solotripper wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 10:28pm:

Guns, forget about it. No firearms in the Q and taking guns into Canada even for hunting trips, requires paperwork. Dogs, plenty of people take their animals. If the dogs are well behaved that eliminates the issues on portages with animals not staying with their owners. If they bark incessantly, that could be a problem, even in the Q. I don't know about Eagles taking your little dogs. There are plenty of them and I suppose they could if they wanted, but I'd be more concerned with a wolf or maybe lynx, deciding they would make a good snack than an eagle. Way cheaper to stay in BWCA, but you pay for what you get, and until the Q loses it's luster to you, then you'll have to decide if it's worth the price.

Thanks for the responses.
No guns it is. Simple.
My brother has been up there twice before with me, his wife was instigating the gun talk I think. They are both Army vets and she has never been camping before outside of her enlistment.

My dogs bark very little, just usually at other dogs and I hope bears - that would help. They are the size of large rabbits, so the eagle food thought is a possibility. I am NOT bringing up the wolf snack angle, my daughter will freak out. I think they'll be fine, they don't usually wander more than a few yards from us during camping trips.

The Q is worth it to me, I was just shocked at the price considering it was under $5/night last time I went over a decade ago. It is a $300 expense I was not planning on.

We have our Agnes permit for Aug. 4 already, so I'll be biting the bullet and shelling out the dough. I've been on 17 trips in the Q and the BWCAW so far, and I do appreciate the differences. I was just surprised that the Canuks jacked the prices up to this level. Like the first time I saw the $2.80 toll that IL put up right over the WI border.
Except that the Q is worth it.