All right, call me bored all ready. But if you were going to plan a trip solely on easy landings (I have a cedar strip canoe) where would you go?

Is sand easy on cedar or would marsh and reeds and muck be easier?

Are you considering campsite landings as well as portage landings, Pete . . . ?

Motel 6, Pete... they'll leave a light on!!! not only are the landing areas flat, the trail to the latrine is usually short and without obstacles.

Good one, Mocha.

Hop out in knee deep or deeper water at ALL landings. That makes them all soft. Or paddle aluminum if you want to grind the shorelines.

quote Mocha: "Motel 6, Pete... they'll leave a light on!!! not only are the landing areas flat, the trail to the latrine is usually short and without obstacles."

thanks for the laugh! I think I woke my wife up! Old salt, I do hop out in knee deep water. Not looking for a sand beach at every portage but manageable rocks. Took a tumble coming out in September. Just got me thinking. I do realize the unlikelihood of this idea.

Your best bet, Pete, is probably a big lake, no portage trip or close to it. You know - Seagull, Saganaga, Moose, etc.

I would suggest Beaverhouse in the Q.

The put-in is a tad rocky but mostly mud shore. Can wade to make it easy on the cedar. Once in, you have a huge lake to explore for days and days with zero portages.

The lake has it all. Inflowing waterfall from Quetico on the east end, massive open water with miles and miles of shore to explore. A ranger station on the southeast corner.

The west end has the outflowing river. There are islands to camp on. There are camp sites at the west end with huge sand beaches and gentle slopes for easy canoe exit or even safe summer swimming for a young family that are as good as any ocean beach I have been to.

There are pictos on the south west cliffs. and logging relics on the far west end.

You can fish for lakers, trophy pike and SMB by the gazillions.

All wrapped in the sweet aroma of pure solitude. Only saw one canoe in a week 3 years ago (once away from the east end put-in)

What's not to like?

Old Hoosier

A cedar stripper is no more fragile than a Kevlar or f-glass skin-coated canoe. As Easily repaired. Worry about something else Pete.

butthead

I was going to suggest a large lake like Sag or Seagull. But you still would have to pull over and land at a campsite so that's a wash because landings are like portages. I guess you need to invest in a good pair of knee high boots. Maybe travel in the spring when water levels are high.

Saganaga Lake, south site of Englishman Island is a lovely sand beach.