In two days time I'll be calling
La Vérendrye to reserve one or two 5-7 night trips for this summer. The website says they will be taking reservations beginning on May 19.
I'm guessing this is a Covid measure. I've never had to reserve before. However, it's been 2 years since our last trip.
My wife and my two most recent trips were: Circuit 37 (with Dozois extension) and Circuit 77, which had too much portaging for my wife. We are looking for circuit suggestions.
We are interested in:
-max distance from the 117 if possible
-not hearing lumbering -I have been told they work all night.
-remote streams and lakes with deep bays
-not "too much" portaging
What we would like to do is head out on a circuit but whenever things look interesting we would go off-circuit for say a morning and/or afternoon then return to the circuit to a designated campsite. Just as an example, Lac Cawatose provides plenty of possibilities for explorations and lazy paddling. We could easily take a 4 day circuit and stretch it out to 6-7.
However, I don't know how the system will work this year. Ie. does one have to reserve each night's campsite
in advance? We are used to deciding upon our campsites on the fly and have always arrived at our chosen site to find it vacant. Perhaps things will be different this year.