PD & DD,
I did a 3 week trip into Wabakimi last summer (August 11 - September 1.)  The park is a place of extraordinary beauty.  Being that it is boreal forest it is quite different from Quetico.  The fishing, for me at least, was phenomenal.  It is wally heaven but, as PD pointed out, too far north for smallies.  In the first 19 days we were out we saw a grand total of 2 other canoes neither of which were close enough to actually talk to.  That being said, the park is infested with fishing lodges.  In fact, in some ways the park is more geared towards fly-in fishing than canoe tripping.  In that regard I found the park very disappointing.  I really don't want to paddle for days only to find myself surrounded by the buzz of motor boars hauling fishermen around looking for the perfect place to drop their line.  I have to say, however, that because of the forest fires last summer, our trip had to be rerouted from the northern portion of the park to the southern - we went from Allan Water Bridge up through Brennan and Lower Wabakimi to Smoothrock and out through Little Caribou - so it might be that in the northern portions of the park there are less lodges and therefore less power boat traffic.  Still, I found it a long way to go only to feel like I was in Muskoka - okay I'm exaggerating a bit.  This year we're trying WCPP (August 9 - 31) which I'm hoping has all the beauty and low canoe traffic of Wabakimi without the lodge traffic.  Harlan tells me that the lodges, such as they are in WCPP, are located north of the Bloodvein so I'm expecting we'll be clear of all that based on a long loop we plan to do starting down at Leano Lake.  Plus, whereas Wabakimi fishing is restricted to Walleye and Pike, WCPP also has Lakers and even bass in a few of the southern lakes.  Last year we took the train instead of driving and boy was that fantastic.  We'll be doing that again this summer - an adventure within an adventure.

In WCPP it is easy to avoid motor traffic. Most of the commercial outposts are on the Gammon and Bloodvein River. Even when you are near the outposts they are not much of an issue. Those people are there to fish and that is what they do, usually very quietly. Check this guide for a map showing the commercial outposts. You can plan to avoid them but also know that in case of dire emergency you may be glad there are some out there.  Donald Lake on the Gammon River has commercial outposts but none show up on the map in this guide.   (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

Two trips again this year (as I've been doing since 2009).

May 23-June 6 (2 weeks): In at Little Indian Sioux, up through LLC, across to Iron Lake, back down through Gun-Boot-Fourtown-Horse-Mudro.  Total about 65 miles.  Solo.

Early September (10 days): In and out at Sea Gull, via Red Rock, Kekekabic and points in between.  Total about 45 miles, possibly with company, otherwise solo.

My son and I are going for a week beginning the 4th of July. In at Black Robe then Minn, the Darky River, Darky, Argo, the Roland chain, Crooked, Iron and out at Bottle.

Pat

Sorry, Portage Dog, I actually mis-spoke.  There are a few Laker lakes - Wabakimi and Smoothrock being two of them.  But they're big lakes and I don't travel with a depth finder so I had no idea where to look (especially late in the summer when I was there.)  But anyway, for me Walleye are easier to find and there was never a shortage.  If you let me know your route and what lakes you plan to be on (if it overlaps with where we were) I'd be happy to pass on whatever I know.