This is not on the Tim

North of all guesses.  If you're looking at this on day one you've probably just completed your second portage standing on the portage landing, or you're starting your third portage and looking back from where you came from.

Dwight wrote:

Heading south on Maple Creek from Kiosk?

This was going to be my second guess.

Crow River below lake lavielle?

Hints:
It is a river

The photographed scene is within two or three short to mid-length portages away from two access points depending on which direction you've traveled.  I remember thinking "where do I go now?" when I reached it.

It's farther north than all guesses so far.

Rubbish hint based on nothing but feelings:
I'd consider the photographed scene part of the "middle" section of this particular river, and it somehow feels less traveled than earlier _and_ later sections of the same river!

This spot is not along the Amable du Fond.

Evan Briden wrote:

never been, but North River? at the P1290?

North River it is!
The photo is the view achieved after completing the 650m carry over from Allan Lake looking east towards the 1290m.  The North River from Allan to Radiant feels very well traveled, but the section between North River Lake and Allan Lake felt beautifully remote despite being two portages from Wendigo access.