3-hr permit pickup (BS), tough access, cold and rain, and a hook in the foot! What a start... but a good meal and good friendship fixes all. Lovely drone shots in the creek and an excellent start to the series
Yeah we weren't impressed with the drive to get the permit. One would think that in times like this we could resort to e-mail. Todd too one for the team there even enduring the parks orientation session. He had his own company that did forestry layout. He did well to hold his tongue while they explained the meaning of three whistle blasts when we know there was virtually no one in the park. 😛
Kevin, Todd. I’m just catching up on your channel. Beautiful country. Nothing like the smell of fresh water lakes in the summer. Glad you could enjoy it. Hey, I noticed a little gray in the beard. I turned 70 this year. Guess my lifelong dream of the BWCA will have to live vicariously through you guys. Be careful. Have lotsa fun.
What a great video. This is only the third(?) video of yours that I’ve watched so far BUT I like what I’ve seen so far and I just ordered your book. 👍🏻
Years ago we hiked to the top of Baldy Island. It didn't look to difficult from 1/2 mile away. We spent more time in the air walking on downed trees then we spent on the ground
We were planning on Quetico this September, but ran out of time with the border opening so doing the BWCAW instead. Nice (sparing) use of the drone. The shots you chose were very colorful. Some RUclipsrs overdo the drone footage. Enjoyable to watch this video.
Thanks Kurt, Hopefully the border will open up in July. it was a great opportunity to visit that corner of the park when it is less busy but our tourist operators really need to have their customers return. I appreciate the comments regarding the usage of drones. I took a lot of video of the falls, hopefully I can maintain my restraint in Part 2.
I just started your video. I haven't done the falls chain for about 20 years. You need a bigger canoe. I recommend a wenonah minn3 or Northstar 20' Can't wait to see where you enter. Far east saganagons? You must have a nice camera. Bright pic while cooking steak. Good job wearing life jackets. I have been to the east end a few times. Always early June . We had great topwater bass fishing with Rebel teeny pop-r cast right next to shore. I have camped a few times on that island. We did well with the bass north and west of there I think my brothers largest smally was caught just above the first falls. We never stopped for very long below any of the falls except for the last one. It is scary above the first falls.. especially at high water.. we once saw a wolf there on the portage. Still going barefoot after picking up a hook? We flipped after the first falls coming back up. We tried paddling up stream to shorten the portage. Its the only time we did not have our life jackets on. Drones are not allowed in the BWCA. Quetico? But they sure gives great views of those canyon falls I have your smaller stove. Love it. Just two videos? I need more:) Oh, I see number 4. And now 3 We fished Cowa Bay. An eagle followed us all the way there. It watched us catch a bunch of small walleye. My brother eventually tossed one up on shore for the eagle. The eagle was heading down before the fish was airborne. Waves only look half si-e on camera. Last spring my brother and I waited 4 hours before crossing Beaverhouse. We should have waited longer. We did have some great topwater fishing among the islands. I also know that last campsite you were on. Ooh Silver FALLS. I have been over that many times but have never seen the bottom of it. Too steep to safely climb down at the beginning of a trip. Yup. That short cut to deadmans portage is too shallow. Be careful on the slippery sloped rock. My brother hit the ground there with the canoe. And someone blew out there knee there. When water is lower at Silver Falls. You can hop out on those rocks. Those big logs are still there. The spring of 2022 the water was much higher. And the leisurely paddle across that current would have been treacherous. We had high water way back when and was pushed up against the north wall. We had to do a back bend to get under a branch.. If you have any great fishing spots you would like to share in norther quetico park. I could trade with you some great spots on saganagons. Nice videos. I am going to send it to my brother
Thanks for sharing your stories. I read the whole thing and enjoyed it very much. I am glad I can share many of the places you have been. Many thanks for your comments.
@@KevinOutdoors it was killing me knowing you had paddled past some great fishing spots that I haven't been back to since 2012. But I think I will be back there this June.
Great series Kevin! I really appreciate all of your videos. Well done and informative. I spend a lot of time in the BWCAW as well as Quetico, Wabakimi and Crown Land when the border is open. For what its worth, while I find the drone footage beautiful and dramatic I cringe at the thought of drones flying in the wilderness areas even with park permission. I would really like to see them restricted to crown land only and let's keep the wilderness the wilderness. It would break my heart to encounter a drone flying, legally or illegally in BWCAW, Quetico, Wabakimi, Woodland Caribou. I truly believe you can do the great video work you do in those areas without a drone and not diminish other's experience. I just throw out my opinion as something for you to think on a bit. Again, thank you for the work you do. Best always and perhaps our paddles will cross some day! Cheers! (PS-I am sharing basically the same message with Jon at lost Lakes)
Great vid Kevin. Got your book the other day. Very impressive my friend. Did you say you had to drive 3 hours just to get a park permit? That's insanity. Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks! Yes, we did have to drive 3 hours to get the permit. Normally there is an entry station in that part of the park but due to COVID it was closed. I am a little cheesed that they couldn't e-mail us the permit. Not the best customer service.
The use of drones in provincial parks is controversial and I put an explanation in the description. If you ask the parks people they will say you need a permit. But, if you read the legislation and regulations it is very ambiguous. The legislation only speaks to 'aircraft' and oddly you can take off but can't land without a permit. Federal legislation governing parks is specific about 'drones'. Furthermore, Ontario Parks hasn't taken the steps necessary to make the airspace above the pars 'restricted', the National Parks are all restricted airspace. Bottom line, if there is anyone around I don't fly - in a park or not. And I never use my drone in a way that would bother wildlife. On the trip we saw several eagles nests, that would make excellent RUclips footage but it would bother the nesting birds in breeding season.
Hi Kevin. I was looking at getting into Cache Bay myself here soon via access from Northern Lights Lake. Did you consider this area and work you recommend it?
I have been considering doing a trip into Quetico from Northern Lights for some time. It would however make the trip a day or two longer on either end due to the distances needed to travel. Saganaga is also a pretty big lake and there is a chance you could easily get wind bound.
I think you may have ran into a couple who also posted their June 21 video on their RUclips channel. Goes by the name of FishermanBoyle. They remarked about seeing two guys who explained they came straight into the park from east of Saganagons. They sounded a bit perplexed about that. Had to be you too. :)
The government can't be everywhere on a small budget. I live in the states and have been doing quetico for 40 years. When I lost my sportsman card or canpass. I was always impressed at talking to a human and them getting the replacement in the mail the next day.
The funny thing is that it works exactly like that if you are going to Wabakimi so they have the technology they just choose not to use it. I get it, they want to funnel people through the entry stations, but if they are closed they should provide other options.
A rainy day at camp still beats a week of sunshine while sitting in an office.
Absolutely!
3-hr permit pickup (BS), tough access, cold and rain, and a hook in the foot! What a start... but a good meal and good friendship fixes all. Lovely drone shots in the creek and an excellent start to the series
Yeah we weren't impressed with the drive to get the permit. One would think that in times like this we could resort to e-mail. Todd too one for the team there even enduring the parks orientation session. He had his own company that did forestry layout. He did well to hold his tongue while they explained the meaning of three whistle blasts when we know there was virtually no one in the park. 😛
So glad you got to get out on an adventure kevin with your buddy. Best therapy during these times! Happy belated Father's day.
It really was! My batteries are recharged. This was my first big trip in over a year. Looking forward to the new normal.
Out of all hooks to leave behind a massive treble hook! Glad it didn’t get stuck. Thanks for sharing Kev!
Yeah, it was massive. I can't imagine it being practical for anything in these lakes.
Great looking trip and I see someone in the team uses the right truck, too.
Thanks Craig! 👍
Oh my, the cinematography is AMAZING! What a beautiful trip :)
Thanks so much!
Sir, loved your thoroughness and pedagogical video. Learned a lot😊
Thanks so much.
Kevin, Todd. I’m just catching up on your channel. Beautiful country. Nothing like the smell of fresh water lakes in the summer. Glad you could enjoy it. Hey, I noticed a little gray in the beard. I turned 70 this year. Guess my lifelong dream of the BWCA will have to live vicariously through you guys. Be careful. Have lotsa fun.
Thanks for your continued views and support of the channel Paul. And Happy Birthday! atb!
Great vid Kevin - love the drone footage! Can't wait for Part 2.
Thanks, part 2 should be ready soon.
Great drone footage Kevin! Looking forward to the next installment!
Thanks 👍
Always enjoy seeing Quetico and your videos. Looking forward to P2.... and purchasing your Backcountry Cookbook. Safe travels !
Awesome! Thank you!
Looks like a beautiful place. I love the footage from above as you paddled through the high grass.
Glad you enjoyed it, that was a fun shot to capture!
What a great video. This is only the third(?) video of yours that I’ve watched so far BUT I like what I’ve seen so far and I just ordered your book. 👍🏻
Thanks, much appreciated!
Loved your drone video in the narrow area.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice trip so far, we'll be back for the next part.
Thanks working on it now. 😀
Years ago we hiked to the top of Baldy Island.
It didn't look to difficult from 1/2 mile away.
We spent more time in the air walking on downed trees then we spent on the ground
I hear you. I have had days like that back when I did timber cruising.
They need to reopen the borders. You hosers have all the fun. BEAUTIFUL camp site guys.
The borders are open.
@@KevinOutdoors I wanted to contact ya over the dehydrated goods sometime. Canada is on the bucket list for Hot Camping.
Nice to see you in Quetico. One day I’ll get there. Dinner looked amazing. Your cookbook is top notch, I’m slowly reading through it now 😊
Thanks Derek! Much appreciated!
We were planning on Quetico this September, but ran out of time with the border opening so doing the BWCAW instead. Nice (sparing) use of the drone. The shots you chose were very colorful. Some RUclipsrs overdo the drone footage. Enjoyable to watch this video.
Thanks Kurt, Hopefully the border will open up in July. it was a great opportunity to visit that corner of the park when it is less busy but our tourist operators really need to have their customers return. I appreciate the comments regarding the usage of drones. I took a lot of video of the falls, hopefully I can maintain my restraint in Part 2.
Very cool to see you in my neck of the woods! I’ll be traveling in that area with my youngest daughter this summer.
Thanks Michael, enjoy your trip it is a great area.
Was on Saganagons about 35 years ago. Hopefully some day I'll make it back.
It is a beautiful part of the park.
Fantastic.
Thanks Andy! More to come.
@@KevinOutdoors
Looking forward to it pal.
I just started your video.
I haven't done the falls chain for about 20 years.
You need a bigger canoe. I recommend a wenonah minn3 or Northstar 20'
Can't wait to see where you enter. Far east saganagons?
You must have a nice camera.
Bright pic while cooking steak.
Good job wearing life jackets.
I have been to the east end a few times. Always early June . We had great topwater bass fishing with Rebel teeny pop-r cast right next to shore.
I have camped a few times on that island. We did well with the bass north and west of there
I think my brothers largest smally was caught just above the first falls. We never stopped for very long below any of the falls except for the last one.
It is scary above the first falls.. especially at high water.. we once saw a wolf there on the portage.
Still going barefoot after picking up a hook?
We flipped after the first falls coming back up. We tried paddling up stream to shorten the portage. Its the only time we did not have our life jackets on.
Drones are not allowed in the BWCA. Quetico?
But they sure gives great views of those canyon falls
I have your smaller stove. Love it.
Just two videos?
I need more:)
Oh, I see number 4.
And now 3
We fished Cowa Bay.
An eagle followed us all the way there. It watched us catch a bunch of small walleye. My brother eventually tossed one up on shore for the eagle. The eagle was heading down before the fish was airborne.
Waves only look half si-e on camera. Last spring my brother and I waited 4 hours before crossing Beaverhouse. We should have waited longer.
We did have some great topwater fishing among the islands.
I also know that last campsite you were on.
Ooh Silver FALLS. I have been over that many times but have never seen the bottom of it.
Too steep to safely climb down at the beginning of a trip.
Yup. That short cut to deadmans portage is too shallow. Be careful on the slippery sloped rock. My brother hit the ground there with the canoe. And someone blew out there knee there.
When water is lower at Silver Falls. You can hop out on those rocks. Those big logs are still there.
The spring of 2022 the water was much higher. And the leisurely paddle across that current would have been treacherous. We had high water way back when and was pushed up against the north wall. We had to do a back bend to get under a branch..
If you have any great fishing spots you would like to share in norther quetico park. I could trade with you some great spots on saganagons.
Nice videos. I am going to send it to my brother
Thanks for sharing your stories. I read the whole thing and enjoyed it very much. I am glad I can share many of the places you have been. Many thanks for your comments.
@@KevinOutdoors it was killing me knowing you had paddled past some great fishing spots that I haven't been back to since 2012.
But I think I will be back there this June.
Great series Kevin! I really appreciate all of your videos. Well done and informative. I spend a lot of time in the BWCAW as well as Quetico, Wabakimi and Crown Land when the border is open. For what its worth, while I find the drone footage beautiful and dramatic I cringe at the thought of drones flying in the wilderness areas even with park permission. I would really like to see them restricted to crown land only and let's keep the wilderness the wilderness. It would break my heart to encounter a drone flying, legally or illegally in BWCAW, Quetico, Wabakimi, Woodland Caribou. I truly believe you can do the great video work you do in those areas without a drone and not diminish other's experience. I just throw out my opinion as something for you to think on a bit. Again, thank you for the work you do. Best always and perhaps our paddles will cross some day! Cheers! (PS-I am sharing basically the same message with Jon at lost Lakes)
Well said Mike, I share your thoughts.
Looks like a great trip! I want to know what was in the bowls :D Your book is on order. Looking forward to seeing all the goodies in there!
Thanks! The recipe 'Caldo Verde - Sausage and Kale Soup (or in this case a stew) is in the book.
Great vid Kevin. Got your book the other day. Very impressive my friend. Did you say you had to drive 3 hours just to get a park permit? That's insanity. Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks! Yes, we did have to drive 3 hours to get the permit. Normally there is an entry station in that part of the park but due to COVID it was closed. I am a little cheesed that they couldn't e-mail us the permit. Not the best customer service.
What kind of chairs, please? Did an annual canoe/camping trip to Quetico for 10 great years; awesome memories
Both chairs are Helinox. Todd and I have slightly different models, but they are all essentially the same.
Nice, I really liked the drone shots. Do you need approval prior to using it in a provincial park?
And the wind is always there.
The use of drones in provincial parks is controversial and I put an explanation in the description. If you ask the parks people they will say you need a permit. But, if you read the legislation and regulations it is very ambiguous. The legislation only speaks to 'aircraft' and oddly you can take off but can't land without a permit. Federal legislation governing parks is specific about 'drones'. Furthermore, Ontario Parks hasn't taken the steps necessary to make the airspace above the pars 'restricted', the National Parks are all restricted airspace. Bottom line, if there is anyone around I don't fly - in a park or not. And I never use my drone in a way that would bother wildlife. On the trip we saw several eagles nests, that would make excellent RUclips footage but it would bother the nesting birds in breeding season.
You are awesome
LOL, thanks!
Hi Kevin. I was looking at getting into Cache Bay myself here soon via access from Northern Lights Lake. Did you consider this area and work you recommend it?
I have been considering doing a trip into Quetico from Northern Lights for some time. It would however make the trip a day or two longer on either end due to the distances needed to travel. Saganaga is also a pretty big lake and there is a chance you could easily get wind bound.
I think you may have ran into a couple who also posted their June 21 video on their RUclips channel. Goes by the name of FishermanBoyle. They remarked about seeing two guys who explained they came straight into the park from east of Saganagons. They sounded a bit perplexed about that. Had to be you too. :)
Yep, that was us. I have also watched FishermanBoyle's videos.
Interesting how the government has intimidated us to go way out of our way to comply in their absence.
Also...great video!
Yes! Thank you!
The government can't be everywhere on a small budget.
I live in the states and have been doing quetico for 40 years. When I lost my sportsman card or canpass. I was always impressed at talking to a human and them getting the replacement in the mail the next day.
100 percent should be able to grab your permit through you're online booking.. And then, priiiint... 🤦🏻♂️If it could only be that simple.. Haha
The funny thing is that it works exactly like that if you are going to Wabakimi so they have the technology they just choose not to use it. I get it, they want to funnel people through the entry stations, but if they are closed they should provide other options.
Cache bay is on the boarder. So it probably deserves a little more of a security check.