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Nov 2nd, 2010 at 11:49am
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"You will not be able to book reservations five months in advance during this period. This means there will be no reservations processed for arrival dates after April 1, 2011 until we go-live with the new service provider. This applies to reservations for campsites, backcountry and roofed accommodations."
  
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Reply #1 - Nov 2nd, 2010 at 3:07pm
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It looks like the good news is that you don't need a reservation. Just show up. Without reservations, there are no reservation fees, or cancellation fees. Smiley
  
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Reply #2 - Nov 2nd, 2010 at 4:32pm
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Yeah, but there's still quotas/limits.  If I understand Q properly, Nym allows 20 entries per day.  Be the 21st and you're SOL.

Even worse for places like APP where we're required to use marked sites.  One could show up and find that there's nothing available.

First come first served is not how I want to 'plan' my vacation.  Not sure I'll be using OntPP next year with this kind of uncertainty.  There's Crown Land in abundance.
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 2nd, 2010 at 5:36pm
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Preacher wrote on Nov 2nd, 2010 at 4:32pm:
Not sure I'll be using OntPP next year with this kind of uncertainty.  There's Crown Land in abundance.


Well, thats not free either and even that's limited for non-residents.  And, you need to get pretty far off the beaten path to escape the motorized boats.  In Ontario anyway.


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Reply #4 - Nov 2nd, 2010 at 5:47pm
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It's free for me.  Crown Land is my land, Crown Land is your land (if you're a resident).   Tongue

I know some places, far from the maddening crowd & motor boats.  One must pass through babylon to get to the promised land, but that just makes the destination all the better.
  
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Reply #5 - Nov 2nd, 2010 at 6:08pm
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Preacher wrote on Nov 2nd, 2010 at 5:47pm:
It's free for me.  Crown Land is my land.


You're fortunate.  I'm close and do own land in Ontario but close only counts in . . . something or other.

I would love to get east of Marmion Resevoir, above the dams and through that river system someday.  Someday . . . .
  
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Reply #6 - Nov 3rd, 2010 at 5:42am
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Twenty!?  Shocked

FWIW - Nym isn't part of Quetico. Closest entry is #21 Batch with a total daily quota of 7.
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I didn't make reservations for the last two years due to the specifics OS mentioned AND I'm fairly certain the resident quotas won't be full. Worst case? I could easily enjoy a day being permit-bound in the area.
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Reply #7 - Nov 3rd, 2010 at 12:27pm
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plenty of crownland spots within an hour of atikokan....quiet and motorboat free
  
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Reply #8 - Nov 4th, 2010 at 11:45pm
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It's my sense as confirmed by outfitter that the high fees and barbless requirements have made it so you can get a permit most days for that day.  Might not hold for every Sat-Sun-Mon and not every entry point, but demand is down for Q.
  
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Reply #9 - Nov 5th, 2010 at 3:12pm
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The Quetico Park hopes to have the reservation system operating in early 2011.  As soon as it is up and running we'll all be able to reserve permits for the season, even 5 months in advance if it's February and you want to book a trip in July.

The first come first served is for these transition months of fall and winter camping reservations where they are needed. Just a short time from now until the service is up and running, early 2011.

It shouldn't affect any of the Quetico Park permits since it wasn't too long ago when we couldn't start reserving any permits until January when all of them became available.  The first few days of the new reservation service might be busy but after that I bet it will be back to normal, or normal before this last year anyway.
  
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