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noodle
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04/12/2026 08:31AM  
Like others, I'm running dry on pics, so these will be more of a campsite and less of lake shorelines. So if you get the lake, great, but I'll then see if someone can pinpoint the campsite too.

I was doing some workouts and lifted this erratic up, but I dropped it and it cracked. Think we can patch it back together?
 
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Z4K
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04/12/2026 09:20AM  
1969
 
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ForkyKnifespoon
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04/12/2026 09:36AM  
Looks like something someone might do on Lake One:) Probably by a well-nourished camper just a quick paddle away from the Kawishiwi Lodge grill? Site #1676
 
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Deeznuts
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04/12/2026 01:09PM  
#108 on finger lake
 
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LindenTree
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04/12/2026 02:20PM  
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egknuti
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04/12/2026 05:09PM  
Is there a tent pad behind this massive boulder you picked up?
 
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noodle
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04/12/2026 07:51PM  
No tent pad behind that boulder, and the latrine isn't back there either. Jeez, it'd be a lot easier to find it if there was actual undergrowth and a trail through them behind the campsite.
 
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Rye4Brkfst
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04/12/2026 08:08PM  
1051 on Malberg
 
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Tony
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04/12/2026 08:31PM  
Like three
 
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ForkyKnifespoon
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04/12/2026 09:06PM  
There are a lot of nice cedars at this site, and one scruffy lucky dog!
 
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04/12/2026 09:28PM  
Z4K: "1969"


That was my thought too...
 
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Z4K
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04/12/2026 10:15PM  
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cowdoc
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04/12/2026 10:44PM  
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04/13/2026 07:39AM  
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noodle
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04/13/2026 07:45AM  
Someone got on the right lake since the last picture, either by naming it or picking a campsite on the lake, so whoah-oh we're halfway there, whoah-oh, public derrière! Here's the latrine, which is both impossible to miss once you're far back enough, and also impossible to have any privacy.
 
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ForkyKnifespoon
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04/13/2026 07:47AM  
Gabbro 2135

Nevermind, just saw the new clue. Itching to guess again, i think this site clocks our messages when we start composing, not when we press “submit”
 
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portagerunner
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04/13/2026 10:07AM  
2224
 
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Deeznuts
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04/13/2026 10:32AM  
107 on finger
 
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Z4K
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04/13/2026 12:40PM  
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Jefflynn06
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04/13/2026 01:26PM  
2224 on Lake Three
 
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LindenTree
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04/13/2026 04:12PM  
1053
 
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Tony
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04/13/2026 06:48PM  
1493 on three
 
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cowdoc
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04/13/2026 08:18PM  
639 0n Horseshoe...by Gaskin
 
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noodle
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04/14/2026 08:47AM  
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, bananadog, and also a second picture of a sunset that may help narrow things down as some folks have indeed landed on the right lake.

 
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ForkyKnifespoon
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04/14/2026 09:08AM  
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04/14/2026 09:10AM  
ForkyKnifespoon: "1488"


That’s what I was going to guess. The Tumblehome podcast had an episode where they talked about a big broken rock on the first site when you enter Lake Three
 
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LindenTree
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04/14/2026 12:05PM  
1510 on Three
 
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portagerunner
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04/14/2026 12:28PM  
2220 Lake Three
 
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Jefflynn06
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04/14/2026 12:37PM  
1504 on Lake Three
 
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ForkyKnifespoon
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04/14/2026 12:58PM  
portagerunner: "2220 Lake Three"

Thinkin this is the winner
 
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noodle
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04/14/2026 02:36PM  
portagerunner: "2220 Lake Three"

You got it. Next clue was this long exposure looking south from the landing on an dark night where just a sliver of moonlight was enough:
 
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