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| Boppa |
07/12/2007 10:29AM
I was blown away by so many great photo's - I am thankful I was not a judge.
Congratulations to Crusty, Canoe Dude, Big Zig and to others who also captured the beauty of canoe country.
Boppa
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| adam |
07/12/2007 07:25AM
Winner of the June photo contest goes to Crusty! Congratulations. We apologize for the delay. A couple of vacations and a plethora of great photos to consider made this a tough month but enjoyable month.
The second hat goes to Canoe Dude.
BigZig is the winner of the June trip report contest.
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| L.T.sully |
07/06/2007 07:56PM
Tom I always tell people my unbiased opinion, that this is the best bwca site on the web (and I have seen many) Not only because of the many features, but the very freindly people.
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| TomT |
07/06/2007 07:53PM
None taken. I do wish we could have emoticons to post here though...
You guys are my kind of people. I'm glad I finally found this place. :)
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| kanoes |
07/06/2007 07:47PM
:) just thought id chime in. no offence! Jan
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| TomT |
07/06/2007 07:46PM
Spank the newbie! :)
I'll catch on. :)
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| kanoes |
07/06/2007 07:36PM
TomT....even as late as your photo is.....i dont see a canoe in that pic. (which IS the subject of junes photo contest) Jan
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| TomT |
07/06/2007 07:03PM
I'm late to the party but just thought I'd toss this in. I shot slide film which really doesn't transfer well to digital.
Insula Lake in the morning.
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| bogwalker |
07/06/2007 01:08PM
Yes-see my post from very early today.
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| ILikePike |
07/06/2007 01:03PM
Since some moderators are gone does that also mean that the trip report contest winner will be announced next week?
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| L.T.sully |
07/06/2007 10:33AM
I think this photo contest smashes all others in size. Has any photo contest ever even come close to 100 posts?, much less 120.
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| WoodPaddle |
07/06/2007 07:21AM
Hay NKelly,
Nice picture, you have my vote.
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| bogwalker |
07/06/2007 06:52AM
FYI-With a couple of voting moderators on trips as well as out of town, the June winners will be announced next week. This was a great group of pictures this past month. It made voting for a winner especially tough!
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| greenydd |
07/06/2007 06:45AM
brain250
could you tell me what lake that photo was taken on. it looks like my favorite spot and im just curious if it is. thanx. if its a secret, i promise i wont tell anyone! :O)
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| kanoes |
07/02/2007 08:26PM
do we have a JUNE winner? :) Jan
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| fishguts |
07/01/2007 02:57PM
I believe the June 2007 Photo Contest ends in June.....
It's now July!
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| fishnfreak |
07/01/2007 01:05PM
"Evening Silouettes"
Photo taken on Cummings Lake June 8th.
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| eagle93 |
07/01/2007 10:46AM
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| VoyageurNorth |
06/30/2007 10:55PM
My daughter Amber & Kaitlyn (Bear Dancing Woman), on our 2005 trip to McAree, Darky, Roland, & out Bottle. This was in Darky.
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| Blueshadow |
06/30/2007 09:24AM
On The Threshold Of An Adventure
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| UncleMoose |
06/29/2007 08:56PM
Ahhh, nice one nhoj.
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| nhoj |
06/29/2007 08:45PM
Sunset on Gabbro
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| pilot1 |
06/29/2007 01:09PM

June 26th 2007 on the Moose River
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| lilcowdoc |
06/29/2007 11:06AM
June 2007
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| Wilderness Paddler |
06/28/2007 09:36PM
"Canoe Country"
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| slinger |
06/27/2007 07:56PM
Photo was taken on Ima Lake, about 8 or 9 lakes in from our starting point of Snowbank Lake.
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| wetcanoedog |
06/26/2007 02:52PM
Bad Day On Lac La Croix..
one of the few times i have been driven off a lake..good news
is that i ended up by a narrow neck of land and bushwacked across
to sheltered water and paddled on!!
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| Bannock |
06/25/2007 02:59PM
Paddling the Kawishiwi River.
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| prettypaddle |
06/25/2007 12:09PM
Thanks bellolake--I wondered if anyone would notice it was flipped ;)
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| Itchy Menace |
06/25/2007 11:34AM
It does look remarkably similar Navigator. I know that we were camped in the Northwest most campsite just before the portage to Koma. There were a lot of little channels just across from our site and thats where I took that shot.
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| Navigator |
06/25/2007 11:23AM
Itchy Menace ~
Your photo looks like it was taken on the same place on Lake Polly that this one was taken. It was taken in June 1986 and is a scan (so I'm sorry for the quality). It was just haunting that it looks like the same spot!
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| L.T.sully |
06/25/2007 10:43AM
WOW!! a ton of REALLY good photo's so far. If I were one of the moderators having to pick from this I'd feel true pain in choseing. This is the best group of photo's I have seen since joining bwca.com over half a year ago.
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| moose plums |
06/25/2007 10:05AM
Itchy menace- My favorite photo so far
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| BigZig |
06/25/2007 12:18AM
Aluminum workhorse on north end of Lake Polly June 21, 2007
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| brain250 |
06/24/2007 10:38PM
I'm one of the late sleepers Itchy Menace is referring to above.
In fact I rolled out of tent last August to groggily snap this beauty of Mr. Menace himself.
He should really be a male model.
My pic isn't as great as Itchy's, but I dig it.
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| Itchy Menace |
06/24/2007 10:17PM
This is from Lake Polly in some nice early morning fog. The guys I go with usually sleep in so I have a few hours to kill in the mornings.
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| bellolake |
06/24/2007 09:40PM
Nice shot, Prettypaddle. How did you get them to paddle upside down for the photo?
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| eglath |
06/22/2007 10:32AM
Early morning -- Island Site on Stuart Lake -- August 2006
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| MagicStik |
06/21/2007 10:25AM
Landing on Splash Lake taken on 6/15/07. Why only one entry per month?
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| TN Man |
06/21/2007 09:17AM
In between rainstorms on Gull, June '07.
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| tg |
06/19/2007 11:21AM
uncle moose that pic is ridiculous! soledad-love the reflection off the canoe hull-awesome as well. now i'm really jones-ing to paddle...
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| scotthohio |
06/18/2007 11:01AM
June 07. Evening on Nina Moose lake. EP16.
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| Ho Ho |
06/16/2007 09:49PM
Okay, I already entered one picture but I have another I like even better, so I "withdraw" my previous entry (although it's still posted above) and submit this one instead. :-) Picture taken May 1, 2006, on the third day of a four-day loop from Mudro through the Basswood River. We saw no one in this popular area the whole trip, given that it was so early in the season. This will probably go down as one of my favorite short trips of all time. This picture was taken on the last "unofficial" portage going up the Horse River. As we portaged it started to rain, and I love the way this picture captures the rain and the light through the Spirit II.
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| Doobes |
06/15/2007 10:59PM
This may not be a canoe but this day break photo just past the entry point on lake One is fantastic.
Photo by Ken
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| Lightfoot |
06/15/2007 03:11PM
My canoe at our site on Iron Lake.
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| Jjmonk |
06/15/2007 07:50AM
Birch Lake, June, 2007.
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| nkelly |
06/14/2007 09:50PM
Just got back from a quick overnight into Basswood for a friends birthday. Beautifully still night. Used a graduated neutral density filter on this to balance out the sky - the best filter you can get for your trip to the BW.
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| plekkyox |
06/14/2007 02:38PM
Tranquil Morning on Clearwater
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| L.T.sully |
06/13/2007 01:19PM
soledad that's an amazing picture. That is definatly one of the top five in the contest.
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| Soledad |
06/13/2007 01:08PM
Northwind Black Gold
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| Ho Ho |
06/13/2007 06:54AM
Our trusty Wenonah Champlain tied off at our lunch spot, Joyce Lake, Quetico, September 17, 2005.
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| Stormy |
06/12/2007 01:20PM
Taken at one of the portages between Horse and Fourtown.June 3rd 2007. Howard ,the previous photo was at a site on a small bay on the South end of Fourtown.
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| UncleMoose |
06/12/2007 12:23PM
Portage Monkey - The camera is a Canon digital SLR (11MP, 1Ds model). This picture was taken on a tripod using a graduated neutral density filter. The filter is basically a piece of transparent plastic that's split into a clear half and a darkened half. By moving the positioning of the filter over the lens, you can do things like darken an overly bright sky while still keeping the foreground nice and bright. Using this filter on a sunset scene like this allows me to keep color in both the sky and foreground (like our own eyes would normally see). Ordinarily without this filter, the camera's own limitations in how it captures light would either cause the sky to go white or the foreground to go dark. This may help account for the even color. I also process most of my photographs with photo editing software, so that helps too.
Taking pictures is usually one of our main pastimes, so my wife and I bring lots of photography gear. (To make room for it all, we don't bring a lot of other extra stuff). Needless to say, it helps a lot to have all this gear with us (multiple lenses, filters, flashes, etc...).
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| HowardSprague |
06/12/2007 12:09PM
Stormy - which site?
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| Portage Monkey |
06/12/2007 10:58AM
WOW!!...Uncle Moose...amazing shot. What type of equipment were you using? The color is superb!
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| Stormy |
06/12/2007 09:28AM
Photo taken at Campsite on Fourtown Lake
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| L.T.sully |
06/11/2007 09:39PM
I'm glad, that some of the best photographers in this contest have already won this year. It might be a runaway for uncle moose, and snakecharmer. However this is the best group of photos I have seen, while on bwca.com.
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| Beavers |
06/11/2007 08:50PM
Yeah,
crusty, and Uncle Moose....WOW!
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| kanoes |
06/11/2007 08:44PM
"THE" site on horse lake. kanoes, jan, whatever
lame pic, but i had to chime in.
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| snakecharmer |
06/11/2007 08:40PM
Wow! They just keep coming.
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| UncleMoose |
06/11/2007 07:29PM
Tuscarora Lake Sunset - June 14, 2006

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| crusty |
06/11/2007 04:47PM
Chad Lake June 2007
The whole lake to ourselves and several Large Mouth Bass.
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| shr2807 |
06/11/2007 08:41AM
Taken on Boot Lake
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| backpacking5 |
06/10/2007 09:22PM
Eugene Lake 2006
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| mr.barley |
06/09/2007 08:10PM
Yeah, it was a surreal experience. The other canoe in our group drifted off coarse about 15 yards and they were starting to disappear from our view. Bermuda triangle effect.
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| snakecharmer |
06/09/2007 07:38PM
Stubs - It was a strange experience. With nothing to focus on, we got almost a feeling of vertigo. We kept the canoe headed in as straight a line as we could, and miraculously, we came out on the other side of Nina Moose right at the beach in HowardSprague's photo.
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| stubs |
06/09/2007 01:37PM
Snakecharmer, that is an awesome picture. If I didn't know better, I'd say you put the canoe in front of a blank white wall.
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| ktoivola |
06/08/2007 05:08PM
Crooked Lake on June 6th 2007, my first solo trip
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| Benutzer |
06/08/2007 07:10AM
I'd like to express my sincere condolences to the judges. I don't envy them the task of having to choose between this month's crop.
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| Kawashaway2 |
06/07/2007 11:24PM
Sunset on Russell Lake
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| bentshaft |
06/07/2007 09:05PM
Great photos but kavdvm your shot may be one of my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing
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| snakecharmer |
06/07/2007 08:35PM
Barley - 1993. Yourself, Moose Plums, me and "Close Shave" Dave. A nice memory lying there on that beach. Thanks Howard.
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| mr.barley |
06/07/2007 08:08PM
H. Sprague- really, I haven't been by there in about 3 years now. Glad to hear it's still kicking,. I think it went down in 1993 if memory serves me. Just trying to remember who I was traveling with that trip. i think 93 though.
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| Portage Monkey |
06/07/2007 04:34PM
A little overloaded on an mild early May day!
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| bellolake |
06/07/2007 03:56PM
Boy Scouts on Birch Lake July 2006
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| HowardSprague |
06/07/2007 02:31PM
barley - and that pine was still green last month (parts, anyway)! Good spot to eat under.
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| cbird |
06/07/2007 01:45PM
Basswood
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| mr.barley |
06/07/2007 12:49PM
Howard Spraque, we've stopped at that same site for lunch more times than I can remember. We were actually up there the week that big (now dead) pine went down. We ate under it when we went in and stopped to find it down on our way out. It probably lived about 8 more years after tumbling over.
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| jdevries |
06/07/2007 09:27AM
Seeing as you can see the VNO logo in this picture, I should tell Lynn that they did NOT take the canoe over the falls, they launched from where I took the picture.
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| HowardSprague |
06/07/2007 06:53AM
Pales in comparison to the others, but...I'll be like the kid who gets picked last, but enjoys playing anyway -
Lunchtime on Nina Moose Lake.
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| snakecharmer |
06/06/2007 10:25PM
Just some incredible photos this month. (the sun-burned foot shot is slightly off-topic and a little disturbing - but a very nice composition none the less)
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| DeterminedOrange |
06/06/2007 09:11PM
trailrider, We went east to Hustler and north to Loon (beautiful beach, see photo). It was a great trip. Thanks.
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| kavdvm |
06/06/2007 06:52PM
Thank you prettypaddle, and the same to you. Awesome photo!
The day I took that picture turned out to be a beautiful sunny day after the fog lifted -- the best one of the whole trip.
This month's contest will be a tough one to judge! Great pictures from everyone.
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| trailrider |
06/06/2007 06:32PM
hey determined orange...thanks for the little indian sioux pic, we were there 2 years ago and it brought back great memories...how far did you end up going?
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| mhclon |
06/06/2007 06:09PM
I should have put this one in last month too.
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| thecanoeman |
06/06/2007 06:00PM
That is a nasty looking foot.
I think they call that BWCA trench foot.
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| moose plums |
06/06/2007 04:57PM
Damn thats ugly
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| Rooster |
06/06/2007 04:53PM
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| Navigator |
06/06/2007 04:23PM
Prettypaddle ~ Nice shot! Think it is the best so far!
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| cowboymac12 |
06/06/2007 03:26PM
I only know one person in the world named Trygve, and I worked with him 12 years ago at the NSC. Is that you, by chance?
Glad to hear Superior North has survived to paddle another day.
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| Trygve |
06/06/2007 03:20PM
Their outfitting building burned, but their store did not.
Those canoes are in front of the store, on the corridor. They're fine.
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| cowboymac12 |
06/06/2007 03:15PM
I am not even sure if this place exists anymore, after the fire. Superior North Outfitters at the end of the Gunflint Trail, Saganaga Lake. Sure was pretty.
Rich
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| prettypaddle |
06/06/2007 02:52PM
kavdvm--that is an amazing photo!
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| UncleMoose |
06/06/2007 01:57PM
Nice photo Eagleson. I think the last time I saw this much drama in an image was probably in Washington Crossing the Delaware.
;-)

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| Eagleson |
06/06/2007 12:11PM
Posing on Korb River or Lake in 2005. Can't remember.
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| DeterminedOrange |
06/06/2007 12:08PM
Hello canoehat,
I have been very busy with work and home remodeling lately and haven't been writing much. I do read the forum often but wish I could spend more time. We are going in at Sawbill in 13 days so I have been getting spooled up.
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| canoehat |
06/06/2007 09:00AM
Hey DeterminedOrange, where have you been?
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| canoepaddle |
06/06/2007 08:52AM
Ensign Lake, June 2003
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| cowdoc |
06/06/2007 08:29AM
prettypaddle,
That is a great shot!
Cllcanoe,
I love that spot. That's my green paint on the back left rock!
cericdahl,
That's not the first, nor will it be the last canoe donated to that stretch of rapids. It tempts many.
I'm glad I don't have to be a judge. This is going to be a great set of photos!
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| 1313 |
06/06/2007 12:20AM
Lizz Lake Landing
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| DeterminedOrange |
06/05/2007 10:43PM
Little Indian Sioux River 2006.
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| cericdahl |
06/05/2007 10:42PM

Off from the portage into Carp Lake (from the Knife Lake side)... I thought I saw something strange from the portage, but I didn't expect THIS!
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| prettypaddle |
06/05/2007 10:20PM
Iron Lake 2003
Which way is up?
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| kanoes |
06/05/2007 09:40PM
im pretty sure there was some brand of crankbait on the end of it tho. lol kanoes, jan, whatever
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| Bromel |
06/05/2007 09:29PM
No, there's no fish on that line. My buddy just reeled it up a little too much.
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| kanoes |
06/05/2007 09:15PM
beavers? may i borrow your time machine? i need to buy some stock and place some bets. (sept. 2007 reference) lol Jan
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| canoehat |
06/05/2007 09:15PM
Let's roll!
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| CIIcanoe |
06/05/2007 09:13PM
This is between Iron Lake and Bottle Lake.
Chuck
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| firftr911 |
06/05/2007 09:10PM
Hey Bromel, is there a fish on that line?
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| Scrubb |
06/05/2007 09:07PM
Evening on Gun Lake, May 2007
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| Trygve |
06/05/2007 08:17PM
Let me be the first to say; the pictures in this months contest have been stunning, all of them.
Awesome.
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| snakecharmer |
06/05/2007 08:13PM
Flying on Instruments -
crossing Nina Moose in an eerie, thick fog.
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| satchmoa |
06/05/2007 07:49PM
Morning on Nina Moose 2 canoes begging to be paddled.
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| Beavers |
06/05/2007 04:42PM
Adams Lake September 2006
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| apendl |
06/05/2007 04:16PM
Koma Lake after a big storm. June 2006.
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| gshaw |
06/05/2007 03:52PM
Dusk fishing on Good Lake
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| kavdvm |
06/05/2007 02:59PM
Misty September Morning - Lake One
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| Patman |
06/05/2007 10:52AM
Early Morning - Gabbro Lake
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| moose plums |
06/05/2007 09:20AM
while looking at Cattyman Falls.......
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| Beemer01 |
06/05/2007 08:37AM
Dawn on Lake Agnes, May 2007
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| Navigator |
06/05/2007 08:28AM
Quietly cutting the waters of the Quetico. August 2006 Lake Saganagons
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| Arkansas Man |
06/05/2007 07:31AM
The Red Beast and the Beavertail from the "Foot Trip" - (June 06 Solo)
Bruce
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| fishguts |
06/04/2007 11:28PM
Canoe on McIntyre Lake, Quetico Provincial Park.
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| Canoe Dude |
06/04/2007 11:11PM
Sunset on Iron lake, July 2006
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| greenydd |
06/04/2007 11:08PM
a very misty morning on bower trout.
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| mr.barley |
06/04/2007 10:21PM
Undisclosed lake 2007
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| Bromel |
06/04/2007 09:55PM
A Grumman on the Basswood River in August, 2006.
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| knothead180 |
06/04/2007 09:47PM
Campsite on Jordan Lake.
I'll disqualify myself for this month's contest because I didn't take this photo, my son Jon did. But I like the shot so I thought I'd share it.
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| L.T.sully |
06/04/2007 09:22PM
I've been waiting for this one. This photo will not load to threads. The image veiwed is from photobucket I will provide a link to the location in my jounal. This was taken last summer on Lake Insula.

my photo jounal
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| cowdoc |
06/04/2007 09:13PM
Lunch break on Little Shell. August, 2005
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| Obergut |
06/04/2007 08:45PM
Conmee Lake 6/06
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| admin |
06/04/2007 08:12PM
It is time to start the June 2007 Photo contest.
The theme for this month's contest is "Canoe". Post your best photos of canoes in the BWCA or Quetico. Canoes is not to be confused with kanoes ;).
Monthly Category: Canoes
Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).
- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.
- You must be the photographer of the photo.
- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.
- Please describe in the message where the picture is from.
- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on June 30th.
- Photos must be in jpg or gif format to be uploaded to the site. Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.
Thank you for participating!
Adam
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