HERE IT IS... THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, COMING STRAIGHT FROM AN E-MAIL RESPONSE FROM SUPT ROBIN REILLY!

DRUM ROLL, PLEASE:
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"You can pick up the permits at any of the stations in the office……although once in a while they are all taken.   But you are correct that every station operates in the same fashion…..Nym Lake as well.    The stations don’t all close at the same time for example Prairie Portage is open until the third week in September.    Most close at the end of August or early September."
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Looks like Jim J nailed this one down pretty well.

I am grateful to Robin for his extremely prompt response to my e-mail.  Now I'm hoping there are at least a few forms left in the box by the time I get there at the very end of the month!

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.

Jimbo   

I slip Yankee cash down the chute & a Jimbo Picto is created on the nearest wall, explaining the situation in detail.  Also, I commit to memory the serial numbers on a couple of the bigger bills I put in the till to preserve my show of good faith.

In any case, paddling back to the car, driving to Atikokan & back, ain't gonna be in the plan.  Too bad they don't show their form on-line; I'd print off a copy of a blank, fill it out, & take it with me, just in case.  [Robin, if you're reading, please note this "continuous improvement" suggestion.]  Could be that I circle back at the end of the trip to see if any forms have appeared.

Then there's always Plan B.  I could treat it like a "free coffee" day at the plant.  Every once in awhile we used to dispense free coffee to the workers... it went over pretty big.  Anyway, could be I interpret the park's lack of preparedness as a show of their "generosity" (ie. free coffee day).

Something tells me I need to stick with Plan A.

Later,

Jimbo   


P.S.  Then there's Plan C.  Show up in Quetico Park with an American potato.  Canadian Potato Police would be on me before I could butter it!  I could get THEM to contact Q authorities... assuming they e-mail Robin versus trying to get anyone to answer the phone.

I'll let you guys know how it turns out.