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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: Crownland Route Help
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| MooseBreath |
Souix Lookout on fishing trips. The biggest change(s) on the land- scape I see is large-scale logging, not development. Ontario has protected vast areas with "conservation areas" and canoe route buffers. NW Ontario is still Big Country! Depends where you want to go. Wabakimi Provincial Park has extremely low canoe pressure Logging roads have opened up a lot of Crown Land but most lakes remain quite remote. |
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| HayRiverDrifter |
I have also been up Graham road to north of Brightsand. Email me if you want more info. Tony |
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| missmolly |
If you can, take two vehicles, both with 4 wheel drive and if possible, with low gearing a locking differential. You don't have to drive miles to reach a lake. There are great lakes less than a mile off the highway. Using the Fish OnLine tool, you can catch specks or splake or muskies or whatever you want. Bigger lakes are more likely to have a fly-in cabin. Some of the smaller lakes might be fished once in a decade. I once bushwhacked to a lake with a teen and I asked him to use the sonar to see if there were fish. "Yes," he said, "there are." "What depth?" I asked. "Everywhere," he honestly answered, and they were. Take a PLB. |
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| sns |
HayRiverDrifter: "I know a lot about the Turtle River PP. Very clear water with great walleye and bass fishing." Second this - really cool area. White Otter Castle is fun to visit, and there is some really good fishing to be found. Decent number of Laker lakes too. |
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| deerfoot |
sns: "HayRiverDrifter: "I know a lot about the Turtle River PP. Very clear water with great walleye and bass fishing." Did this route with some friends in June 2019 in a week. Got to see Jimmy McQuat’s White Otter Castle and paddled the Turtle Rv. If you are interested, I can put you in touch with a buddy who organized the trip. He could fill you in on logistics. Also, in an earlier Kevin Callan’s route book he does a great job covering this trip. |
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| donr |
I would appreciate hearing if anyone has paddled that area recently. Thanks, Don |
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| Jackfish |
I don't know if she's been in that specific area, but I know she's paddled, camped and fished a number of times in the Crownland of Ontario. |
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| missmolly |
Google Earth Fish OnLine Be warned: A logging road can look passable on Google Earth, but be barrier-filled in person. Take mud boots and walk through all puddles before attempting to drive them. A inch or two of mud isn't a problem. If you sink into it, your car will likely sink into it. Read about off-road driving. Going slowly is usually best. I've never seen woods logged up to lakeshores. This is wonderful, for you might pass logged areas, but when you reach your lake, you won't see stumps. The fishing can be otherworldly. I love catching a fish on my first cast into a new lake. Much of the time, you'll have to make your own campsite. Paddle around a lake before pitching your tent to locate the best site. You might see someone else on the lake you select, but this is RARE and they're usually passing through or day-tripping. |
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| goatroti |
www.wabakimi.net |
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| sns |
Anyone been there? |
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| donr |
Miss Molly, would you be willing to share some route information/recommendations? I am going out with one of the guys I paddled with back in the day and he does not have the flexibility for a grand adventure if things don’t go as planned. Deerfoot, thanks for recommending Kevin Callan’s book. I would like to take you up on your offer to put me in touch with your trip organizer. Please feel free to email. I discovered the area west of Wabakimi last year and have plans to return in late summer. I quickly found out I needed to be prepared for significant portage clearing and to plan accordingly. Unfortunately, time constraints make this area less feasible. Thanks again to all for your help. Don |