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BigFlounder
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June 2018 on Vista Lake (EP47). My first time to the BWCA was this solo trip and I got super lucky in claiming the prime campsite on Vista Lake for the first three nights of my trip.
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KerryG
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Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017.
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KennyLogIn
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Thank you folks. It was an unforgettable night in canoe country.
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KennyLogIn
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Ice Out Lights
The day after ice out on Kawishiwi Lake, April 2017. I wound up staying up all night watching and photographing the Northern Lights. Had to go out looking for firewood at 3AM as I had burnt it all staying up and making coffee all night. An incredible night under the northern lights.
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PuffinGin
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KennyLogIn: " Ice Out Lights
The day after ice out on Kawishiwi Lake, April 2017. I wound up staying up all night watching and photographing the Northern Lights. Had to go out looking for firewood at 3AM as I had burnt it all staying up and making coffee all night. An incredible night under the northern lights.
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Wow! Fantastic photo!
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Leatherneck
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That is absolutely beautiful!!!!
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adam
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Announcing this months winners:
Photo Contest: KennyLogin Trip report Contest: TominMpls Extra Prize: sunidelite
Congrats to the winners and thank you everyone for entering!
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KerryG
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BigFlounder: "KerryG: "Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017. "
Beautiful picture KerryG!" Thanks so much. Probably the most beautiful river landscape of any trip I've ever been on. This year we're paddling the Berens so as a photographer I'm very excited.
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CaptainGrizzly
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A "Great Camp" is not only beautiful scenery that you pick for a campsite. A great camp is a place to call home... a place that you are comfortable and can have fun at, regardless of the weather around you! Here is a fun game of cards under the tarp as the rain passes by on Long Island Lake.
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PuffinGin
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Welkin Lake, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, September 2006
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Freeleo1
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Horse lake. One of many great campsites. I just don't have a lot of great pictures to represent them. There's usually too much clutter.
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MrFeesh
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Liven a dogs life on Cherokee
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airmorse
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nicek: "
Little Saganaga 2016"
That site has not seen much use, eh...
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snakecharmer
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~Campsite on Iron Lake
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SaganagaJoe
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Enjoying the view on Maraboeuf Lake, June 2015. This was the little brothers trip - Grandpa with his little brother, and me with my little brother.
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PuffinGin
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MrFeesh: "
Liven a dogs life on Cherokee"
Love your photo! I have a springer and when a pup. she claimed a foldup chair as her own to lollygag and play in.
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sunidelite
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Our high-ground campsite on Ahsub Lake provided a beautiful view of the whole lake. We also had access to the nearby hiking trail, which brought us to the very top of the hill where we could see Ahsub Lake and Disappointment Lake at the same time. The night at this camp was so clear, we slept with the rain fly off and had a fantastic view of the stars.
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Canoeit
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Minnesotian
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TuscaroraBorealis: " Snow beds on the Border Route Trail. "
Nice!
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egknuti
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Hustler Lake
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cowdoc
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Brent - May 2014
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Lightfoot
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View from the fire grate area at our site on John Lake.
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KerryG
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"Yeah, I thought it was a Saivo. I use a Rogen and an Enan (that's the Rogen in my picture above), don't see many Hillebergs up there. Of course my two are Hille's answer to "lightweight" tents, similar build quality but not nearly the bomb shelter that your Saivo is."
It is a bit of overkill but where we are doing a lot of our trips these days mean camping on rock and often very exposed. We caught a couple of storms last year where we were sitting ducks and man, was I glad for that tent. And hell, we only live once, so why not?
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GearJunkie
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Wednesday Bay from my tent a few days ago
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TominMpls
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It would be an overstatement to claim this camp was "great" from a livability perspective, but I really loved the photogenic nature of this campsite from our trip we just got back from. This was taken last Friday, July 6, at the site on the Kawishiwi just west of Hudson Lake in the burn area just before sunset.
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KerryG
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TominMpls: "KerryG: "Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017. "
Yes, that's a gorgeous picture. What tent is that?" Thanks. It is a Hilleberg Saivo. Last year was our first year with it. Our Mutha Hubba gave out after close to ten years. It was a pretty good tent but no comparison to the Hilleberg in terms of build quality, total weather protection, ventilation and overall comfort. Of course, you pay for that.
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TominMpls
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KerryG: "TominMpls: "KerryG: "Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017. "
Yes, that's a gorgeous picture. What tent is that?" Thanks. It is a Hilleberg Saivo. Last year was our first year with it. Our Mutha Hubba gave out after close to ten years. It was a pretty good tent but no comparison to the Hilleberg in terms of build quality, total weather protection, ventilation and overall comfort. Of course, you pay for that. " Yeah, I thought it was a Saivo. I use a Rogen and an Enan (that's the Rogen in my picture above), don't see many Hillebergs up there. Of course my two are Hille's answer to "lightweight" tents, similar build quality but not nearly the bomb shelter that your Saivo is.
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mr.barley
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mooseplums: "Little Sag " Great campsite
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Minnesotian
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Sarah Lake, Quetico, June 2015
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yoshimon
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morning picture from a campsite on Ensign lake
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Twins87
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Long Island Lake - August 2017
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TuscaroraBorealis
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Snow beds on the Border Route Trail.
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adam
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It is time to start the July 2018 Photo Contest, as well as, Trip Report Contest.
First an important note. If you see that you have won the contest or a prize in the contest, please email your address and choice of hat, shirt, or bandanna to me.
The theme for this month's contest is "Great Camps".
Monthly Category: Great Camps of Canoe Country
Prize: BWCA Hat, Shirt or Bandanna.
Trip Report Contest: Any trip report published in a month is in the running for winning the prize. See the trip report contest page for more details - Trip Report Home Page
Winner will receive an additional prize of leather work from Dicecupmaker with the bwca.com flying moose on it. Thank you Dicecupmaker!
Thanks to Cooke Custom Sewing (CCS) for sponsoring the year end prize!
Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.
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 and have the rights to post it. - 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 the location of the photo. - 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 thread by 11:59pm on July 31st. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) format and uploaded to the site.
Thank you for participating!
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aruthenb
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Stuart Lake - June 2018
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Spartan2
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Going to go 'way back down memory lane here. 1980. We are still discussing where this campsite is, and we don't know (Minn or McAree, perhaps?) The trip was Quetico and Voyageurs, only six days, and we repeated our first trip route (the 1971 Namakan River Route), in addition to exploring some other territory new to us. One highlight was an evening at a campsite (not this one) on LLC when we watched firefighters battle a blaze on a small island.
It was our fifth canoe trip, but only our fourth in the BWCA/Q/V area. (In 1979 we traveled in Algonquin PP.)
When I look at this photo it brings back how simple our trips were back then. Just the two of us, Grumman canoe for a table, Duluth pack, camp saw hanging on the tree. Solitude. Wool shirt thrown on the canoe. No tarp, no stool, no Bear Vault, not even a water filter. When I look at this photo, there is almost an innocence to it.
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ghull
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Quetico - Carp Lake - June 30th 2018 - Site 1J2 - Great elevated site. Not sure why it's not rated higher.
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nicek
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Little Saganaga 2016
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BigFlounder
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KerryG: "Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017. "
Beautiful picture KerryG!
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boonie
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KerryG: "Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017. "
Beautiful photo - evocative and nicely framed.
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mooseplums
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Little Sag
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KerryG
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boonie: "KerryG: "Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017. "
Beautiful photo - evocative and nicely framed." Thank you kindly.
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TominMpls
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KerryG: "Bloodvein River, Northeastern Manitoba, August 2017. "
Yes, that's a gorgeous picture. What tent is that?
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A1t2o
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Gillis
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fishguts
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Lake William Campsite, 2011, Quetico
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Zulu
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Pipestone Bay. October 17th, 2013
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shock
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camp in the burn area of Jasper lake 2013
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cyberia34
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Clearwater Lake, July 2016.
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bwbrian
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Island campsite on Hamburg Lake, Quetico, July 2018.
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Leatherneck
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Wicksteed
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drmau1
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Beautiful view from our camp on Kawaschong Lake . Even the burn out has its own beauty.
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TominMpls
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KennyLogIn: " " Stunningly gorgeous photo. Maybe slap a copyright on that. You should get royalties if it gets used anywhere for money.
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Jezbo
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This was 7/25/2018 Disappointment Lake.
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