My Pop had a rough patch in his career during the early years he might have taken me.  He could never get it done, but my brother, who'd been shown the way took me when I was 15.  We did a trip out of Mudro lake in the BWCA, and he kept saying, it's wilder on the other side.  It's better.  etc.. But, we were on a budget and this side was definitely cheaper, if only by a little, so I did that for a few years.  When I was in my 20s I finally went to Quetico, and that has remained my destination of choice ever since.