It is time to start the May Photo Contest, as well as, Trip Report Contest.

Monthly Theme: Tarps in Canoe Country

Show us those tarp setups in Canoe Country!

The winner receives their choice of a hat, shirt, or other options prizes available each month.

Trip Report Contest: Any trip report published in a month is in the running for winning the prize.

Photo Contest winners are automatically included in a run-off for the photo of the year and the year-end prize!

If you are looking to upgrade or add a tarp to your collection, consider a tarp from one of our sponsors Portage North

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 with it prior.
- Photos don't need to be taken in the month of the photo contest. You can enter any photo you have taken which matches the theme.
- You must be the photographer of the photo and have the right 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 that 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 May 30th. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) or png format and uploaded to this site.

Thank you for participating!

Boulder Lake

Chippy on the loose out on Insula after a rainy week. (Tarp in background! Hahaha)

Hangin' out under the tarps.

Quetico Lake

Hanging the tarp on Lac La Croix.....

Campsite 1446 - Knife Lake

Homer Lake Memorial Day weekend 2019 in the morning The day that my dad passed away. When we woke up that morning my daughter said “It’s a beautiful day to paddle home. Can we leave today instead of tomorrow?” We made it home 2 hours before he was gone.

Tarp worked overtime our last trip, perfect time to decide the next fishing hole and enjoy a beverage…??

Disappointment Lake

Sunrise on Iron

Wrist Lake - Woodland Caribou

Mudro Lake.

John Lake 2021

Under the tarp on Pine lake, May 2022

Finger Lake 2012

Slim Lake - all of our gear and a nice little table for coffee and cribbage

Malberg site 1501
Best site I've ever seen!

Photography is all about saving the memories, right? I have quite a few tarp photos, and some are much prettier than this one. But this was the first time we set up our new green tarp (previously had been just cobbling up something with an old brown rainfly we had on hand), and even though the application was a bit rough around the edges, it brings back some sweet memories. Just seeing that crooked center pole makes me smile. :-)

Hudson Lake, 2006. The "Elephant Trip".

Tarp set up for drying the morning after the torrent.

Large Island site on Dunstan Lake, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, 2017.

Every tree in the photo has now been carbonized.

A room with a view. Crab lake

portagerunner: "


Stone shelf for dinner prep and firewood storage on Disappointment."

Maybe shouldn't comment but, I wouldn't post a photo on Disappointment Lake that had cans of diced tomato in it.

To Lightfoot; Nice catch! Seems to me that should be an automatic disqualification from this months contest. ;-)

sagaganaga lake 2022 prepare for the worst and hope for the best

saganaga lake 2022 prepare for the worst and hope for the best weather and wind were gentle so never really needed

We were trying to block the wind so we could cook. Brent Lake island mid-lake (near the Conmee portage) a few years ago. I have heard the island was burned in 2021.

Maiden voyage of our new CCS tarp
Gabbro Lake, July 2022

Sheltering on Brent Lake during a cloud burst.

Crocodile Lake

Hanging out at Lake Takucmich

Silence Lake, June 2019.