Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Woodland Caribou Provincial Park :: Water purifiers in WCPP
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AndySG |
Always filter. That's me. I am a cautious fellow. |
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Bogwalker |
We brought a back up filter "Just-in-case" as we were going to be out for two weeks. The filter never clogged. WCPP water has much less gunk floating in it so the filters last longer before gunking up. We also frequently drank directly from lakes and had no issues. Your mileage may differ. |
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dentondoc |
If there is a large, deep water source nearby, I'll dip/drink directly from it. If I find myself in tight quarters (river channels/streams or shallow water) I'll either filter or boil. I did whip up a Sawyer's gravity filter system during the off season and I'll probably try that out this year. dd |
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Marten |
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HighnDry |
quote Tippytop: "Hello, I filtered with an MSR hydration/microfilter setup but others in my group paddled to the center of the deep lakes and dipped water bottles. They used a 5 gal bucket to collect and paddled back to shore for drinking/cooking water. The only time that became an issue was on one or two very shallow lakes where we relied on my filter system for drinking water. It's up to your comfort level I would guess as to what system you will use. |
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KerryG |
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Tippytop |
Thanks again. |
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Tippytop |
Having traveled for many years in the Quetico I have not taken water purifiers on trips and have experienced no problems. However I am curious if anyone uses or recommends the use of water purifiers within the WCPP? Thanks in advance. |
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dentondoc |
quote nctry: "I drank water from Donald Lake treated with a steripen and got a mild case of giardia." I drank water from Donald Lake for 3 straight, blazingly hot, summer days without filtering or treatment with no problem. (Maybe just lucky, or maybe it was just I was camped as far away from the developed areas of the lake as possible at a spot where waterflow from those areas would not have come past me.) Your mileage may vary. dd |
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ZaraSp00k |
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