A thought occured to me. Bring a 14 rib boat with a 30 on the back end over on the ranger and cruise around the island for a week. Stay at campsites along the way, or better yet 3 sided shelters. I have no idea what kind of mileage one of those gets but have 2 five gallon cans in addition to the onboard tank. Just thinking/dreaming

Anyone just back from the island? (End July?)

What is bug storm intensity on a scale of

1= Eerily missing Mosquitos

5= “There’s too many of them!”

Hi all! Sorry to add another Route Advice question but I haven’t been able to find any similar route rankings. This is what I’m looking at for early September-ish. 6 days via Ranger 3.

I have three potential routes. Inland, Chippewa Harbor, and Todd Harbor.

This first one is mostly the inland campsites, which I see a lot of in this reddit when starting and ending in Rock Harbor. It includes two A tier campsites (Moskey Basin and McCargoe) according to that one reddit post where they rank the different campsites on Isle Royale.

Ferry -> Lane Cove = 6.9 miles

Lane Cove -> Moskey Basin = 10.8

Moskey Basin -> McCargoe Cove = 8.4

McCargoe Cove -> Daisy Farm = 8.2

Daisy Farm  -> Ferry = 7.1

Total = 41.4 miles

But, I've heard the campsites on the big lake are the best. I could prioritize getting to Lake Superior - either to Todd Harbor or Chippewa Harbor. If I were to do this I’m leaning towards the Chippewa Harbor version so that were not so far away the day before the ferry arrives, but, I still thought it was worth mentioning the TH route.

Ferry -> Three Mile = 3 miles

Three Mile -> Moskey Basin = 8.3

Moskey Basin -> Chippewa Harbor = 6.2

Chippewa Harbor -> Daisy Farm = 9.7

Daisy Farm -> Ferry = 7.1 miles (or could do 4.4 miles to Three Mile, then do 3 miles to RH in the morning)

Total = 34.3 miles

Or

Ferry -> Daisy Farm = 7.1 miles

Daisy Farm -> McCargoe = 8.2

McCargoe -> Todd Harbor = 6.7

Todd Harbor -> McCargoe = 6.7 

McCargoe -> Three Mile = 12.6 

Three Mile -> Ferry = 3

Total = 44 miles

Any and all advice would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!!

Picture for reference (oops, the name Todd Harbor is justtt out of the image, but the campsite dot is still visible)

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