Azalea - not looking for glamping by any means. This is purely to facilitate going deeper into the park than we would otherwise go (by alleviating physical strain) and allowing for more fishing time.

Setting up a tent definitely takes longer than 5 minutes. Camp chores in general consume a large portion of time (I'd estimate at least a third of the trip is spent on chores).  Paying someone to help gives them a paid trip into quetico (hopefully you'd have someone who enjoys it anyway) and gives you more fishing time and deeper access into the park then you might otherwise get (if that's what you're looking for). Could be a win-win for the right people.

Some fly-ins can cost over $2k/person and you aren't even that remote (there might be 2 dozen other people with you, or by yourself on a smaller Lake that sees a different group every week). If you have 6 people that's a lot of money combined to spend relative to the cost of a typical self-guided quetico trip. I would assume you could find help and in total spend the same or even potentially less.

PhantomJug, I may be in touch in the future.

Does anyone know the legality of just hiring an individual? Do "guides" require licenses to operate in quetico (based on my reading I think the answer is yes). What is the definition of a guide and does the definition contemplate the hiring of help separate from what is typically understood as "guide" services?