Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Other Canoe Camping Locations :: Wisconsin River Full Length
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inspector13 |
See if this site suits your needs. |
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WIMike |
onepaddleshort: " If you come up with any questions I can answer I’d be happy to." Thanks for the offer and I do have a few questions. Would you like me to email you? If so I need an address please. If you'd like, I can ask them here and then the info will be available to others as well. Thanks. |
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WIMike |
GutRooster: " Four days!! Wow, you’re an iron man. I’m looking at 2 1/2 weeks but I’ll be in a relatively slow canoe and I built in some time for unexpected portages around beaver dams, thunderstorm delays and a little fishing here and there. Thanks a bunch for the info. |
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WIMike |
inspector13: "See if this site suits your needs." Looks like exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks. |
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GutRooster |
Yes, I did the entire length last summer over 4 days. It was a great time. I write for another paddling group, WI specific and will post the link below. If you have any questions, let me know. For sure do it and for sure do it continuously if possible. It's worth your time. https://www.milespaddled.com/2020/07/wisconsin-river-xix/ |
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WIMike |
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butthead |
Whitewater Quietwater, technical river maps and info from the source to The Dells. Paddling Northern Wisconsin, technical info and maps from Lac Vieux Desert to Wausau. Canoeing and Kayaking Wisconsin, a more general trip description from Vilas CO to Wyalusing, notes on towns and Taverns. I may have more but they are buried. A used book store is the best source, or I can loan them for the season. butthead |
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WIMike |
onepaddleshort: Perfect! The upper stretches are where my knowledge is the thinnest so I really appreciate your help. I'm laid up right now following foot surgery so I have plenty of time to pore over this report. Thank you! |
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WIMike |
onepaddleshort: I also wrote a trip report of my own which is on some hard drive somewhere. If you’d like to read it I can see if I can find it. If you come up with any questions I can answer I’d be happy to." Thanks onepaddleshort, don't spend a lot of time looking but if you have that trip report handy I would love to read it. I may have a few questions later. I appreciate your offer to help. |
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WIMike |
He sounds like a great resource to tap into. Can you please provide me an email address or other way to contact him? Thanks. |
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onepaddleshort |
WIMike: "Anyone done this trip and would be willing to share insights? Anyone know when I can reasonably expect the upper sections to be ice-free in the spring. I'd like to start as early as I can. I know it varies from year to year. Thanks" I’ve paddled the whole river- but I did it in sections over a few summers. About 2/3rds of it solo but I managed to talk a friend into paddling the last 100 miles or so with me. I started at Lac Vieux Desert in mid June so I wasn’t pushing ice out. I enjoyed John Sullivan’s trip report of his paddle down the Wisconsin. He is a hard-core river paddler and has paddled many different Midwest rivers. His website has every other day of his trip posted here: Trip Report I contacted him and he was kind enough to share his entire trip report with me. I also wrote a trip report of my own which is on some hard drive somewhere. If you’d like to read it I can see if I can find it. If you come up with any questions I can answer I’d be happy to. |
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onepaddleshort |
WIMike: "onepaddleshort: I also wrote a trip report of my own which is on some hard drive somewhere. If you’d like to read it I can see if I can find it. If you come up with any questions I can answer I’d be happy to." I found a report for the first half of the trip. I emailed it to you. |
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Jackfish |
What I do know is that he's a great guy - a retired outdoors recreation professor at UW-La Crosse (WI), as well as the University of Idaho. He lives in Idaho in retirement and has also done multi-week solo trips in Quetico, Woodland Caribou, Wabakimi and Opasquia Provincial Parks. He'd be a great resource for you if you're interested. |
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fishboat |
Great website in general..lots of specific info that saves searching on your own. |
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