It's been over a dozen years since I did the Sayward Lks circuit, but I recollect that it took about 3 days traveling at an easy pace. The shortest portages required a canoe carry (often two carries for boat and packs), but the longer ones were on old logging road and we used a portable two wheeled cart, holding the canoe and packs.

It's an interesting area in that it had a huge forest fire many years ago (1930's?) and the surrounding hills had trees of even growth, so it resembled first growth, without the patchwork of cut-blocks, from a distance.

The campsites that were boat access only were the best, as the ones that were vehicle accessible were "not so nice".

I really liked WestCoastPaddler's trip description and photos of the Broughton Archipelago area.

Peter