I'm hoping I can get some input.  I'll be doing a 3 week trip in August.  We'd like to put in at Nym Lake then head down through Jean to Sturgeon and up through Oliphant and the B Lakes and finish up at  French Lake/Dawson Trail Campground.  What I'd like to know is if it's possible to have our car shuttled from Nym to French.  Is there anyone that I might contact or talk to that could provide that service?
Thanks.

solotripper wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 6:46pm:


Thanks for the tip ST, much appreciated.

I think ST's right; you could probably get any of the outfitters to do it for a price.  

Ed Ottertail, out of LLC Village, has done it for me a couple of times (shuttled vehicles from Beaverhouse parking lot down to LLC).  I gotta believe that Dave Ribey (Quetico Wilderness Outfitters on Flanders Rd), Doug Chapman ("Canadian Quetico Outfitters" near French Lake) or Canoe Canada would do this sort of thing.  Since you're only talking about the 25 miles or so from Nym to French, I'd go with either Canoe Canada or Doug Chapman, due to their proximity.  Actually, I'd almost certainly use Doug Chapman because: 1) he is far more entertaining & 2) his credo is basically: "I'll do it YOUR way!".  Just ask MagicPaddler or Kingfisher re: his help during their infamous bushwhacking foray into McKenzie Lake.  Not many outfitters would have tackled that kind of trip offering THAT sort of service (special permits, dubious roads, etc.).

Doug Chapman would do it, I'm certain.

Jimbo    

I will second Jimbo and endorse Doug Chapman.  Assuming you are not solo drop off your gear and passengers and while they are carrying the gear down to the launch you can drive down to Dougs and have him drive you back.
Nice rout!
MagicPaddler

db wrote on May 26^th, 2010 at 6:30am:

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Hmmm... I'm betting he DOES say, "Oh sure, no problem"!

Chances are that he will recommend keeping your vehicle at his place until just a day or so before you are scheduled to come out at French.  Or, he'll recommend that you use him to cart you the short hop over to his "One Start Building, Five Star Service" operations just over on Hwy 11.  He did that for me the year they were running into break-ins over on French (they caught the culprits somewhere in Manitoba the week after I left... and, no, I WASN'T in Manitoba that week!).

Jimbo