never taken the train, but know others who've taken it from Winnipeg which is a pretty long ride. I would think that from Armstrong it's only an hour, or two to the first put-in. The timetable is a bit loose for the train, but the benefits of being able to get on or off anywhere along the tracks is probably worth it.

Chuck