The odd person will ask why repost old content? New content is preferred, of course, but there are a lot of reasons for reposts. If a repost is not of interest, I get that too. If you want to try to avoid them, if it says FULL in the title it's almost certainly a repost. But here's the case for making them: -Most of all, prior to 2021, everything I did was in Windows Movie Maker. This leaves a lot to be desired for me as an editor and for an audience as well. I have way more control now with Resolve, especially with respect to audio. -This video in particular we really wanted to repost because of the frame juddering from the camera malfunction. In Resolve, I was able to correct this to a large degree. -Reposts come 1.5-2 years after an original series. I don't think most people will remember a video that well after that amount of time and it's almost like watching something anew. -Moreover, the channel grows a lot in that timeframe and most new subs don't go through the back catalogue. This brings it to the surface for those people and likely a much larger audience as the algorithm increasingly recognizes a channel with time. -A generally tighter edit. This is 2h19m vs the original series totaling 4 hours. It's edited from scratch, not just a straight repost of the originals, and has a better pace. -I haven't been out lately so I time reposts to fill gaps. -I used to split trips up into multi-part series but I don't like that anymore and want to provide full version edits of longer trips. -It's a fun escape for me to edit in winter, and hopefully a nice break for viewers in winter to see a summer trip 🙂

Update 134 days no drugs or alcohol thank you for your videos they really help after a long day dealing with two little kids really nice to wind down to

Stumbled upon your videos last week and have watched many of them since then. My late husband and I did the BWCA in the same fashion as your Quetico trip. Your video has brought back a lot of memories for me and I thank you for that. I am now 70 and my husband would have been 76. He was a US Forester and worked many places here in the US and just loved the outdoors just like you do. You and Erin remind me of my husband and I and the trips we took. We spent two weeks in the BWCA, two weeks on the Allagash in Maine and two weeks on the Green River in Utah down to the the confluence of the Colorado river. We also had many shorter trips all over the US most every weekend. I would like to make a few recommendations if I may. Love to see you with a dedicated bow or stern line, one you can detach when needed but one you can tie off on a tree, rock or brush to keep your boat safe. I would also like to suggest getting "Crazy Creeks" to use as you paddle or when you are on shore. They are lightweight, easy to pack, and can save your back either while in the boat or when on shore. One thing we did for our longer trips is pack a small "ER" kit that might help you when out in the willywags. I went to my Doc's and asked for an antibiotics script for Giardia, and another for any general infection such as a bladder infection or wound infection. I also asked for a more potent pain killer in case of a bad ankle sprain or fracture. Just enough to get you to civilization and professional help. The other two things in that kit were an eye kit and a tooth kit, both small and packable but invaluable when necessary. You may never need these, but to have them when needed is golden. You have lifted my spirits and reminded me of times past, and for that I am truly grateful. I look forward to many more videos from you and I paddle along with you as I watch. Many thanks.

My son did this trip a couple of times with a bunch of friends in the early 2000's He passed away in 2010, he was always so pumped when he completed these trips. It always brings a smile to my face when I think about these trips and the accomplishment of him and his friends completing them! Great content - Thank you Mike 🇨🇦 🍁 👍

I loved Erin's innocence losing the net.. I felt so bad for her, but at the sane time it was hilarious... Certainly frustrating for John.. Classic!

you guys are such a joy to watch.

You two are an example of what a true relationship should be! Enjoying mother nature together when possible and going home after a tough long adventure and can still stand to be around each other! Awesome adventure and video! Thanks

Thanks Jon, this is pretty much what I needed after reading the news all day. I'm very sad today and this brought a genuine smile to my face. Look forward to your content all the time.

When you and Erin camp together…..my favorite videos. She seems game for anything. You are a really lucky guy!

These videos are like a soothing balm for the mind and soul during these challenging times you two. Really appreciate your creating and posting them. Next best thing to being out on a trip imo.

I've said it before but it bears repeating, I love your photography/videography. The stars, the caterpillar, the beaver and loons, underwater shots, and sunsets/sunrises. All excellent and nice variety. Thanks so much for putting this on YT for us to see.

Sweet ‼️ Saturday Morning Lost lakes‼️👌✅. SOLD. 🇨🇦

I've watched this with my son at least a half dozen times. It's on our list. What a great trip.

Holy Moly!

Love the respect for each other, the land, and the wildlife. Your videos are magic and calm my soul. Many thx 🙏🙂

As a Spaniard myself and keen fisherman I always dreamed of a journey around the northern forests of Alaska and Canada. Those gorgeous places have magic to me as if they were a heavenly paradise on Earth. Hearing those names like British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan…one lake after another with tens of beautiful islands to explore where to set up your tents and sleep gazing the stars. Those clean waters and currents with plenty of fish: a pike now then several smallies on a row then a number of gorgeous golden walleye… and even largemouth so far North! And the icing of the cake in the form of lake trout. Clean water to drink, good fish to eat, healthy fruit like blueberries all around to enjoy… Those gorgeous dawns with the bird’s sound… those gray heavy loaded clouds heralding a storm… A dream come true, definitely a dream come true. My English listening skill isn’t very good and I missed much of the meaning of your talking. Yet I don’t turn on the subtitles because I am raptured by such an immense beautiful scenery and that’s what matters the most to me: not to be woken up and distracted from such pleasure. Quite a fortunate discovery having discovered this channel.

Just booked a 16 day solo trip to quetico for this summer. So excited by this

Alright! I’m going in. See you all on the other side lol I made it through! I’m definitely a fan of the long format. Thanks for doing this Jon.

The camera work and editing in this is just incredible. Subject matter? Goes without saying. You guys should be proud of the service you are doing to mankind and nature. Thanks for (re)posting.

Erin is such a laid back , easy going , mellow woman !!!!!!!!!

Thank you for posting this incredible account of your trip to Quetico. Your cinematography and laid-back approach to storytelling is phenomenal. I also appreciate the sparing use of music. It's truly transformative and puts the viewer with you all in the environment. My buddy and I have been doing an annual trip to Quetico for the past ten years but new babies and other factors mean we're missing our trip this year! Your video was the perfect substitute to transport me back there and get my excited for next year's trip. Have camped on Blueberry Island a few times, it's a beautiful site. I also recognized a few of your other sites on Pickerel and other spots along the journey. Such a beautiful place to camp and explore. I can tell you that Snapping Turtles are a common visitor near the campsites in Quetico. Most likely folks are feeding them so unfortunately they're pretty habituated to the campsites. They're super fun to watch though! Loved the moment with the lost net too. I dropped a fishing rod last year just north of Quetico lake so I can relate to that experience! Frustrating but cheers to you both for landing fish without it. Anyway, I'm very glad to have found your channel and am looking forward to more content! Maybe we'll see you on the trail one day! Cheers!

Thank you...you both are awesome. You bring back incredible memories for me of the Boundary Waters and remembrances of my father and I.....easy paddling and those difficult paddles into the wind and snow. Thank you so much. My father is still alive and you've given inspiration for me to write our experiences for us and for all of us!

Holy cow this is my dream trip. Going from spot to spot to spot fishing all along the way with good company. Doesn't get any better.

Oh what a glorious journey, twisted ankle, poison ivy and all. What memories you have made for yourselves. Having been a solo canoist in my younger years, I delighted in every single call of the loon, every ripple of water upon stone, every moment of quiet solitude. I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel this past week. Thank you for posting this video in full length. Thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it.

I swear I had this very special, fuzzy feeling seeing this video is over 2 hours long. That's a feast for my eyes, ears and soul (if I have it). I love so much the way you do stuff, you're so amazingly positive, polite and humble. I swear no one else brings that in me. Thank you

The longer the better this time of year please Jon!!

I can't wait to watch when I get home tonight

Must have been reading my/our mind! Nice to see some blue and green again!

Thanks for posting this, in a mad, mad world it's nice to chill with the elves for a couple of hours.

Amazing trip! It always makes me smile to see the two of you being playful with each other. Glad to see Erin was OK after that fall. Scary, especially halfway into a 2-week journey. Thanks for sharing this, and God Bless you both. 😊

Thank you for taking me with you! ❤️❤️🥰

that's a lot of k's oooooooooohhhhh baby cant wait to watch

10k more subscribers since 2 weeks ago. Awesome! Looking forward to you getting 100k. You deserve it. These are great and authentic. This will be fun to watch in chunks over the next few days.

Love the edit with best highlights. For everyone wanting to know what Quetico is like this is fantastic!

You two are a great team 😊.

Bass fishing is my absolute favourite…with the cold weather this was a great Friday evening viewing.

2:18:59??? You’re killin’ me Smalls. I can’t wait to watch this 👍🏻 Thanks Jon. You Rock

What a beautiful trip you guys get to take and you are so lucky to have Erin to go along with you.

Next merch I would like to see Erin’s own MHMMM line of lost lakes swag!!!

Blooming brilliant! Your vids are medicine for the soul and your country is specatular. Thankyou for sharing. Greetings from Aus

110% Absolute PURE Wilderness Adventure!! TY! Really....THANK YOU!!!!

I love watching you and Erin adventuring together, what a huge trip this one was, the landscape, Lakes and wildlife is breathtaking. Erin is so damn CUTE 🤗....FUNNY cute. Thankyou Jon & Erin, also swans, tortoise, Beaver and dragonfly. God Bless 🙏🏾 and much ❤️ from Down Under 🇦🇺🦘.

Beautiful photography ! Sorry Erin hurt her ankle. She's trooper !!

Thanks for sharing your voyage. From 🇬🇧 UK

"Oh my goodness here comes those swaaaans"😂, that's definitely my favorite part.I love everything you gays post doesn't matter if it is a repost just keep them coming👍

Spectacular video!! I loved the original series in pieces, but your edit of this compilation was genius! If only we could have a lifetime of sweet summer Day 10s. Erin's final tribute to her parents to thank them for teaching her the love of the great outdoors was a serious tear-jerker

Love the Bannerman brewery tshirt!

This winter has wrecked my mental health and this re upload was just what I needed to see the light at the end of the tunnel haha. Beautiful trip!

I personally couldn’t physically do a fishing trip like this, but it was great watching your experiences! And at times it was a rough physical trip. You two seem to have a good relationship! 🙏👍👍👍

Just a beauty of a video as usual, Thank you John and Erin.

Respect to your Mrs . She's a tough lady.

Fun trip, great teamwork, unforgettable vistas. You are right, Quetico has it all.

Great trip and video. The perfect distraction at the end of February. Love your work guys!

Ticks are fairly new in my area. Alcohol or alcohol wipes are a saving grace in the removal. They don’t like it so they want to back out if you catch them early!

The footage of the turtle was incredible... It looked so cute with the algae growing on it

I am so envious... you're living my dream. I'm just happy that I can watch you enjoy these amazing experiences

Another great video! My partner and I, and his parents saw you guys in the Stanton Bay parking lot as we set out for a week of canoeing and you had just finished this trip. We have all been watching your videos ever since! We live out West now, but still drive home every single summer for some visiting and canoeing in the beautiful Northwestern Ontario. Thanks for sharing some more footage of this trip!

Whoah! Those fog shots were amazing!

This video shows abit of everything. Kevin’s love for lions, his ability to handle them with care and in a group setting. His balls of steel to not flinch when lions growl at each other. Fantastic video!

My girlfriend and I are heading to Quetico in August. Together we watched this video. Absolutely amazing video. We felt like we were there with you. Thank you.

I know I watched this trip the first time around, but I really liked this edit. Epic!

This was one of my favorites for sure what a great great trip ❤️

Loved the LOTR reference when you found that beefy Shelob spider in your sock

Any content you post is appreciated. This is a profound video. The beauty, trials and "moments". Your relationship appears strong. It standed the test of time.

These long videos are awesome, this was a great trip, stay safe!!

Great trip Jon and Erin. Loved watching this edit. I hope to do that loop as well one day. Congrats on 80K!! should be 2M by now but you will get there. Cheers!

YOU BOTH INSPIRED ME TO HEAD BACK TO THE HIGH COUNTRY- ROCKIES OF CO. WHICH I AM GOING TO DO- BUT ON A 411 HIMALAYAN MOTORCYCLE! HEY, I DON'T CARE HOWE MANY FISH YOU TWO PUT BACK IN TO THE WATER...IN MY MIND- "YOU AND ERIN ARE BOTH A COUPLE OF KEEPERS!!!" JOHN IN CO.

One of the most beautiful video 🇦🇿

Heartfelt thanks for sharing your amazing journey, Erin and Jon! I hadn't seen the original videos, so this was pure enjoyment for more than 2 hours. Wonderful cinamatography, splendid photography, very pleasant narration. This is not "just another YT video", but a high-quality, wonderful and very interesting film. Keep up with your excellent work. Greetings from Finland 🙂

I could watch many of your videos more than once! And sometimes I do, there's so many sometimes I just find myself watching again. Another version of long trips is welcome; I'm assuming you refine it somehow, probably add new content. Watching your trips really helps us get through the long Toronto winter. Thanks for all your hard work on bringing this content to us!

fantastic trip, such rich beauty is available to pleasure the eyes. awesome caption of your outdoor experience!

Golden and Gratifying is any and all posts from real and awesome people..... especially the straight up and honest, caregiving and beautiful people y'all are... Been to your Quetico before, but sad, Arthritis has taken me and attempting the once young and fun journey being there has turned into a life of living vicariously through your eyes and spirits may be all I have left.. Kudos you beautiful people for making me realize the beauty and one in nature your beautiful landscape and air y'all have.... don't lie , don't cheat and steal... treat others as you would treat them .. not a religious man but how I live thank you for letting me live through your eyes.......

Thanks for the video just what I needed in February looking forward to the canoe season ahead, can you break down what fishing gear you went through gear lost :) lures used and how many lost that king of stuff great trip thanks you both

Speaking as an American from Minnesota on the other side of the border from the quetico, it is on our bucket list

This never gets old! Keep it up! All I was thinking was surprise, a headwind, you must be bicycling!

Great trip , Thank you for that. I needed that escapism considering all the turmoil going on in the world ....... 😕🇨🇦🇨🇦

Wow this was amazing. I did not see the original production but thoroughly enjoyed this video. So much so that my wife watched the whole thing with me! What a trip. Great cinematography, great wilderness!

Awesome! What First Nation's people saw, that made them envision a "happy hunting ground"! Thank you Jon. 🇨🇦

5am here in the states, laying down and seen this uploaded 13 hours ago. About to watch!

Been watching your video this saturday night pausing now and then to check on your Maple Leafs WOLLOPING my RedWings. Glad I chose your video over the game.

Thanks for posting this. It takes me back to when I was a Quetico ranger in 1984.

Have been watching and enjoying your videos. We are from Duluth born and raised and now live in Charleston SC, we only get back home yearly and are too old for wild camping at this point in our lives, so thanks for the great memories! We really miss walleye! Yummmmmmmy! We did do 2 1/2 months of wild camping in Scotland this year and Ireland the year before so we are still at it in our mid 70’s, just in small RVs now. Going home next month, might just squeeze in some fishing!

Awesome video Jim. You’ve got the heart of true frontiersman. Thanks for taking us on your adventure.

Spent a week in the Knife Lake system and adjacent lakes .. trip of a lifetime! You brought back great memories!

The Eagles watching you are waiting to be fed.. My brother fed his first eagle on cowa Bay on the north east part of Kawnipi. The eagle took light before the fish was out of his hand as he launched it on shore. We recently fed an eagle 4 times in an hour on Crooked lake in Quetico. My brother climbed out of the canoe while I filmed the eagle. He cut the fishes throat and started to climb into the canoe. The eagle dropped out of the tree and scooped up the fish 4 feet behind my brother. The next two. He killed the fish then stepped back 5 ft and the eagle immediately swooped in. It even screetched "thank you". The Falls chain is awesome . Very well edited❤

What you do is amazing and the way you present it is even more! You have a gift for drawing us into your passion for the Canadian wilderness-

I grew up at Missanabie lodge in the summers. So I love watching your adventures. Thanks for the beauty...

Great trip. Reminds me of my trips to the BWCA. Thanks for taking us along. Thanks for sharing.

I have Ms for 23 years but before that diagnoses I was in great shape. It’s hard for me to comprehend how overwhelming that trip would be but you all did a great job being a great team to overcome obstacles both physical and mental. Oh just a note - you may want to try sealing that seam that was dripping rain in, with silicon spray it’s amazing stuff!

I enjoyed seeing and listening to the trumpeter swans.

Beautiful! I fished south bay almost 10 years. Thanks for showing us the the lake!

Repeating beauty, amazing, enchanting things and scenery I can't possibly create is well worth the time spent. Being able to relax midst troubling times, especially now, is invaluable. I'd much rather experience the blue sky, wind in my face and the warmth and aroma of a campfire than the odor of a desk drawer and a pile of paper work. Work may be a necessary endurance, but it can never replace the longing to be free in your element. Speaking of wonderful happenings, may I ask have you started sending wedding invitations?

Good going. Yes there was loads of action that wasn't in the last series in Quetico. Really enjoyed, you two are a blast to watch. Thanks again for sharing.

I love your videos. I feel a strange sense of both adventure and peace whilst watching, and they are always totally absorbing X.

Amazing trip with great weather. Hard to believe 2 weeks in the wilderness and not much for seeing any substantial wildlife Your edits are spot on

A nice mixture of dialogue and nature. Thanks for the inspiration to get outside👍

Lovely revisiting this trip. Thank you!

As a kid from Toronto, I randomly got a job at Quetico in high school through some gov employment portal. 10 years later, still the best summer of my life.

I love to see the camp set up and you guys cooking putting your tent or AMOK up and making the fire cooking over the fire .just live the whole ball of wax . thanks guys for your hard work. Keep on filming the camping parts for sure

This brings back some *SERIOUS* memories from a million years ago... I spent my summers in Junior High & High School, from 1973 thru 1979 coming north from Michigan and canoeing in Quetico, based out of Nym Lake with the old Voyageur Wilderness Programme. Our favo(u)rites were the long night paddles up the length of Sturgeon Lake, timed so we would reach the lower channel of the Deux Riviere (and it's associated portage) right before sunrise, floating silently as we could north up the channel from upper Sturgeon Lake into Twin Lakes and then portaging up into Doré Lake for breakfast... We saw all sorts of wildlife performing their morning ablutions on the Deux Riviere, including one bull moose who was none too happy to be sharing his breakfast of water lilies with half a dozen canoes full of schoolkids... And, as I recall, the lake trout fishing on Oriana Lake and Hamburg Lake was exemplary. And I too have camped on Blueberry Island - small world innit? I also shudder to remember the infamous Jesse Portage, some 1328 meters of absolute hell (or at least it was fifty years ago) between Maria Lake and Jesse Lake. I wonder what it loooks like now, although maybe not enough to go see it again. I still have my vintage 1978 map of Quetico framed on my bedroom wall, marked up with all the routes & portage notes from all six summers of wonder. Maybe one day before I die I'll see Nym Lake again, and put a paddle to work in one of VWP's giant Montrealer canoes one last time... Thanks for stirring the memories. Je Suis un Homme du Nord!