TomT wrote on Mar 29^th, 2021 at 12:07pm:

goblu79 wrote on Mar 29th, 2021 at 3:45am: We will be entering on 8-18 and exiting on 8-25. Going in on a Wednesday is best case scenario.  But try to be first on the water.  That's really the key IMO.  In 2012 I went in at Little Indian Sioux north and got to the parking lot around 8:00 am.  Big mistake as 3 other parties were unloading their gear in the lot already.  People walking everywhere carrying stuff down to the landing.  I vowed to always be early after that experience.  Unload in dark with a headlamp and shove off at the first hint of light.

Good advice. I had the same experience at EP16 Moose River North. At 730AM, the outfitter vans started arriving, disgorging hordes of tour-bus trippers. The parking lot and the portage put-in was clogged for some time afterwards.