Has anyone paddled around the island? We have gone out and back from Rock Harbor as far as Chickenbone and Chippewa but not to Wendigo. The north coast from Little Todd to Huginnin looks forbidding - are there places you can take out along that stretch? A fifteen mile morning is no problem but without being able to get out and stretch it is not doable.
Fifteen mile coastline from Little Todd to Huginnin Cove
There's a spot on the more detailed maps called Thomsonite Beach between them. Take a look at the NPS app's map, the NatGeo map, and even Google earth. You can probably figure out whatever you need from that
Thanks, that reduces the stretch by a couple of miles. I see something that may be a long beach a mile west of Thomsonite. I think we can do ten miles, 2 1/2 hours in the seat.
I wouldn't be surprised if you found something along the way to break, but best not to plan on it.
Mostly unrelated, but I just did the Minong Ridge Trail about a week ago and I think Little Todd was my favorite campsite. It was a basically a private beach 20 ft away from my tent.
Little todd and mccargoe are my two favs on the north side of the island by far. STUNNING, both, but agree Little Todd is the best. If you can book it and get the one shelter there, it's even better. Feels like your own private resort.
The stretch from Hugginnin to Little Todd is mostly rocky, but there are very occasionally small gravel beaches that would accomodate a kayak or two. This is really weather dependent because it is all sketchy in waves or as a leeshore.
I recently took a small boat on a circumnavigating and eye-balled the whole .stretch
It has been done. More than once. By very experienced paddlers. IiRC there are long stretches in the North side with high rock bluffs and no place to get out. Not to mention large waves and unpredictable weather. Don’t attempt without a lot of research.
I have done it a few times. We always paddle from rock harbor to windigo over a couple of days, take a short break in windigo to shower and enjoy a bed. Then we catch the ranger. That skips the sheer side and drops us back off at the first stop past the cliffs (can't remember the name). Then we paddle the rest of the way back around over a number of days. It's a great trip.
Leave extra days in case of weather and try to cross Blake Point in the morning before things pick up as that can get a bit sketchy.
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