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

Monthly Theme: Open Theme - Enter any Canoe Country Photo

Show us your best photos!

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

Trip Report Contest: Any trip report published monthly 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!

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 December 31st. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) or png format and uploaded to this site.
- Additional rules

Thank you for participating!

Beautiful light after a storm on Jordan Lake in August 2023

Mountain Lake 2021
Like us, these guys had completed the Long Portage out of Rose and continued on into Mountain Lake. From our campsite we watched their 3 canoes reconvene. They were laughing, casually fishing, having a great time. We visited briefly, then they headed down lake looking for a campsite. Their ease and joy with simply being together, on the water, in the BW was infectious. They threw up this little sail and their flotilla passed by us that evening, hopefully to make camp before a storm blew in.

Hard to beat a BWCA walleye dinner! (Fourtown Lake - 2023)

Fourth time I've seen a moose in the BWCA, First time I've captured an image!

In the Quetico

Jenny Lake

Frost Lake

Last night of our trip on Sawbill Lake. Couldn't find an open campsite returning from the Cherokee loop, but a family group was kind enough to wave us down and let us know they were leaving.

The narrows between Frasier and Thomas Lakes, BWCAW. Black & white rendition. Edit: Oops! Spelling error there. It should be "Fraser," of course. The view is looking north from the Thomas side.

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One of my absolute favorite places in the world!

Knife Lake - North Arm

Sawbill Lake Bull Moose

Larch Lake

Bell lake Quetico.
Cocktail hour

Bald Eagle on Pipestone Bay


This guy had a nest just across the way from our camp on the northern part of Pipestone Bay. Caught this image of him flying past our site.

Smoke from western wildfires dims the afternoon sun on Ashigan Lake.

full moon on lake saganaga

Looking west on Crooked Lake

Me and Luna on her first canoe trip in 2013. This was at Bald Rock Falls campsite on the Falls Chain in Quetico. Best tripping partner I ever had.

Cross River

Set. 2023 Town lake

Pipestone Bay - September 2022

Crocodile Lake Loon

Moss Lake, July 2020

Feeding the campfire ~ Pine Lake

Lac LaCroix BWCAW

Oyster River

Alder Lake- kiddos' first trip.

Evening on Isabella (Quetico)

Congratulations to the winners of the December contests:

Photo Contest: JohnGalt
Trip Report Contest: 30Smoke
Extra Prize: Stanford

Thank you all that entered! Keep an eye out for the year end photo contest run off!