Thank you for all of the valuable information.

If the water is unusually high for late July I think I will reverse the loop and go through Badwater and end going down the Namakan River. I don't expect that the water will be too high this time of year, but hey, who knows with weather? I'm in Thunder Bay and the bush is as dry as I've ever seen it for this time of year. I don't think we have had one Spring shower and the moisture from the little snow we had is all but gone. Looks like a very bad forest fire season in the making.

Could any of you that have been through the area tell me what logging artifacts are along the Bearpelt that are worth checking out and where I might find them. That is one of the reasons I chose this route... rapids and falls on the rivers, interesting artifacts and amazing pictos on Quetico. I like trips that have nice scenery and natural beauty mixed with interesting artifacts from our past... who doesn't, eh?

Thanks again for all of your help thus far.

Aaron

Park1, Rusty logging chains, old sluices, and anchor rings near the portages on Bearpelt Ck. You're carrying around remanents of dams the logger built. Between Omeme and Badwater you can find some foundations in the meadow area. Quetico River probably had logs run down it too. The Quetico River along the portage from Quetico Lake back to BH looks like it did. Don't miss the rusty old car in the pines at the Q-BH carry. There's upright logs that supported an old road as you start your trip from the parking area on BH.

just by the way, float planes use 3 mile lake as a landing pad - they fly in tourerists to ballast those fishing boats you'll see

I've gone down the Malign to Lac La Croix to Namakan R and then up Quetico River to Beaverhouse once - don't recall any campsites on the Quetico R.  I'd add another recommendation for going down Namakan and up the Quetico R - campsites on West end of Beaverhouse are hard to find