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OgimaaBines
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Damn! That's the first one I've seen where I've known right away. I camped there on my first solo trip and stayed for 3 nights. Had some great luck early in June fishing lakers from that site. Also, I was in the habit of using black trash bags to solar heat some water for a shower (bit of a wuss in that <50 degree water) and some leaked out while I was away from camp and the biggest mass of black ants I've ever seen came down out of that tree and drank the water up.
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Mocha
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Pine
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Michwall2
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Beth Lake
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JD
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Rose?
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coffeetalk
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JimmyJustice: "Mountain"
Mountain it is. JimmyJustice wins
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coffeetalk
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Beautiful for sure. It would be kind of unremarkable, smallish and exposed without the behemoth, magnificent white pine that dominates it. It would be a challenge to hang a second hammock or an extra tarp. There's some cool flat rock tables around the kitchen. Here's a couple more photos showing the kitchen area and a failed attempt to capture the entire crown of the tree in frame. I'd probably have to paddle to Canada to get a photo of the whole tree.
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JimmyJustice
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It is one of the prettiest trees in all the BWCA. I have only seen it up close at night but have paddled by it multiple times. Sadly, it has been reported to me that it is in decay. Sigh...
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coffeetalk
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Like my photo for lake #10 this is a dog photo that happens to have a lake in it, but this time the tree is the real attraction. The paddle is for scale. I expect this one will go quickly like my last clue did, as I can only definitely name the lake from my own photos if it's a distinctive one.
BWCA, looking easterly:
And another angle with more lake and less dog in it. Looking northwest-ish:
Fun fact: The entire wilderness had been closed for two days when these photos were taken. I had no idea
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JimmyJustice
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Mountain
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sns
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Birch
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dustytrail
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Camp site on Bass Wood River at the mouth of Horse River
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Spartan2
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Alder
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Savage Voyageur
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Mountain lake has so many of those huge pines. Some have fire scars that they survived on the portage from Clearwater.
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CabinAfter
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Wow that’s a beautiful site
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trstuck
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Stayed here a few years ago. Magnificent tree! There was a large garter snake and at least two different chippies living in the hole near the bottom. It's probably a high-rise apartment for many species.
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OgimaaBines
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Damn! That's the first one I've seen where I've known right away. I camped there on my first solo trip and stayed for 3 nights. Had some great luck early in June fishing lakers from that site. Also, I was in the habit of using black trash bags to solar heat some water for a shower (bit of a wuss in that <50 degree water) and some leaked out while I was away from camp and the biggest mass of black ants I've ever seen came down out of that tree and drank the water up.
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SummerSkin
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JimmyJustice: "Mountain" This is my guess too
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Savage Voyageur
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SummerSkin: "JimmyJustice: "Mountain" This is my guess too"
My guess too.
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coffeetalk
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Double post
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