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Name that Lake #14: Cowdoc is the LeBron James of Name That Lake!

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sns

01/09/2021 11:25AM

BWCA, looking due North.

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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Spartan2

01/09/2021 12:51PM

Cherokee

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MidwestFirecraft

01/09/2021 01:06PM

Stuart

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djwillco

01/09/2021 02:16PM

Cummings

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LindenTree

01/09/2021 04:25PM

Loon

May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.

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egknuti

01/09/2021 04:56PM

Horse

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DeanL

01/09/2021 05:59PM

South Arm Knife

"Leave it as it is.....The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." Theodore Roosevelt

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Blatz

01/09/2021 06:23PM

Crooked

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Michwall2

01/09/2021 06:36PM

South Temperance

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schweady

01/09/2021 07:32PM

Fourtown

"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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bottomtothetap

01/09/2021 07:55PM

Who's looking due north--the subject or the photographer?

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sns

01/09/2021 08:04PM

Good question about orientation! I did mean the photo is framed looking north.

First hint:
Depending on your map sources, the total portage length to/from this lake is about 330-345 rods.
Edit: I now see another source for portage distance, so let's say ~275 to 350, to be safe

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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egknuti

01/09/2021 08:32PM

Hustler

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sns

01/10/2021 09:49AM

From roughly the same spot as the first photo, this one is looking more Northwesterly. I think the low point on the horizon is close to dead-on NW.

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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HowardSprague

01/10/2021 10:20AM

Vera

"Enjoy every sandwich"

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WHendrix

01/10/2021 10:23AM

Lac La Croix

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Michwall2

01/10/2021 11:04AM

Little Saganaga

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brux

01/10/2021 11:41AM

Tuscarora

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sns

01/10/2021 11:47AM

Another hint:
In the first photo, there's a portage landing on the furthest shoreline that is visible more-or-less directly above the human's head (perhaps a hair to the right).

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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BigTim

01/10/2021 12:28PM

Caribou

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Spartan2

01/10/2021 01:55PM

Home

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Michwall2

01/10/2021 03:21PM

Mora Lake

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sns

01/10/2021 03:41PM

In the second photo there is a portage on the far shore, a bit left of the low point of the horizon

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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Michwall2

01/10/2021 04:31PM

Burnt Lake

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cowdoc

01/10/2021 07:28PM

Fat. The outfitters portage is the long one of variable length. The one in from Eugene is shorter and that portage clue threw me off.

"What could happen?"

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sns

01/10/2021 07:34PM

Well I could stand to lose five or even ten pounds, but it's a tad insensitive to call me Fat!

Was just waiting to hand this back to you Cowdoc, nicely done.

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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airmorse

01/10/2021 09:27PM

Damn I've been there. Went in thru Eugene where we we camped for two nights. I remember Fat as being smaller than what the first photo shows. How the mind fades as we age.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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JimmyJustice