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

Monthly Theme: Islands

Show us your canoe country island 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 Jan 31st. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) or png format and uploaded to this site.
- Additional rules

Thank you for participating!

Topper Lake 2023- from our BRT hike this year.

Caribou Lake July 2022

Foggy morning on Finger Lake

Haven Lake, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, flying south over the middle of Haven Lake on the way back to Red Lake in a De Havilland Beaver.

Lake Agnes - June 2023

Looking nearly straight west at the island to the west of the campsite 519 on Tuscarora Lake. May 2023

Blackstone Lake, Quetico

Birch Lake. Last sunrise on my first trip in BWCA. Did not disappoint.

LacLaCroix June 2005

Island on Cherokee Lake, Sept 2023

High Lake

Island in the sun on Snipe, September 2017

Campsite Island on Little trout lake


Tony

Little Gabbro

A lot of very talented photographers on this site. Beautiful pictures!

A crisp mid-September morning, taken from the portage landing at South Temperance coming from North Temperance.

Gijikiki Lake

Sunken island East Bearskin

Island In Morning Mist On Sawbill

Another island in Gijikiki, the one in the eastern part of the lake.

Island in the sun.

Taken from an island on Phoebe Lake. Intermittent sun that briefly spotlighted a nearby neighbor.

Fern Lake, Quetico 2017. A Smokey hazy sunset and a powerful storm overnight.

Birch Lake Quetico/BWCA

Frost Lake

Storm cleared just before the sun sets behind the island on Lake Agnes.

Silence Lake in the Q, June 4, 2019.

Crab lake 2013

As we were sipping our hot cocoa at the end of a long day of paddling, my pal was inspired by the island we were admiring and created a replica with her hot cocoa!

willfess: " Crab lake 2013"

THIS is a cool photo!!

Morning Mist on Alder Lake
September 2021

Sarah Lake, Quetico

Fourtown Lake

~ Big Moose Lake

Saganagons 2004

When your dogs decide to claim their own island!

Homer Lake, Sept 1, 2009.

nctry: "



When your dogs decide to claim their own island!"

Great picture! Love the dogs!!

Camper's Island looking west...all islands.

Small island on Jessie Lake: (Quetico Provincial Park)

Hans Solo

Fall Lake - September 2022

CookHam: "Fern Lake, Quetico 2017. A Smokey hazy sunset and a powerful storm overnight. "

I saw this pic and immediately thought Fern Lake. I stayed on the site there after doing the two hellish portages to the south from Alice. That pine tree is so distinct.

Congratulations to the winners of the January Contests!
Photo Contest: HansSolo
Trip Report Contest: Marc24
Extra Prize: kenljung

Thank you everyone for entering!