Way cool article Tom. Thanks for sharing it. What is everyone's personal opinions on matters? I personally don't believe we should intervene. I mean it has always been a hope of mine to see a wolf on the island like my girlfriend did on her first trip, but who are we to interfer with what goes on in...

I have one of those ExOffico longsleeve pretreated shirts that you have mention which are good for 70 washes, but lucky I have not had the opportunity to see if it is effective because I used it in September last year and there were no bugs at the time. Even though it was pretreated, I treated it ag...

I'm going to predict that if we keep having weather like this, people that go during the begining of May may even experience some bugs at various places in the island. In June though, I almost have to believe you are going to encounter some aggravation with them. I'm crossing my fingers for you. Who...

I have one July trip planned this year and just the way people are speaking of their bug experiences reminds me of the one time I went in July of 2004. The flies and mosquitos were horrible on the Rock Harbor Trail. Not being able to stop for long periods of time even with headnets on is going to ma...

Thanks for the site Tom. It appears as though there are a couple of sites that have programs that allow you to punch in information like this one, but since you recommended this one, I'm sticking with it

Is there a place to rent canoe or kayaks in the Houghton area? Also, aren't people able to rent them at the rock harbor lodge or is that only for day trips and not for several days on the island?

We one refers to an IR Circuit Route does that immediately suggest that they intend to tackle the Greenstone, Feldtmann, and Minong trails or is that a board term that could be used to someone doing a circuit along the rock harbor trail to greenstone back to the rock harbor campgrounds. Sorry I just...

I've done it and would love to give you some advice and notes on the route I took, but is your plan to do the Greenstone and Minong in a circular route so you can see both trails or are you ok with double backing on the same trail you came in on. I am guessing you want to see the best of both worlds...

I definitely agree with Tom. Take McCargoe to Hatchet. West Chicken Bone to Hatchet cannot be fun. I walk from Hatchet to West Chicken Bone and all I can remeber is the decent and imagine geeezzzzz I'm glad Im not going in the opposite ascending direction. McCargoe Cove to Todd Harbor will have a sl...

Well then I guess its time to bust out the ear plugs and sing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" out loud so I can without a doubt hear nothing. Do you really think they are suggesting this Ingo? $15.50 obviously sounds a lot better, but I do not want anyone to think I am on a covert mission to get ...

I only got $65 this year but I am going to use it towards an ultralight weight MSR Tent. The dividend should be enough to cover the tax. Wha-Who!!!

Complete Sidebar: The last time my girlfriend and I were on the island last year and we did a round trip from Rock Harbor to Windigo back to Rock Harbor, when we got to Windigo we totally splurged. After doing laundry and taking a couple of long showers, we pigged out on two pizzas and several other...

So you can walk the length of the island, resupply at the store and hike back another route? That's always risky. You may get there and find them out of everything but oatmeal and ice cream. I know this is a little late, but whats wrong with living off of ice cream sandwiches and quaker maple brown...

I'm sure several of you have done the greenstone to lookout louise and was just curious if you thought it was anything special or magnificent compared to other places you have been on that island. Thanks.

I was looking at the MV Sandy schedule at http://rockharborlodge.com/sights. It states that there is a hidden lake/lookout louise greenstone shuttle that operates on Tuesday and Thursday for $38 per adult. However, when I scroll down to the bottom of the page it states the following: Water Bus Servi...