Marten wrote on Sep 21^st, 2012 at 12:17pm:

I may have it wrong but using topos and Google Satellite images I came up with a nice figure 8 with a lot of side routes to paddle. As the man told me that is trying to get me to share cost with him" We are not going to be able to do this for too many more years."

Is the figure 8 the one with about 6 miles of common route near the middle?  If so, I spotted that one as well.  (Even that could be cut down to under 2 miles by using one of the arms of East Lake and adding a longer portage/bushwhack.)  From the best I can tell, with one exception the portages are also relatively short, with only a few that reach the 80 rod class.  Maybe a bit more lining of the canoe than I'm used to doing, but none-the-less something that looks doable.

Tick, Tick, Tick.  I hear my biological clock running down also!

dd