This topic has been raised a number of times but I thought I would resurrect it. My favorites are Jean, Sturgeon, Russell, Ted, Agnes and Woodside. Many others lakes are almost as wonderful but just don’t quite make the list.

Pickerel.

That lake is just so beautiful and vast. And when I’m on that lake, I know I’m in Quetico. It’s not remote, nor intimate. But it makes my heart sing.


I watched this big ole thunderstorm brew over the lake for several hours. As day turned to night, it drifted off into a wicked lightning thunderhead as it moved away from me.
Tom

Every trip I try to include some new lakes and every trip I find a new favorite.

A couple of my favorite things in Quetico are the good fishing and some awesome campsites. A big part of what makes a lake a contender for being on my favorites list is my experience(s) there. Here are a few that come to mind:

Kahshahpiwi
Walter
Murdoch
Woodside
Kawnipi
Robinson
Antoine
This Man

My favorite lakes are in Quetico since 95% of my trips have been there, and almost exclusively the north side.

To me, nothing beats paddling the first lake as we head out on a trip, mainly Beaverhouse and Pickerel. The excitement, the fresh, sweet-smelling air, maybe the song of the white-throated sparrow... there is just no other sensation like it. There are a few lakes within the park that are special for one reason or another, but the entry point lakes are at the top of my list.

I've loved every lake that I have traveled through in Quetico. Two stand out though:

The middle lake of the three unnamed lakes between the north and south arms of Quetico. Spent two nights there during a nasty cold front and just loved both the campsite and the lake.

Jesse Lake - I love the multiple islands and small bays. Alas, weather keeps conspiring against my attempts to spend a day just exploring and fishing Jesse and the unnamed lake to the south. Heading through there this July with a planned fishing/rest day on Jesse. Fingers crossed for reasonable weather this time around.

This summer's trip will include approximately 28-30 lakes and all but four will be new lakes for me, so the list of favorites is definitely going to grow!

Wow that's a tough question! So many memories, it's hard to choose. I'll say Cirrus, Russell, Wink, and Buckingham. Hoping to make some new favorites in a couple of weeks!

I'm a pretty big fan of Jean (4 visits) but forced to choose would probably pick the park's eponymous lake (6 visits). Size matters! :) I tell people that Quetico lake is like the nicest lake on the small island on the coast of Maine where I grew up (it has really nice freshwater ponds on it) multiplied by 100, or possibly more.

It would be easier to name a I didn't like...

Some favorites:
Darky Lake: Pictos, memories, fishing
Argo: CLear water, scenic
Ted: 1st Message cache I found, so many different ways to get in and out of there
Suzanette: Cliff cmap site, Quetico Joe's camp (BWJ), Moose anterlers, message cache
Alice: Big wide open, good fishing one of the first lakes I ever went to
Woodside: Remote, great fishing, feelign few have been there before.

Golly...

Emerald
Kawnipi
Agnes
Pickerel
Buckingham
Vulcan
Russell
This Man
Slate
Blackstone

I still have many to go see...