Thanks for the replies, all very sincerer and welcome, discussion is good.
Old Memaquay sent me maps of a really nice canoe route on his dime a while ago..., offered a shuttle too. I consider him another Canadian friend of which I have a few.
I don't wish to sound like a unappreciative non resident and I am not. I have spent more money solo tripping in Quebec and Ontario than my wife can understand. Sometimes I climb up on a rock lakeside and start spouting off, but in the end I love the open canoe and I love Canada for what she is. A place I will keep coming back too for as long as I can swing a canoe up onto my shoulders, walk a portage trail and share the magic of a northern lake.