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adam
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11/04/2007 06:02AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
It is time to start the November 2007 Photo contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "BWCA and Quetico Rock". Post your best photos of rock and rock structure in the in the BWCA or Quetico.

Monthly Category: BWCA and Quetico Rock

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 in a previous month.
- You must be the photographer of the photo.
- 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 which 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 where the picture is from.
- 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 message by 11:59pm on Nov. 30st.

- Photos must be in jpg or gif format to be uploaded to the site. Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.

Thank you for participating!

Adam

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hndrsdnpce
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11/04/2007 12:28PM  
Along Devils' Cascade.
 
11/04/2007 02:18PM  




McIntyre Lake, Quetico. On a hot summer day
 
mr.barley
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11/04/2007 02:26PM  
Very old fire ring (hey, they're made of rocks!) on Burntside( Budside on some maps) Lake in Quetico
 
knothead180
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11/04/2007 03:19PM  
Rocky shore on Lake Four.
 
thecanoeman
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11/04/2007 04:19PM  
Lac La Croix near Tiger bay

 
11/04/2007 04:37PM  
Kawishiwi rapids.
 
canoerone
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11/04/2007 04:58PM  
Kawishiwi Painted Rock
 
11/04/2007 06:08PM  
some rocks are put there just to rest against and enjoy the surroundings. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
 
11/04/2007 06:44PM  
Stone "bench" on Lake Four, the narrows on the way to Fire Lake

 
11/04/2007 06:49PM  
Standing stone at a campsite on Lake Two- Yeah, I know only one photo counts for the contest...but there's so many great rocks!

 
11/04/2007 06:56PM  
Quadga Lake
May 2005
 
rthompson
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11/05/2007 07:37AM  
Turtle head rock formation on Mudro. It looks like a turtle with its mouth open.

If you need a larger file size i can upload the original
 
Basser8239
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11/05/2007 11:30AM  
Grace Lake: used as a backstop to keep the wind off of the propane stove. Note the wind breaks set up on both sides. We put the burner in the middle. It worked pretty well.

 
11/05/2007 06:04PM  
nice catch! (eons ago) at "the" campsite on horse lake.Jan
 
cericdahl
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11/05/2007 06:34PM  
Seagull Submarine -- sighted surfacing at the east end of Lac La Croix.

That's the captain seagull up on the bridge, and you can see the periscope camouflaged as a dead tree... I always wondered why so many flotillas up there seem to zig-zag -- they're practicing serpentine convoy maneuvers to avoid torpedoes!
 
benm93
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11/05/2007 07:18PM  
 
11/05/2007 07:38PM  
Pictograph cliffs on Jordan Lake

 
11/05/2007 10:18PM  
My boys on Mountain Lake..those are some big rocks
 
11/06/2007 09:48AM  
Given the recent weather in Ely, I thought this was an appropriate picture. North Kawishiwi River, March 2005.

 
11/06/2007 11:01AM  


My dog on a rock on Thomas Lake.
 
breagen
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11/06/2007 01:29PM  


On Kekekabic Lake, northeast shore.
 
11/06/2007 04:37PM  


Sand Point Lake - January 2007 (enroute to the BWCA)
 
11/06/2007 06:43PM  
This rock is at the camp on Williamson Island on Insula. I took the picture September 2001.
Does anybody know who Williamson was?

 
11/06/2007 06:50PM  

Cairns point the way on the Pow Wow Trail.
September 2006


 
trailrider
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11/06/2007 08:09PM  
Sunrise on Shell
 
starwatcher
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11/06/2007 08:36PM  
Quetico - Cliff at Darky Lake Pictographs; October 2006
 
adam
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11/06/2007 09:54PM  

Great to see all the rock pictures! I wan't sure if the theme would hit a cord, but frankly I enjoy the rocks as big part of my experience up there.
 
john 800
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11/06/2007 11:38PM  
My wife on lake agnes in june of this year on the first day of her first trip to the bwca. Adam the rock theme is not something I would have thought of even though I just relized I have lots of pictures with rocks, it is a great idea.
 
BubbaJr
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11/07/2007 10:56AM  
June 06 - First BWCA trip for all of us, a gracious high school teacher took us.
End of portage from Boot into Fourtown Lake.
 
11/07/2007 11:36AM  


Vernon Lake's man made rock pool. I don't know when it was made, but it was nice to cool off in it last July of 2006.
 
11/07/2007 11:47AM  
Trailrider...great pic.
 
Stormy
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11/07/2007 01:02PM  

My 11 year old Cody.Huge rock bluff on portage between Horse and Fourtown,June 2007
 
11/07/2007 01:22PM  
Kids on a rock....on a rock... Shell lake June 06
 
11/07/2007 01:26PM  
Little Saganaga--August 2007. Check out this online geologic map covering a fair bit of the Boundary Waters (be patient while it opens, it's a huge file).
 
11/07/2007 05:28PM  
"There's nothing but ROCKS, trees and water" - my wife's comment after rifling through my BW photographs.
 
11/07/2007 05:56PM  
funny....that's the same thing my wife says! :)
 
Scrubb
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11/07/2007 06:56PM  
Somewhere near Vern Lake, Summer 1985



That's me on the right. (I've gotten bigger)
 
cericdahl
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11/07/2007 07:00PM  
Actually, there's a funny song about this... The chorus goes:

"'Cause we've got rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and trees and rocks and, ...waterrrrrrr!"

(Actually the song's about Canada, but I think it works pretty well for the BW too. I'll post a link to the mp3 if I'm allowed... moderators?)
 
SIRT
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11/08/2007 05:50AM  
Does this count for a rock in Quetico?

No really this is my picture for the month! Low Water by chattern falls in Quetico same place where the other rock <------ was given
 
11/08/2007 07:59AM  
A little Rocky waterfall on Lac Lacroix
 
CIIcanoe
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11/08/2007 12:25PM  
Crooked Lake



Chuck
 
kavdvm
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11/08/2007 12:57PM  
Lake One Sept. 2005
This rock has a passenger.
 
11/08/2007 01:34PM  
Rocky shoreline of Lake Three island site at sunrise. Taken August 31st, 2007.

 
11/08/2007 06:04PM  
CIIcanoe - nice picture! Post-cardy.
 
11/08/2007 06:55PM  
Cracked slate rock on portage between Cattyman and Adventure lakes
 
11/08/2007 08:13PM  
This is the best theme yet! I had a hard time choosing my entry. I put nine of my favorite rock pictures into Ho Ho's BW/Q Rock Photos Album. But I had to pick one, so here it is:




Rock Sentinel on Range River, April 29, 2006
 
Portage Monkey
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11/08/2007 08:19PM  
Hudson Lake Rocks!
 
jmunch
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11/08/2007 08:49PM  
john 800-
any chance that campsite is in a bay on LLC?
 
11/08/2007 09:13PM  
 
john 800
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11/08/2007 10:11PM  
Jmunch nope, it was on agnes
 
Kurps
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11/08/2007 10:17PM  
Gillis
 
11/09/2007 07:39AM  
Insula rock cliff
 
11/09/2007 10:35AM  
Kurps, that water makes me want to just dive right in!
 
Lost Paddle
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11/09/2007 01:10PM  

Fall 2006

 
11/09/2007 05:20PM  


Cliff viewed from our campsite on Kekekabic Oct. 4th. Only day of good weather all week!

butthead
 
11/09/2007 08:45PM  
8 Gulls on an exposed reef that appeared with low water levels Sept. 06 (Brule Lake). I wonder how many motors connected with this and how many lower units were busted off when motors were allowed on the lake, as this reef is out in the middle of the lake and normally under water.
 
11/09/2007 08:56PM  
this doesnt count. ive always liked life sprouting from stone.
 
mr.barley
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11/09/2007 09:00PM  
Chia Pet
 
HowardSprague
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11/09/2007 10:08PM  
Rock on Lake Three. (Same site as ChadLeo's!)
 
johanismyvzual57
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11/10/2007 02:21PM  


Breif story---
Our canoe got stuck on a rock during a windy day on Ogish, my friend who was duffing got out to push us off, we ended up getting carried away by the current...
GOODBYE EMILY!
 
bellolake
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11/10/2007 07:35PM  
Invisible Rock- Square Lake
 
rooster
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11/11/2007 11:37PM  
Slippery Rock
 
rooster
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11/11/2007 11:39PM  
 
grizzlygator
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11/12/2007 06:27AM  
Howdy All,

This photograph was taken on Tuscarora Lake during our honeymoon in October 2006.

Cheers, Grizzlygator
 
11/12/2007 08:22AM  
Hey Kanoes, that looks like Barley's new haircut!
 
Arkansas Man
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11/12/2007 09:38AM  
This was an interesting rock in the middle of either the Boulder River or the Moose River... Dang I's getting old and forgetful!!

Bruce

 
Maddog
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11/12/2007 09:39AM  
Nice rocks. Isabella River. Not for contest, just sharing.
 
11/12/2007 10:06AM  
Let's try this again :)

A sunrise kissed bank on Lake Saganagons, Quetico
 
11/12/2007 12:33PM  
Strange rock in the fire. Quetico Park, Lake Agnes, July 2007

 
11/12/2007 05:38PM  
Cowdoc- looks like LLC
 
shimmieshakes
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11/13/2007 08:23AM  


This is from August 2007 on Caribou Lake.
 
starwatcher
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11/13/2007 07:12PM  
I know I already entered, but I had to share this picture of the Boulder Bay Monolith at "10" rated campsite off of the last 65 rod portage to Lac La Croix. Not much for scale but this is at least a 20 ton rock.

starwatcher

 
starwatcher
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11/13/2007 07:24PM  
I know I already entered, but I had to share this picture of BWCA Agnes Lake (Easter Island like Turtlehead) Monolith at the middle campsite on the Northeast peninsula. October 2007.

starwatcher
 
greenydd
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11/13/2007 08:52PM  
near lake insula 2005...tina trying to show off how strong she THOUGHT she was! :o)
 
starwatcher
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11/14/2007 07:23AM  
I believe it was Archimedes who said "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."

starwatcher
 
Arkansas Man
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11/14/2007 10:12AM  
Not entered for the contest... but if you have stayed at this site, you would know this rock..

Bruce


 
11/14/2007 04:20PM  
Arkansas Man, Been there!
 
cincinnatibuck
  
11/15/2007 08:01AM  
Fourtown Lake, August '07
 
cincinnatibuck
  
11/15/2007 08:15AM  
Top of Lower Basswood Falls, August '07

 
MooseTrack
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11/16/2007 07:47AM  
Lower Basswood Falls Spring of 2007
 
11/16/2007 07:42PM  
This one doesn't count, but I thought I'd share. It's Table rock near Wednesday bay on Crooked lake. From what I understand, it served as a meeting place of the natives.
 
starwatcher
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11/16/2007 07:58PM  
Anyone recognize where this is?

starwatcher
 
HighPlainsDrifter
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11/16/2007 09:51PM  
Our "weather forecaster" making a prediction that the storm is lifting on Lake Insula September 18, 2006. Reminding me of the words of Dylan "You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows"
 
11/16/2007 11:31PM  
crooked starwatcher?
 
mr.barley
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11/17/2007 01:49AM  
LLC
 
starwatcher
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11/17/2007 08:22AM  
kanoes,

Good guess, close but not quite there. Here's another clue on the same outcrop.

starwatcher
 
eglath
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11/17/2007 08:34AM  
Not a contest entry -- but a cool rock either way...at the campsite on Finger Lake (north of Oyster Lake) on the SW side of the island.

11/18/2007 09:29PM  
This one won't be in the contest either because I already entered however I think this is another popular rock, especially if you've been to Malberg.

 
Jay
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11/18/2007 10:27PM  
8 days 2 kids great trip in Aug, Insula at the North
 
11/19/2007 09:39AM  
Starwatcher...Nice pics of the LLC pictos
 
woodpecker
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11/19/2007 06:17PM  
Camp # 1868, Friday Bay, Crooked Lake

Great rock "easy chair" (complete with a moss seat cushion) looking out into Friday Bay



Woodpecker
 
11/19/2007 06:36PM  
hey! sitting on moss is not low impact camping! :)
 
wave rider
  
11/19/2007 07:15PM  
This photo was taken near the falls on Rose Lake in May of 2007
 
starwatcher
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11/19/2007 07:39PM  
You got it right moose plums, LLC outcrop October 2007. Here's a fuzzy view of the entire outcrop.

starwatcher
 
Blackstick
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11/20/2007 08:46AM  
Baptism Lake
 
backinthebwca
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11/20/2007 01:29PM  
Snipe Lake - August 9, 2007
 
mdeljb
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11/20/2007 03:00PM  
Near Atikokan
 
11/21/2007 01:32PM  
The rock wall with pictographs on North Hegman.

 
11/21/2007 06:34PM  
 
wetcanoedog
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11/21/2007 07:50PM  

Split Rock--on the Thumb-Beartrack carry..
 
11/27/2007 09:42AM  












cliffs on Steep Lake



tony
 
Eagleson
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11/27/2007 02:09PM  
Campsite on N. Kawishiwi River
 
11/27/2007 02:54PM  
Eagleson - is that the campsite just before a 10 rod or so portage around a set of rapids?

 
11/28/2007 09:22AM  
A Rockin' Lunch on Gabro

 
Eagleson
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11/28/2007 05:01PM  
jdevries,

I think that was the campsite just west of the Ojibway/Triangle Lake portage. Nice site with a small beach landing to the left of the rock.

Sam
 
11/28/2007 06:52PM  
Playing with rocks on a rock. Insula Lake Aug. 2006

 
11/29/2007 09:32AM  
Eagleson - that makes much more sense, now I recognize it. Just before the portage that gets you to this little falls.

 
L.B.F.Girl
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11/29/2007 11:27AM  
Hey Tom T.....that guy looks like he's throwing a perfectly good anchor rock into the lake!!!!
 
11/29/2007 07:03PM  
It probably was. I took my 3 nephews and they had so much fun heaving boulders like that in the lake. We would walk shorelines and find all kinds of cool things.
 
L.B.F.girl
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11/30/2007 08:39AM  
I know what you mean.....my dad always took me and my younger sister from the time we could first walk out on his fishing trips and us girls could only sit in a canoe for sooo long that eventually he'd drop us off on shore to do exploring while he fished. My favorite time to explore shoreline is right after the ice out in spring when you find the coolest things!! But he always told us NO throwing the bigger rocks in the lake....for one there dosn't need to be any extra snags and #2 a good rock for an anchor should always be left for the next person....ya just never know!! I just had to laugh at your pic....reminded me a lot of my dad teaching us "proper fisherman" etiquette or at least trying!!!
 
12/01/2007 11:43AM  
Yeah, I remember thinking at the time that it wasn't the best idea to be throwing big rocks in the lake but Dave in particular was having such a blast that I didn't want to spoil his fun. It was their first time in the BWCA.

My other nephew Paul - the one in the water, can skip rocks like nobodys business. I was amazed at what he can do with a flat rock. I think we counted 18 skips one time.
 
L.B.F.girl
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12/01/2007 02:53PM  
TomT....wow thats cool, I never was able to get good at skippin rocks welllll....unless you count goin ice fishin and getting a real good run for it-dive on your belly and fly over iced up rock islands in the lake!! When i was 6-7-8 years old i used to dread the looooong hikes to my dads favorite ice fishing places until we got there and i could get a nap and then start creating kill the boredom games like sailing over ice covered rocks on my belly!! Now i have a young son who i can't wait to bring out to our special secret fishin spots and see what games he comes up with!!
 
adam
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12/10/2007 07:59PM  
The winner of the November photo contest is MooseTrack. Congratulations! The extra hat goes to HowardSprague.

The trip report contest winner is greybeard!

Thank you everyone for sharing your photos and trip reports!
 
MooseTrack
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12/11/2007 07:51AM  
WOW I am truely speachless...thanks
 
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