in posting, my intent was not to dissuade anyone from planning a trip to this area, but to give a heads-up to the conditions you would find in low water conditions in the park like occurred towards the end of the 2006 season. if you are used to well used interlake portages like the bw/q, then you may have found these low water conditions undesirable, or even unmanageable. one solution is to go earlier in the season. the park has a just a fraction of the paddlers that use the bw/q, but does have outpost camps scattered around the lakes. i've said previously that the w reminds me of the q when i was first there in the early '60s, but the comparison is based more on the fact that during that time we rarely saw other paddlers. the portages in the q where in better shape then than in the w in current times. i was frankly surprised at the lack of campsites, or in some cases, a location to gypsy camp. i was using a map that had campsites marked, but i don't think 1 in 10 even existed anymore-completely overgrown. the more traveled areas of the park have more sites. various river systems connect the lakes in the park, so you will have river travel. there are rapids and swifts on these rivers, so it would be up to you. break or lose your gear and there's not likely to be anyone around to help. the topography is similar, but the forest is black spruce with scattered jack pines. some burn over. forget hanging a food pack. i used my souris and was glad i had a rugged and light boat. if you are a whitewater person, consider something else. saw no wolves or woodland caribou, but plenty of the other usual suspects. it's hard to say what is really happening in the park-some say paddling is slowly increasing, while others say decreasing. scheduled back in for 14 day trip-starting gear check. go light.