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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Need help identifying a photo |
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02/18/2021 11:12AM
Hi. I am doing a book on Snapfish that includes narrative and photos from three canoe trips (another "Going Back in Time" volume), 1974 BWCA, and 1977 and 1980 in Quetico. At the end of the group of photos from the 1977 trip I have a picture of the Prairie Portage Ranger Station, and then this one immediately following. Does anyone recognize this structure? Can you identify it for me?
Thanks.
Thanks.
02/18/2021 04:13PM
sedges: "Looks to me like a typical outdoor chapel at a summer camp. I've seen similar chapels at Boy Scout Camps in northern WI. That is not one I recognize, however."
It does look like something you would see at a scout (or other youth) camp. If you were just at PP then took this next, maybe it was at Charles L Sommers Canoe Base - it is pretty much next to the Moose Lake entry. You could always email it to them and ask if anyone there remembers it.
02/21/2021 11:11AM
Well, Mocha, I can agree with your sentiments--but where the hell IS IT??
I cannot believe I took this photo at the end of the canoe trip and made no note of where we were at that time. and it really doesn't matter, but it just puzzles me.
I cannot believe I took this photo at the end of the canoe trip and made no note of where we were at that time. and it really doesn't matter, but it just puzzles me.
02/21/2021 12:56PM
Kind of reminds me of the chapel on one of the two islands on which the Lutheran church camp Wilderness Canoe Base is located near the end of the Gunflint Trail in Seagull Lake, but I am not sure of that. The 2007 fire burned most of the camp but the chapel and main lodge survived the fire. I helped with the rebuilding effort in 2008.
02/21/2021 02:42PM
Spartan2: "--but where the hell IS IT??"
I can't help but chuckle at we're asking "where the hell is it?" regarding a pic of a chapel. :-)
BTW, I'm sure the things I did in 1977 didn't make a lot of sense either!
We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.
02/21/2021 04:52PM
Sorry if I seemed irreverant. It is a pretty little outdoor chapel, and who knows, perhaps it was somewhere on our route home. For all I know it may be in Michigan's U P!
And yes, Jerry, things were different in 1977. In a lot of ways. :-)
And yes, Jerry, things were different in 1977. In a lot of ways. :-)
02/21/2021 04:54PM
deerfoot: "Kind of reminds me of the chapel on one of the two islands on which the Lutheran church camp Wilderness Canoe Base is located near the end of the Gunflint Trail in Seagull Lake, but I am not sure of that. The 2007 fire burned most of the camp but the chapel and main lodge survived the fire. I helped with the rebuilding effort in 2008."
That would be an interesting guess, but we never even saw the Gunflint Trail or any of its lakes until 1992. Since this is a 1977 photo. . .
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