I'd do Big Crow and day trip from there.  But I wouldn't do it in June - the bugs might eat them alive and make for an awful experience instead of a great one.  Third week of May the trout will be active and the bugs will be relatively light compared to June (a guide, not a rule).  

Plenty of day trip options - climb the fire tower hill, do the white pine hike, explore the Crow River downstream of Big Crow - and that's where you'll get your fish action as well.

From the water taxi dropoff at Proulx it's an easy 4 hours to Big Crow after an easy portage.  Kid friendly, I would say.

I'm just glad the word yolk didn't make it into this thread.  Hate that.

Is that Deer Yard from the Hemlock portage?  Don't recall as many water plants, but was there in May before they have grown up to be visible.

Tentsforever,

A very touching tale.  It is so refreshing to read of a trip where success is not measured in distance traveled and portages completed, rather one where success is measured in each moment.

There aren't many lakes that I've visited that I'm not fond of...but I have limited photos on my work laptop so they tend to be somewhat redundant.  Of benefit to someone like you who pays attention!

Vanslyke was close with that guess, but, as usual, Peek nailed it!

It is a view from campsite #1 on the PCI index (the one on the peninsula south of the "devil's razor") looking to the east across the bay.  Further to the right but off-screen of the image is one of the most coveted sites on the lake.

You've got to get up pretty early to fool Peek, apparently!

A special shout out to MartinG - just sold me his old 16' Swift Prospector on Labor Day weekend and it paddles like a dream!  Thanks so much Martin!!!

Now, on to the show...

I expect some will find this a piece of cake
Like paddling with a little wake
To see these young ladies enjoy the park
Brings great joy to my heart!

It's not the stream between Dickson and Hardy Bay, viewed from the Hardy Bay/Lavieille side?

Claire,

Meal packaging-wise, here's what I do and you may find a similar system might work for you.  I have one generic "kitchen bag" with cookset, plates, hard rolls, crackers, spices, soap, cloth, utensils, peanut butter, honey, etc - it's a grab bag of all the stuff that is used frequently for most meals and if we're day-tripping we grab that along with one or two of the bags below.  This limits the search for odd kitchen items to a single bag instead of fishing around in a giant backpack or drybag.  In the past I've actually used a cloth farmers market bag for the kitchen bag - it's got long handles that can sling over the shoulder for a short portage and it holds a ton of stuff without ripping.

ll food is in drybags that I get from walmart cheap here:  
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Outdoor-Recreation-Group-Set-of-3-Ultimate-Dry-Sacks/10928125

1. Breakfast bag - a little blue drybag that has stuff that is just used for breakfast - oatmeal, granola, dry milk, tea, coffee, cinnamon/br. Sugar, cranberries, nuts
2. Day 1 Lunch - whatever it is, it's in there.  
3. Day 1 Dinner - Chicken & Dumplings mix, apple pie
4. Day 2 lunch/dinner - Tortilla soup, hummus, cashews, chicken cacciatore, s'mores
5. Day 3 lunch/dinner - black bean soup, olive tapenade, peanut butter, stuffed peppers, apples, jerky
6. Day 4 lunch/dinner - salsa, chips, jerky, gorp, spaghetti, sauce, fresh parmesan
7. Day 5 lunch/dinner - cheese, gorp, chocolate, tortillas, refried beans, salsa, ground beef

I've found it really easy because I have all the special ingredients and food for each day's meals in one bag for that day and I only have to dig through the small kitchen bag for the odd item.  It has really made the meal assembly, prep and consumption a fairly organized affair instead of the mayhem I used to go through.

Here's a photo of the preparation right before packing each dry bag.  In this case, the columns of food represent what would be consumed each day and the stuff across the