For someone whose general philosophy is to avoid going in June to avoid the black flies, I've spent more nights on the island in June than any other month. However, those dates are mostly in the first week of June and never in the last two weeks. So far luck has smiled upon me, and I always bring ...

So are "stays" occasions when you stayed on a boat? Or the lodge, or a housekeeping cabin?

Ingo wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 12:25 pm Damn! You're going to make me do it now

Only if you want. I'd love to see some other numbers.

A couple more:

I definitely prefer Voyageur II over any other way to get to Isle Royale.


I've entered in several locations.


And I've left from several locations.

It's winter. I made some stuff.

Total nights in Isle Royale: 97

Over eleven visits to Isle Royale, I've spent the most nights at Rock Harbor. That's not surprising, given that it has served as an entry and departure point for several visits.


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Wondering about when I've been is ...

Name: Kelly
Email: (at) here
Hometown: Berrien Springs, MI
Arrival Date: mid-July
Departure Date: a week or so later
Coming From/Via: Grand Portage, MN
Itinerary: McCargoe > Birch Island > Pickerel Cove > at least as far as Duncan Narrows, ending at Belle Isle
Notes/Other: arriving right after Great ...

No official decision has been announced. It's reasonable to plan for no changes to the upcoming season.

In such a system, what's the advantage of a Squeeze versus a Mini?

On my recent 6-day trip, I carried 4.96 pounds of food, plus another 1.3 pounds for delay. And I ate most of it.

I don't use a bidet, but I do use compressed paper towels, which get packed out inside allegedly biodegradable dog poop bags

There was toilet paper in the women's bathroom at Windigo, and it was clean. However, I don't believe the park service handles the bathroom cleaning there—in the past I have observed employees of the concessionaire cleaning the bathrooms.
We hiked Windigo>Feldtmann>Siskiwit>Malone and experienced ...

I just returned earlier this week:

Proper food storage was mentioned during the orientation, but we were not asked to prove that we had appropriate storage devices.
We were unable to locate the food storage locker at Feldtmann.
I think there were three at Siskiwit. One was tilted toward the user ...

This is such helpful information! Perhaps they will consider adding this level of boat detail to their website.

When I rented, the kayak was over in Rock Harbor, and the marina employee helped me carry it over to Tobin Harbor. I left it on the rack there when I was done.

The only time I camped at Lake Richie was last September. I got the last camp site and ultimately shared it with a couple of other hikers. The evening was pleasant, and the water was drinkable. Usually I'm passing through in the middle of the day so I don't see campers there.

With a 9 am departure ...

To expand on the previous: This is the kayak I rented at the Rock Harbor Marina in 2021. This was before I had much idea about kayaks other than they are used on the water. There were no bulkheads, or foot pegs, or a spray skirt, or proof that I could perform a self-rescue with anything other than ...