Thanks Martin,
I will indeed contact Jim Heygi and try and glean what info I can.

I wish you had said you were "glad" that you were not portaging that stretch instead of "REALLY glad"  ;D. I'll take a look & see if it will go for me. You have my curiosity up now.

I will also be certain to take note of your description of the "crease in the grass" on my map. Thanks for the heads up.  [smiley=thumbup.gif]

I am thinking of taking a side trip to Job lake. An exploratory venture to see if it is worth incorporating into a base camp/NE loop future trip. I know I should focus on whats on my plate but I start looking at the map and I can't help myself......I suspect you know the feeling.

It looks to be a fairly clean run from Barclay, say about 3/4 day with stable weather :question. Have you been to Job?