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MichiganMan
04/12/2025 07:41PM
 



Buckingham Lake
 
msnature
04/09/2025 08:58AM
 

Island on Pietro 2009

 
wolf24
04/13/2025 04:55PM
 

Disappointment Island
 
lindylair
04/13/2025 09:25PM
 
HangLoose: "
Flooded Island East Bearskin"

That's going to be tough to beat - excellent shot, so cool
 
mooseplums
04/15/2025 09:27PM
 

Suzannette Lake ~ Quetico
 
Lightfoot
04/11/2025 07:29PM
 

Island north of our site on Alton Lake at sunrise.
 
JoeSchmoe
04/18/2025 05:20AM
 
Basswood Lake
 
adam
04/06/2025 12:45PM
 
It is time to start the April Photo Contest, as well as, Trip Report Contest. Keep and eye out for the year end photo contest

Monthly Theme: Islands in Canoe Country

Show us your best island 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 April 30th. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) or png format and uploaded to this site.

Thank you for participating!
 
cowdoc
04/06/2025 10:31PM
 

Island lunch break on Thomas. Sept 2021
 
AJ97
04/30/2025 11:16PM
 

Island on Fairy Lake, 08/2018.
 
Swampturtle
04/30/2025 08:27PM
 



Lake Agnes 2018
I have this one on my wall. Everyone passing between the island & the campsite scraped the rock garden as they glided by. Ouchie.
 
bottomtothetap
04/09/2025 12:28PM
 
TomT: "
This is not for the contest but rather a tribute to the late great Jim Brandenburg "

My favorite photo of his and I have a framed print that's hung in my home for about 20 years now.
 
Dreamer
05/02/2025 10:30AM
 
IowaFishinGuy: "



Thomas Lake. I don’t know what specific criteria are needed to be considered an island, but since there is a tree growing out of this rock I call it an island"



Yes! This counts!!!
 
bottomtothetap
04/09/2025 09:12PM
 

Island in the mist - Sawbill Lake
 
JD
04/11/2025 09:51AM
 

Sunset at South Kawishiwi rapids
 
Tony
04/19/2025 10:35AM
 



Lonely tree on Alpine Lake Island
 
Dreamer
04/19/2025 04:32PM
 



Late September 2024, leaving Knife Lake...
 
Chilly
04/18/2025 10:26PM
 



A really small Island on Insula
 
AlmostCanadian
04/07/2025 08:47AM
 

Clearwater Lake sunrise
 
sns
04/07/2025 08:24AM
 

Small Island on Blackstone Lake
 
BWCA
05/06/2025 09:07AM
 
Congratulations to the winners of the April contests!


Photo Contest: River Otter
Trip Report Contest: marc24
Extra Prize: LostAgain


And thank you all for entering!

 
MHS67
04/24/2025 04:01PM
 
Fish box island ,Brule Lake
 
QuietSolo
04/29/2025 08:34AM
 



Navigating Newton for the first time. Foggy fall morning 2024
 
HangLoose
04/11/2025 10:47PM
 

Flooded Island East Bearskin
 
mmarksnp
04/23/2025 08:11AM
 

 
A1t2o
04/07/2025 02:44PM
 

Saganaga sunset May 2020
 
ahlquinn
04/16/2025 06:29PM
 

 
willfess
04/20/2025 06:17PM
 
Crab lake
 
OldGuide2
04/23/2025 04:19PM
 



Shot of an Island near Basswood Falls with 1935 Old Town.
 
CookHam
04/07/2025 10:29AM
 

Fern Lake, Quetico Sept, 2017
 
egknuti
04/12/2025 05:19PM
 

Nesse Island - Gebeonequet lake
 
chessie
04/06/2025 05:37PM
 

Old Cedar Tree - Gneiss Lake Island (opposite side as campsite)
 
OgimaaBines
04/07/2025 11:16PM
 

South Lake in the driving rain
 
portagerunner
04/09/2025 10:17AM
 

Island on Sea Gull Lake. View from the top of the Sea Gull palisades 9/28/24.
 
TomT
04/09/2025 10:22AM
 

This is not for the contest, but rather a tribute to the late, great Jim Brandenburg.



 
CanoeViking
04/09/2025 02:26PM
 

 
flyfishcyclist
04/16/2025 07:54AM
 
Smoke Lake 2022

 
BonzSF
04/15/2025 10:53PM
 
Got to be one of my favorites. Last morning sunrise after the loons woke me up on my first trip into the BWCA. Birch Lake

 
Speckled
04/16/2025 12:42PM
 



Photo of an Island taken from an Island - Tuscarora Lake
 
Ottertailvoyageur
04/20/2025 01:34PM
 



South Temperance lake on a crisp September morning. Picture is taken from the portage landing coming from North Temperance. I spent several minutes talking to a grouse who seemed interested in my activities as I readied the canoe for travel.
 
Drex
04/24/2025 05:46PM
 
Sept 12, 2024 - Island at the entry to Fish Stake Narrows on Lac la Croix.



 
kenljung
04/27/2025 01:29PM
 
Brule Lake, late afternoon in October. View southwest from northeast bluff.
 
lindylair
04/27/2025 11:00PM
 
Island in the fog - Fourtown Lake








 
IowaFishinGuy
04/27/2025 04:05PM
 



Thomas Lake. I don’t know what specific criteria are needed to be considered an island, but since there is a tree growing out of this rock I call it an island
 
Jefflynn06
04/29/2025 08:59AM
 



Waking up the day on Snipe Lake.
 
RiverOtter
04/29/2025 11:36AM
 

A lone, tandem canoe and its paddlers make their way upstream past the island just east of Campsite #1143 on the Kiwishiwi River.