My introduction to Canoe Country in 2001 included a stay at the Northern island site at Big Current in Crooked. Our first morning there we went fishing when, about 7:30, a couple paddled by with all their stuff just thrown in the canoe. In a high squeely voice the female proceeded to describe how a bear terrorized their camp during the night. Haha we thought. Upon returning to our camp where we had secured our food pack about 10 feet up a jack pine, guess what. The bear must have heard us and bolted. The food pack was at the bottom of the tree with the top just about ripped off but nothing missing. Being much smarter than a bear I re-hung the pack on a branch about 5' out from the trunk. Went fishing then returning to camp, uh oh. We found a sow and cub feasting behind camp where we had noticed a large accumulation of trash earlier. Threw rocks and yelled but the damage had been done. Believe it or not we stayed another day. Caught fish and took them to a tiny island in Canada, upon returning to retrieve our breakfast the next morning we found nothing but fish lips on the stringer. I have returned to CC every year since! Quetico bears are much easier to deal with.