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adam

Moderator

07/09/2007 06:29AM

It is time to start the July 2007 Photo contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "Portages". Post your best photos of portages or portaging in the BWCA or Quetico.

Monthly Category: Portages

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 July 31st.

- 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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thecanoeman

07/09/2007 06:46AM

This is a photo of a portage on the way out of Iron lake. To me its this is a testament to Lora's inner strength, we made it all the way from Iron to ep 16 in one day. and to think that 10 months ago she almost died and was in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks after the accident. I am very proud of her!

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Beemer01

Moderator

07/09/2007 07:06AM

Portage from Shell Lake.

"You're not serious about wearing sandals on this portage.... are you?"

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L.T.sully

07/09/2007 09:09AM

This is a hard one for me, If my camera hadn't broken i'd have some.
I'll have to dig deep in the albums. I do have one good portages pic for 2004, that is in a group of photo's, that I can't find.
I'll try to chime in later this month.

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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hndrsdnpce

07/09/2007 09:10AM

At Fairy Lake from Gun Lake.

Jimi

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Journeyman

07/09/2007 09:16AM

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Obergut

07/09/2007 09:39AM

Kahshahpiwi to Side lake. June 2007.

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L.T.sully

07/09/2007 09:51AM

Alright I dug through the albums. I may regret doing this if I find the long lost 2004 photo's. However this is a portage from snowbank to some area lake.

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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moose plums

07/09/2007 10:51AM

Obergut, love that photo!!!!!!

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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snakecharmer

07/09/2007 01:16PM

Negotiating the Hatchet/Ima portage.

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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Navigator

07/09/2007 01:34PM

Don't we wish all landings were THIS easy! Monument Portage - Swamp Lake to Ottertrack side.

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ILikePike

07/09/2007 02:02PM

A photo of a painted turtle by insula portage

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit” -Edward Abbey

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BigZig

07/09/2007 02:09PM

Ready to go over portage from Little Trout Lake - May 2005

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PaddleAway

07/09/2007 02:40PM

Obergut, that's nasty! I don't even know if I'd put foot in that muck for fear of never hitting anything solid!

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Beemer01

Moderator

07/09/2007 03:05PM

And that particular batch of mud STINKS if memory serves.

"You're not serious about wearing sandals on this portage.... are you?"

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UncleMoose

07/09/2007 03:15PM

BigZig - That shot's fantastic - priceless!

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TomT

07/09/2007 03:35PM

Me and the Old Town on the way to Snowbank Aug. 2006

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Obergut

07/09/2007 03:36PM

Beemer, absolutely nothing wrong with your memory. It stunk pretty bad, but we would easily have done this one several times over that Death March Portage again!

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TomT

07/09/2007 03:48PM

Obergut, I'm sorry but I have to laugh every time I see that pic. :)

Great shot!

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brain250

07/09/2007 04:26PM

I love sunsets and moose sightings and trophy fish snapshots, but to me there's no greater sight in the Boundary Waters than seeing a lake appear through the trees at the end of a long portage.

This was taken in May of this year, and I believe this is the portage from Ashub to Disappointment. While it wasn't a long portage, I thought this picture kinda captured the joy of seeing that light at the end of the tunnel.

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satchmoa

07/09/2007 06:16PM

I would rather be upside down in my canoe than right side up at my desk

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Nick2890

07/09/2007 06:24PM

Portage past Horsetail Rapids on Marabouf Lake just South of Saganaga Falls.

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cericdahl

07/09/2007 09:19PM

A tricky portage! This is going from Cherry to Lunar Lake, the first of five lovely (really!) portages on the way to Ottertrack (or the final trial if you're going the other way...)

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prettypaddle

07/09/2007 09:22PM

From Alpine to Red Rock during the Alpine fire. The hoses pumped water from the lakes to sprinklers set in trees along the portage. We were going to camp on Red Rock, but after watching the water bomber circling and the smoke rolling towards us, we decided to backtrack.

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canoepaddle

07/09/2007 09:23PM

I always take too much stuff!!!!

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knothead180

07/09/2007 09:51PM

Ima side of the Hatchet portage, which is a little tricky to locate.

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fishguts

07/09/2007 09:58PM

from the Boundary Waters Journal, Summer 07, page 35
My son portaging a canoe into Side Lake, Quetico

fishguts

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Eagleson

07/09/2007 10:11PM

Roller portage between Ojibway and Triangle Lake. Awesome.

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nkelly

07/09/2007 10:18PM

stairway portage going out of Rose

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mr.barley

07/09/2007 11:00PM

Beatty Portage

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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cowboymac12

07/10/2007 09:38AM

Our first portage on our first ever trip to the BWCA. This is Little Rock Falls, flowinig out of Magnetic Lake and into the Pine River. Anyone know what is left of this area after the fire?

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain

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canoerone

07/10/2007 09:51AM

Early Morning Put-in on Picket Creek (EP#23)

canoerone

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Bannock

07/10/2007 10:04AM

Satch,

I recognize those canoes! I bet under them are SF and JB and so I am guessing that is the Missing Link Portage.

Bannock

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eglath

Moderator

07/10/2007 10:41AM

"portage" in the Hairy Lake PMA (I think this was between Iris Lake and Fetters Lake) -- July 2007

cheers,
eglath

Pictures?

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L.T.sully

07/10/2007 11:24AM

Those PMA potages are much more like the rest of the forest than a portage. ;)

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Soledad

07/10/2007 04:28PM

Eagleson

I crossed that portage on snowshoes this last winter. Had no idea I was walking on rollers!

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Beavers

07/10/2007 04:46PM

Nice one Eglath! :0

This is another "portage", this is Pageant Creek just south of Rangeline Lake. Here portage equals drag the canoe, and hope you don't sink into the bog.

"Adventure begins where control ends."

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mrfixit246

07/11/2007 11:22PM

Here is mine. West end of Monument portage(I think), equipment pack, 70lb Osagis canoe, GPS, and open toe sandals.(just for Sully).

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Fulcrum

07/12/2007 10:13AM

Portage out of Lonely Lake towards Jean (there was a small lake in between, but I don't recall its name) in the Quetico, Summer 2005.

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mr.barley

07/12/2007 02:14PM

That would be Yeh Lake

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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prettypaddle

07/12/2007 03:41PM

Fulcrum, all the different lines in that picture are fantastic!

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Soledad

07/12/2007 04:09PM

A well used portage/highway

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Canoe Dude

07/13/2007 10:39AM

Portage at Lower Basswood Falls early August 2006

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Canoe42

07/13/2007 11:24AM

"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" -Red Green

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UncleMoose

07/13/2007 06:10PM

Little Isabella River Portage
September 2006

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kanoes

07/13/2007 06:19PM

to/from horse canoe42?

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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duboly

07/14/2007 07:06AM

Prairie Portage on a fall trip with my daughter

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RoJoYo

07/14/2007 09:06AM

Grand Central Station - Portage From Ashigan to Gibson

"You don't stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing." B. Franklin

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sterngirl

07/14/2007 09:15AM

This is a "make your own portage" between Adams and Boulder Lakes. With the lack of water last summer...getting from Adams to Boulder was a real experience.

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tony

07/14/2007 09:28AM

Portage between Steep and South Lakes
tony

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kellyrth

07/15/2007 05:47PM

Lake Agnes to Boulder River

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rbarnick

07/18/2007 02:56PM

Island Life & Disappointment Memoirs: Reflecting on life as it is on Disappointment Lake while the sun retreats far away.

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Portage Monkey

07/20/2007 03:30PM

Here is one looking south from the portage between Mudro and Fourtown.

"The mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart"

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cheesehead

07/20/2007 03:57PM

this is wendy's favorite portage

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Portage Monkey

07/20/2007 04:58PM

Cheesehead

Where is that? It looks so familiar.

"The mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart"

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catfish

07/20/2007 05:24PM

Curtain falls portage:

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smkbwca

07/20/2007 06:46PM

Portage between Lake one and Lake two

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cheesehead

07/20/2007 07:47PM

i think it is the 48 rodder between koma and polly, beat the heck out of carrying everything. we were soaked from the rain and on our way out.

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Wilderness Paddler

07/21/2007 10:41AM

One Last Portage

"Anyone who tells you portaging is fun is either a liar, or crazy, or maybe both."

-Bill Mason

Wilderness Paddler

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mhclon

07/22/2007 11:23AM

Between Clark lake and Crab

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CIIcanoe

07/22/2007 06:51PM

Portage between Brent Lake and unnamed lake in Quetico.

Chuck

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greenydd

07/22/2007 09:57PM

kellyrth.....great pic....great portage. we call that the 'wizard of oz portage!' felt like we were walking right into the witch's forest when we entered that one!

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BSA Troop 641

07/23/2007 12:21AM

Horse portage.

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patman

07/23/2007 11:29AM

On the other side of Gabro Lake Portage

It's A Good Life !!!

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mwd1976

07/23/2007 12:37PM

Here's my recently finished Cedarstrip at the end of a portage on the S. Kawishiwi river. I know it doesn't show the portage well, but it's as close as I have.

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children -Chief Seattle

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JRUBAKON

07/24/2007 10:07PM

You guys are gonna like this action shot of an eagle taking advantage of free lunch. There were actually two eagles but the first one missed the fish on its attempt and this one capatilized. I have the picture of the first eagle as well if you are interested!!!

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JRUBAKON

07/24/2007 10:16PM

I know its not a portage pic but I thought you all would enjoy!!

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Ho Ho

07/25/2007 06:00AM

I love portages. Seriously. Always lots to see. I have tons of pictures taken along them. But this picture focuses on the "portage" itself - a pickup-stick array of logs tossed over a boggy patch on the second portage from Kahshahpiwi to Joyce Lakes (Quetico). Tricky with the canoe!

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dlmchone

07/25/2007 10:06AM

AH! - Water!

Sometimes, the best part of a portage.

Dave "....and, when there are no longer any beckoning mirages ahead, a man dies. With an open horizon constantly before him, life can be an eternal challenge". - Sigurd F. Olson.

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moose plums

07/25/2007 01:39PM

Always the best part!!!!

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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Buck47

07/25/2007 02:35PM

The beginning on Misquah.

A view looking down on Little Trout.

The end of the portage from Misquah to Little Trout. Awesome...

"Do Not Let What You Cannot Do Interfere With What You Can Do..." -John Wooden

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wetcanoedog

07/26/2007 08:18PM

Mark makes a heavy lift at the Bird-Anubis portage,Quetico.

"wait--before i help you with that let me get a shot!"

it's just a level trail thru the woods.

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bwells113

07/28/2007 09:38AM

Silver Falls - Into Saganagons
June - 07

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snakecharmer

07/28/2007 10:11AM

Ho Ho - love that shot of the Kahshahpiwi to Joyce Lakes portage. Quite an engineering feat. But one slip and....it may be remembered as the "Nut Cracker Portage" :-)

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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Blueshadow

07/28/2007 06:44PM

As the sight of water came into view....

Blueshadow49

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billsta

07/29/2007 07:33PM

Halfway through the portage from Vera to Ensign, July 14, 2007.

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psukontaraks

07/30/2007 11:12AM

Kurt Portaging the Wenonah Sundowner on an easier portage down the Falls Chain

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Ho Ho

07/30/2007 12:24PM

Hey snakecharmer, I actually did slip on the pickup sticks pictured above while carrying the canoe. Well, not exactly "slip" - I put a foot down on one end of one of the logs, which seesawed up and sent my entire leg into the water and muck. Had to toss off the canoe to get my leg out of the muck, and then lift the canoe back up on my shoulders while balancing on the logs. Lesson learned: You not only have to step carefully on the logs, but the place on the log you put your weight has to be supported at both ends. Fortunately, I just got mucky; no family jewels were harmed. Here I am cleaning off the leg when I got to the end at Joyce Lake.

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Mickeal

07/30/2007 07:44PM

Shoot Low Sheriff, They’re Riding Shetland Ponies

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wigone

07/31/2007 01:45PM

here's a different take on the photo contest from our 7/23/7 - 7/28/7 trip
this was somewhere between disappointment lake and alice

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Go Solo

07/31/2007 10:30PM

My friends first portage, let him carry the canoe, I think he actually volunteered.

Me on a solo alone in the woods with my canoe.

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Nick2890

08/06/2007 02:17AM

Do we have a winner yet?????

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firftr911

08/10/2007 07:45AM

Do we have a winner now????

"We are the people our parents warned us about"

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08/10/2007 09:36AM

Dang I have the perfect photo for this which is on my home computer which has just been broken, I will try and get it out even if it is too late tomorrow.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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fishguts

08/13/2007 10:04PM

Yup! I keep looking at this to see who won.... Who Won!?

fishguts

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Beemer01

Moderator

08/14/2007 07:53AM

Very tough month to decide - lots and lots of great pictures! The judges are highly stressed!!!

"You're not serious about wearing sandals on this portage.... are you?"

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Ho Ho

08/14/2007 08:47AM

I just thought you all were on vacation - it is paddling season after all.

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Beemer01

Moderator

08/14/2007 08:53AM

That too.

"You're not serious about wearing sandals on this portage.... are you?"

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admin

Administrator

08/14/2007 09:44AM

The winner of the July contest is Oberguts! The second hat goes to Fulcrum. The trip report contest winner is Buck47! Congratulations! And thanks to everyone for entering.

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08/19/2007 08:22AM

A little late, but I thought it fit the description quite well.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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aebrooks

08/21/2007 01:11PM

This is a little late as well. This is on Crab "Creek," 8-18-07. Water pretty much ran out or was dammed up by beavers so it ended up as an entire portage with no trail. Took about 3 hours and got out just at sunset. Fun stuff.

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway.

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