So a side note from scouting.
Back in high school I was part of a camping group called outers. We started the year with 4 separate 3 day canoe trips covering lakes and rivers in the geraldton area.
In the winter, we snowshoed in 7 km with heavy backpacks over a rough twisty trail to a log cabin where we would do activities like orienteering, quinzee building, winter survival.
In the spring, we would end off the year with a 2 week long canoe trip. Every year would be a different route. We did lakes rivers rapids and portages camping in 12 man prospector tents. They weighed around 100lbs to carry.
One of the trips I did was the steel lake trip. Another was the steel river trip. We would start off in longlac and work our way down through the various lakes in the area to access the steel system. The lake and river both paralleled each other starting at eaglecrest lake about halfway from longlac to terrace bay. There was some of the most beautiful untouched areas in north America on the route with 300 ft cliffs lining the shores of the rivers and lakes.
I found a blog online of someone else who did the lower part of this trip starting in Santoy lake and going over the infamous diablo portage that starts with a steep 300 ft climb to access the portage.
Here's the link to the blog that details the lower part of the trip. I traveled this area back in the early 90s.
https://bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=trip.report_view&sel_trp_id=5247&sel_trp_part_id=2
Here's a map showing the basic route I traveled on the steel system.
Canadian eh!!!
Back in high school I was part of a camping group called outers. We started the year with 4 separate 3 day canoe trips covering lakes and rivers in the geraldton area.
In the winter, we snowshoed in 7 km with heavy backpacks over a rough twisty trail to a log cabin where we would do activities like orienteering, quinzee building, winter survival.
In the spring, we would end off the year with a 2 week long canoe trip. Every year would be a different route. We did lakes rivers rapids and portages camping in 12 man prospector tents. They weighed around 100lbs to carry.
One of the trips I did was the steel lake trip. Another was the steel river trip. We would start off in longlac and work our way down through the various lakes in the area to access the steel system. The lake and river both paralleled each other starting at eaglecrest lake about halfway from longlac to terrace bay. There was some of the most beautiful untouched areas in north America on the route with 300 ft cliffs lining the shores of the rivers and lakes.
I found a blog online of someone else who did the lower part of this trip starting in Santoy lake and going over the infamous diablo portage that starts with a steep 300 ft climb to access the portage.
Here's the link to the blog that details the lower part of the trip. I traveled this area back in the early 90s.
https://bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=trip.report_view&sel_trp_id=5247&sel_trp_part_id=2
Here's a map showing the basic route I traveled on the steel system.
Canadian eh!!!