Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Quetico Forum :: A Paddlers Guide To Quetico Provincial Park by Robert Beymer
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HansSolo |
A great guide book indeed. It was out of print for awhile, but it seems it's available new via the "Boundary Waters Journal" and their website. A Paddler's Guide to Quetico Provincial Park Although Kevin Callan's "A Paddler's Guide to Quetico and Beyond" is a better read, Beyer's Quetico guide is incredibly helpful for calculating a daily traveling itinerary. Almost a must have for a Quetico first time tripper in my opinion. I literally wore out my 1985 copy, which was the initial year of release. Some of the information is a little dated, because Robert Beyer essentially compiled most all of the book's data during the summer of 1984. Surprisingly I didn't cross paths with Mr. Beymer, having spent 4-weeks in Quetico in the summer of 1984 myself. Hans Solo |
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mastertangler |
After some time opened up for me I decided, based on Beyers book, to do the Hunters Island loop. I still remember his quote which inspired me....... "this loop has it all"........ I was either very dimwitted or adventurous (perhaps a bit of both) as I took the trip on in a vessel i had never paddled and had only purchased a month earlier. And it was my first time in the park. I loaded up at the banks of Moose lake, shoved off and thought for sure I was going over within the first 10 feet. The Bell Merlin carbon fiber came with the seat hiked to the rails practically. Action Sports in Jackson Michigan where I bought the boat gave me a set of seat drops to install and I took them more on a whim not really thinking I would need them. I just barely made it back to shore and had to borrow a multi tool to install them. Ahh, that was better! And the adventure began.........the trip was quite awesome and I become hooked and the rest, as they say, is history. |