db wrote on Mar 31^st, 2022 at 3:33pm:


The current in Sturgeon Narrows is tied to the water level at the time. Much of the current comes from the water pouring out of Russell Lake.

Paddled into the current many times. It's not a big deal but if you stop paddling you'll be surprised how fast/far it will carry you back.

  So if you want to visit Olifaunt Lk, do you want to do the B-Chain with a full food pack going clockwise OR at the end with a empty one?

  Another thing going in August where the winds should be out of the West is the possibility of being wind bound for maybe one day or more?

  If you take 9 days and plan for 1 wind day, then you can probably hit Olifaunt and still get out on schedule.

If 7 days, allowing for 1 wind day, then Olifaunt might be a stretch.

I've only crossed Nym one time coming out one year. That was a white knuckel crossing because Nym can get pretty rough, same with Batch.

PJ can speak on that better than me. Just something to think about.

Oh, and Phantom Jug too!

Late to the party…just wanted to say that I’ve used Camp Quetico’s services every time I went to the park in the last few years. Barry Giles has been very efficient and friendly.

I’ve never stayed at the lodge cabins but everything there looks very nice and well-maintained. The main lodge is spacious and comfortable-looking.

I went in via Nym for 6 days in late August 2018. Like others have said, wind on Pickerel is an issue, so I’d opt for a pick up at French Lake, so you can surf west-to-east on Pickerel.

I can recommend Barry and Camp Quetico highly

We stayed in one of their cabins the night before heading out, and he shuttled us to Stanton. That was the year of the early snowfall and us getting windbound on pickerel. He came to the take out at Stanton looking for us before dark and left a note saying he'd be back the next day... Luckily the weather did indeed break, we got up towards emerald and made the break across to the north. About four inches of snow everywhere haha! We caught cell service and made our rendezvous for pick up two hours later.

Anyhow, we're planning on getting a cabin there again the night before our trip this September and renting a canoe from them

HighnDry wrote on Aug 4^th, 2022 at 2:21am:

I sent an email about a month ago asking about a cabin for the night before entry and renting a canoe and received a timely response. Planning on calling in the next week or so to solidify plans and will report back.