azalea wrote on Aug 18^th, 2015 at 2:31pm:


That is a true fact. Any American worker needs to have a work permit. Say anything about working on anything and the questions come flying at you.

I can see a true need for a service like this. As ailments prevent many from performing the tasks necessary in canoe tripping we will see more requests like this. The same service could be used by those that want to pay someone to portage gear and run the camp so they do not have to.

A friend flew in and joined my last trip for the final 17 days. Medical conditions beyond his control would have kept him in a basecamp. We had a great journey from Irvine Lake in WCPP out to Wallace Lake in Manitoba. The value "priceless," the total bill "not a chance."

why don't you ask atikokan outfitters if they would provide the services you want - I'd suspect that for the right fees, they could find sherpas for you - try CanoeCanada.com  adn see what they have to say.  if they don't do that, maybe they know of someone who will

more or less as a an "assistant guide" (we didn't pitch people's tents, but did everyting else - no portaging involved, especially with a 400# freighter canoe), I used to work for a canoe outfitter in Colorado - he paid me a $100 per day - you could expect to pay at least that for each of one or two "sherpas" i'd think, and likely a lot more

would it have to be a bowling pin? that's pretty specific.

Maybe some modification of the trip plan might work out a little better for all concerned "Sherpa’s" included.
Maybe fly-in/ tow in to one of the lakes the Native Peoples have boats on and set a base-camp as far away from the landing site as possible.
You could plan your base-camp and day fishing lakes using this tool here:

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That way you can set a nice camp and not have to worry about breaking down and moving all the time.

Then plan day-trips to lakes all around the base-camp lake.

While the Sherpa’s are running the empty canoes/day packs across ,the others can be fishing until it's their turn to cross over.

3 in and 3 out and multiple camp moves leaves little time for just fishing and will put a lot of strain/stress on the Sherpa’s trying to please their clients.