Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Other Canoe Camping Locations :: Water quality (drinking) Namekagon, St Croix, T-F Flowage...
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------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 11:46 AM Kern, Jamie Hi John, ... As far as water, the landings with drinking water are marked on the maps, however, there aren't very many of them along the Namekagon and upper St. Croix. Many people do use filters on the river for longer trips. It is pretty clean water, but obviously there is a risk of Giardia and other pathogens. Filters work well and can hold you over until you reach the next landing with drinking water available. Let me know if you have any more questions! On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 10:51 AM John Beary <-------@gmail.com> wrote: Jamie, ... On a unrelated note if we are looking at planning a multi day unsupported through trip is there a handy way to figure out where we can get water or do I need to bother you guys for info like that? We have filters but I assume that filtering isnt recommended on either river system. Since we dont have any set itinerary yet I dont need you list where water is available through the entire section either. ------------------------------------------- My assumption of not filtering was based on nasty IA rivers (all ia rivers...) . I didnt realize how "N country" NW WI is. I found Jamie from the NPS to be super helpful for trip planning assistance. I have multiple email threads talking to her for planning and when I told her I was probably done contacting her she told me to let her know how our trip went after we got back.-------> |
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How is the (filtered) water quality for drinking? We'd be using a Sawyer filter, but Sawyer removes bacteria and protozoa only. I wouldn't be concerned with drinking filtered water from the Boundary Waters or Sylvania. It's just that the waters mentioned above see much more human contact.. thanks.. |
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Water quality St. Croix River |