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Chlorin8ed |
Preference on which way to go? We are slow movers, both paddling and portaging, we do not like to move everyday. I know we will have to move (guessing) every other day to complete this loop. Any thoughts on how long this loop will take? Logical and easy goals/destinations? How far will be get each day, etc. Ok let it begin ;-) Thanks Chlorin8ed |
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Banksiana |
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Ausable |
quote Chlorin8ed: "Well we have a change of plans. We are going to Agnes and base camp there. We know we will have to do the Meadows portage twice LOL. The daughter wants to see Louisa Falls and the bath tub and the picto's. So any advice on Agnes? Camp Sites? Sites, Day trips? etc." • Pictographs: I recommend buying the Northwoods Pictographs brochures for Agnes. They will help you locate and identify the pictographs. • Portages: You have already heard that the two portages (aka Big Agony and Little Agony) from Sunday Lake through Meadows to Agnes can be tough, but the portage from Sunday Bay into Sunday Lake (the North Portage) can also be difficult (large rocks, mud, etc.). • Campsites: Given the difficulty of the first day's 3 portages into Agnes (plus the easy Prairie Portage), you might want to stay on the south end of Agnes for the first night. You'll be near Louisa Falls and 2 of the southern pictograph sites. These campsites are heavily used. I recommend moving further north to gain some (relative) solitude. |
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billconner |
I've not done Poacher but keep it in mind for when wind is high and Bayley really rough, as happens a lot, especially later in day. I did come out of Burke once to be greeted by a flotilla - maybe 10 groups - all wind bound on Inlet for three days. I don't know why they didn't do Poacher - tough perhaps but ideal for when Bayley is broaching impassible. As for South-Jeff-West - I've not done it but both my sons have and said it was mucky but easy. My sons like muck - or did at that age - and I can understand others may rather hike a steep mile than plow through a 10 rod muck. Frankly, if you have the time, a exit from Agnes through Silence and S-Chain-North Bay-Burke-Bayley would be my choice. It's a nice paddle and easy portages. At the end of the day, the Meadows portages are not that tough IMHO. They are rocky, actually only portage I've ever fallen on, but wide and dry and more like a walk in the woods than in a swamp. |
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Banksiana |
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Chlorin8ed |
Any one been thru there recently? |
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Chlorin8ed |
I am just trying to figure out how far we need to get. We are strong out out of the gate, LOL, and then slow after that. :-) I think we want a 7 day loop. I know the portages out of Agnes will most likely "kill" they wife. So I am debating to do them first or last on the loop. |
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billconner |
The portage from Agnes to Louisa is adjacent to Louisa Falls - so it's a "steep" portage to say the least - maybe two people pushing/pulling canoe and/or use rope - or maybe one can carry it if steadier than I am now. |
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timatkn |
That way you can take it slow for your first Quetico trip. If you get way ahead of schedule play around on Agnes longer check out all the pictographs and the set of petroglyphs. The lakes are pretty good for fishing so it would give ya time to do a little of that as well. T |
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Chlorin8ed |
We double portage and are very slow ;-) So we may not make 10 miles a day. LOL Portage up the Falls? |
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billconner |
Bayley Bay can be tough in wind, so I usually want to allow for teh possibility I could go by Poacher instead of being wind bound - so may if good weather first day, Burke-North-S-chain. PP to Agnes - even north end - and back is a leisurely 5 night trip which ever way you go. If you just head to Agnes and Louisa Falls, Louisa Lake is a really nice place and generally the portage up the falls discourages people from going there. I figure 10-12 miles a day is not hard - and that usually averages in a layover day every 3-4 days. |