I have a Basswood River Quetico permit for June 21 of this year.  Hopefully the ice will be off by that time :)! 

At any rate we were planning on going up to Brent/Comnee and back.  However, I have a buddy who can now go, but can only really go if he can get picked up after the trip in Fort Frances.  He has a cabin in Canada on Lake of the Woods.  This is a good problem, as I have never done a trans Q trip and have always wanted to, but it does present logistical challenges. I thought maybe you guys/gals could help me with ideas. 

There will be six of us total, probably two vehicles and two canoes.   What I am thinking is that my son and I will drive up to either Beaverhouse or Nym early the day before and have an outfitter meet us there and shuttle us to Ely.  I have a three person SR and the other guys would come up (to Ely) later that day rent another 3 seater somewhere in MN, hopefully not Ely, so we could drop it off on our return home.  However, I am not sure how we would get their vehicle out of Ely. 

We would then paddle across the Q, probably up to Comnee and over to Camel and work our way to either Beaverhouse or Nym. 

My questions are:

1)  Do you know anyone who would do the shuttle work.

2)  We will probably have two cars involved, but can anyone think of a scenario that would not require us to come back to Ely on the way back?  Either to drop off the canoe or to get our second car.  Probably not that big of a deal, but it will add a few hours to our trip on the backside. 

3)  Does anyone know of a better alternative?  Could I just drive to Ely and pay someone to shuttle a vehicle to a northern EP?

Thanks, and I may just call a couple outfitters to see if they have any ideas. 

Mav