It is time to start the March Photo Contest, as well as, Trip Report Contest. Keep and eye out for the year end photo contest

Monthly Theme: Entry Points in Canoe Country

Show us your best entry point themed 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! Thank you to Fishell Paddles for awarding the winner one of their awesome paddles!

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 March 31st. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) or png format and uploaded to this site.

Thank you for participating!

#60 Duncan Lake

A warm winter entry into Sawbill #38

Leano Entry; July 2024....Woodland Caribou Provincial Park

I should know better than to ask my group for a nice launch picture.....East Bearskin, August 2016

A perfect start. Looking at a beautiful day for that long paddle down Pickerel Lake. French Lake entry, Quetico

At Prairie Portage: The final Quetico trip of the 3 Amigos.

I'm taking some liberty with the word "Theme" in the Entry Point Themed Photo's.

The Crew headed up the Gunflint Sept. 2024. 26th year of tripping together. We were headed to East Bearskin. Made a stop at Voyageur Brewing and snapped a pic by the sign.

I'm not eligible to win, so I will post two pics.


That's me with the canoe heading down the trail to the Moose River - EP16.







Moose River - EP16

Prairie Portage, Quetico Sept. 2013
Luna’s 1st of 6 trips with me.

TomT: "Prairie Portage, Quetico Sept. 2013
Luna’s 1st of 6 trips with me.

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Whatever became of the mighty Starship?

Memorial weekend out of Sawbill to Alton. First trip taking boys into the BW without other adults.

Duncan Lake BWCAW Entry

Cross Bay EP 2013. little duckling’s first daddy/daughter bwca trip at age 5. For her HS graduation trip this year she picked a bwca trip with dad to Smoke Lake. Time flies when you’re having fun.

Beaverhouse Lake Ranger Station

cowdoc: "

TomT: "Prairie Portage, Quetico Sept. 2013
Luna’s 1st of 6 trips with me.



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Whatever became of the mighty Starship?"

In 2019 I sold it to a guy who lives in Janesville Wi. That’s where the Black Hawk canoes were manufactured. He has a nice stable of boats and paddles the local rivers.

It was a fantastic design but at 60lbs it was time for me to go ultralight. Thanks for asking.

My canoe at the Sawbill Lake entry - #38.

EP24 First ever trip to BW or anything like it. Great time! And definitely bitten by the bug to come back!

Moose River North #16 June 2023

Chamois about to head up the hill to Missing Link Lake as the outside world shuts down during March of 2020.

EP 84 Snake River
My very first BWCA trip!

This is off the portage trail a bit leading from East Bearskin Lake to Crocodile Lake - Crocodile Falls

Entry day at Mudro

The beginning of an amazing family trip! June 2024. Little John Lake, on the way to John Lake...

Crane Lake, July 1971. Beginning our very first canoe trip.

This "entry point" to the bwca is on a portage between East Bearskin Lake and Flour Lake that doubles as a beautiful wintertime xc ski trail.

Beware of Invasive Species
Burntside Lake 2010.

Mudro
June 26, 2019

Mudro entry point

Mudro

I love this month’s category! The photos taken at entry points are often taken after months of planning and everything coming together on the morning of the trip.
My granddaughter Astrid took her first trip last August, and she can’t wait to get back! She’s pictured here with her dad Nick at EP38–Sawbill on 8/12/24.

My daughter's first trip and my first in 30 years. Many more in our future. EP Trout Lake

My return to the BWCA after 27 years...EP16 Moose River North.

South Hegman Lake

This was a real treat to get to do. It was unplanned and awesome.

Entry Point #532

Hans Solo

South Hegman EP at sunrise. My first boundary waters trip, and my pup enjoyed a sunrise dip before we set off for the weekend.

Congratulations to the winners of the March photo and trip report contest!

Photo Contest: CanoeViking
Trip Report Contest: puckettgame6
Extra Prize: Ottertailvoyageur

Thanks all for entering!