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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Group Forum: Wabakimi Safe Vehicle Parking |
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07/14/2017 02:44PM
Planning a Wabakimi trip. Is it safe to park my truck at Smye Lake entry on SW side of WPP or Harmon Lake South of WPP in Brightsands PP? On the West or South side of WPP I'm having trouble finding anyone that shuttles vehicles. Suggestions?
07/15/2017 07:51AM
I parked at Smye lake the last 2 years with no problem.
Note: Use the second 4WD track that you come to if traveling northbound on 702.
Also, it is a good idea to walk in that track first. There is a little stream that could give you some trouble depending on your vehicle and recent rain.
Watch for bootsucking mud at the Flindt end of the Wilkie-Flindt portage.
Note: Use the second 4WD track that you come to if traveling northbound on 702.
Also, it is a good idea to walk in that track first. There is a little stream that could give you some trouble depending on your vehicle and recent rain.
Watch for bootsucking mud at the Flindt end of the Wilkie-Flindt portage.
LNT - The road to success is always under construction. http://hikingillinois.blogspot.com/
07/16/2017 08:00AM
Sbuttles and services at that side of the park are few. I'd suggezt posting a possible vehicle swap depending on your route.
Try the outfitters in Armstrong, posting on myccr or tbe train and shuttle back up tbe 401rd--there's a fly-in fish camp/outfitter just south of Savant village tbat might be able to do it.
Try the outfitters in Armstrong, posting on myccr or tbe train and shuttle back up tbe 401rd--there's a fly-in fish camp/outfitter just south of Savant village tbat might be able to do it.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
07/17/2017 02:38PM
BnD - Are you looking for shuttle? Rusty Meyer has an outpost very near the 599-702 intersection, I believe. There is also the Trappers Point Camp just south a mile or so.
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07/17/2017 03:09PM
Thanks JC I am exploring all realistic options from the West side and trying to exclude the train primarily due to train schedule. Parking my truck and returning to my truck is option A for us. Option B would be finding a shuttle service. I cannot justify the fly in/fly out costs. It seems to me the fly in outpost camp operators have a vested interest in making access to and through WPP as difficult as possible. From the info I have gleaned Graham Rd to Harmon Lake is a 4 hour affair that is doable but less than appealing. That brings me to entering off 599 at Smye Lake or going further North still and enter at Pashkakogan through McCrea/Greenbush etc.... Appreciate the information.
07/24/2017 03:30PM
It's just after km marker 41 on the right. It's a four-wheel drive track through the forest about 100 yards or so that opens into a clearing. A rock cairn may still be visible next to the road --- it was fairly overgrown with grass and bushes the last time I was up there last year.
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