Old Salt wrote on Jan 25^th, 2012 at 3:32pm:

The trip would be a week to 10 days, plus travel days. The optimum time frame is early-July to mid-August. This is far north canoeing, as the stretch I am considering lies just south of the Arctic Circle. At that time of year, we will experience approx 18 hours of daylight, and rain. Consider also, the possibilities of extending your AK experience by coming early and/or staying later to see and fish more of AK. Denali would be a perfect 'trip extender'. If you need ideas/leads, let me know, as I have some good leads for you.

I suspect you might be a bit shy on the amount of daylight that time of year.  I took a photograph in Fairbanks at 11:00pm in mid-July a couple of year ago.  The trees were still casting a shadow!

While I did encounter a few skeets on a Denali hike, I don't think that anyone with experience with Quetico skeets should have any concern ... although the Alaskan skeets were on steroids.

You might want to try out the Alaskan Summer Ale ... perfect combo with fish & chips in Talkeetna (fish was a sizable plank of salmon, of course!).

As mentioned, the train trip from Anchorage to Fairbanks takes a while ... needless to say, its NOT a bullet train; its runs more like 45 mph.  Get a seat near the front of the train if you can.  By the time the rear cars get to a spot, the wildlife has pretty much dispersed into the woods.  Don't count on the windows being clean (for your photos).  Food aboard is pricey, but generally very good.

dd