My brother and I just completed a 2-week trip in the Wabakimi. Our planned route:

Take the VIA Train from Washago to the Wabakimi carrying a rental canoe from Exclusive Sports in Concord, parking the car at an AirBnb (Moose Manor, 1/2 block from the station). Disembark the train at Baldhead Lake (37.4 mileage marker). Portage and paddle north through a series of unnamed lakes and streams to Ballast Lake, Otter Bluff, Granite and McWade; then portage to Elf.  Stay in Elf most of a week, then return heading SE through unnamed lakes to West Smoothrock, into Boiling Sands River, Tamarack Lake, Gnome Lake and finally Bath Lake to catch the train again.

The train went smoothly and we made it out of Baldhead into the first unnamed lake, but found the 669 m portage to the next unnamed lake extensively obstructed by large wind-blown trees. There was still green on the branches, so likely from the past winter, a localized microburst. I scouted the west side of the portage for an hour without success. The east side may be possible but would involve cross-country forest and bog to access the lake at the northern end of the portage. We text'ed Mattice with our Bivy Stick and arranged for air transport to Elf, then completed the rest of the trip as planned.

Fishing was great throughout, but especially on Elf and Gnome: lots of walleye and giant northerns. The only people we saw in the 2 weeks were Brent the Mattice pilot and a couple of commercial boats in the distance on Smoothrock. 

We used PaddlePlanner to plan the route, and Lawrence Mills (Wabakimimaps.com) printed up his laminated maps which are very useful to travel by. The train was a couple of hours late in both directions, but we had partners at home who could text us updates so we weren't sitting on the tracks for the pickup. Eagles, otters, lots of loons, gulls, one black bear crossing the tracks on the last day, and lots of blueberries.  Warm on 10 days, but rain and cool on ~4 days with 2 days rained into the tent and kitchen tarp. Hung the food high every night but the bears were likely gorging on the blueberries so weren't so interested in us. 

This was our second trip to the Wabakimi. In 2022 we also went to Elf, but through Okamakawash and Smoothrock entering Elf from the SE, then exiting Elf on the north through Wabakimi Lake and back through East Smoothrock. High winds on Smoothrock were a real problem, so we planned less paddling on open water this year and in that succeeded.