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canoepaddle
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Just got back from 5 days on Ensign. Double portaging brings all the comforts for 5 great days of fishing and enjoying BWCA (lite as some would say). Very comfortable camp after a day of great fishing!
canoepaddle
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wetcanoedog
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there was not much room on this island site in Quetico but i found enough space for my Tent and Baker shelter. good thing too because no sooner had i set up than a steady rain came on that lasted until the next evening.i was able to cook in the shelter and make that home for a day.the trees and brush were great wind breaks.
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Boarstalker
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Yeah,yeah I know....it's not the BWCA. But it's my little slice of heaven for 10-days out of the year; my elk camp out in a widerness area of Northwestern Colorado every year. This will be my first year not in elk camp because I've diverted my resources and time off from work to taking my 1st ever trip into the BWCA. The differences in the accomodations will be startling but I'm very much looking forward to it all.
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smalltown
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south arm of knife lake bluff overlooking lake and my site
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Kiporby
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Mexican Hat Lake, WCPP. May 2010.
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bumabu
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A little backwoods carpentry during a windy day...... For the contest, Kawishiwi Triangle, May 2009.
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prettypaddle
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Rainbow after a hail storm, Bootleg Lake July 2008
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h20man
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Kawnipi Lake May 2011
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jmacna
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THAT is awesome.
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TuscaroraBorealis
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quote ripple: " My favorite site on Tuscarora- a warm July day so the rainfly was off- we slept under the stars as well."
Very nice site & photo
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nojobro
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My favorite tent pad, nestled in a grassy circle, Clearwater Lake (near Bald Eagle), August 2009.
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TomT
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Quetico, June 1992.
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nicek
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Asleep on Ahsub 2010
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ILikePike
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Camp on Caribou August 2008
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cowdoc
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Pocket Lake
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LukeDuke
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Basswood Lake. Last week. We put up a garage in the box. Was great for playing cards and staying dry.
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bapabear
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Taken on Jordan Lake in the fall of 2007 during severe drought and a fire ban. Normally you wouldn't see my tarp over the fire pit quite like this.
I used this photo to try and comfort a friend who was suffering the final stages of a battle with cancer. He was at least a 30-40 year tripper and had story after story to tell me about the BW. I enlarged the photo and added the quote from 2 Corinthians 5:4-14 (about when we pack up our earthly tent).
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mwdeen
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Base Camp on Lynx Lake - May 14, 2011
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knitsocks77
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quote emgrace4: "Same pics, but I had some fun with the coloring on the 2nd one. These are from Lake 3 on a great campsite from July 2010.
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My hubs and I spent a night at that site on our way to Insula last May. It was a great site.
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paddlefamily
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Long Island Lake, Sept '09.
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TH16MN
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A nice peninsula site on Kowasachong Lake. July 2010.
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snakecharmer
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Lac La Croix
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sterngirl
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Shan Walshe Lake
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fishguts
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Seldom used site on Ballard Lake, Quetico
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ripple
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My favorite site on Tuscarora- a warm July day so the rainfly was off- we slept under the stars as well.
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BigZig
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Hard to do this with one photo but here is a 2008 Quetico Kashahpiwi site on a small island in the north end. Absolutely stunning location overlooking the lake. Too bad my tent was so ugly.
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Parnell
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Campsite on Kelly Lake 5-12-11
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DeterminedOrange
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Hustler Camp.
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Amand
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This was just a couple of nights ago on Gillis lake during the rain.
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Woodtick
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quote nojobro: "jamotrade, the big Clearwater on the east side, or Clearwater near Bald Eagle?"
I'm guessing east side. First campsite east of the portage into Mountain... Just a guess though.
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adam
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Congratulations to May's winners!
Photo Contest: MOGirl
Trip Report: Thilipsis29
Extra Prize: msnature
Please mail me your prize selection.
Also a special thank you to Dicecupmaker who is awarding the Photo contest winner with a great leather bwca.com bottle/can holder.
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kanoes
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paull lake, WCPP, may 2010 (not much for tent pads there)
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Ho Ho
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Sarah Lake, September 3, 2010 - "Shelter in a Storm" -
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Kangi
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Kawshawi lake last summer. I'm the one in front, getting my beard braided by my neice :-)
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TuscaroraBorealis
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Pine lake
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mooseplums
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Little Saganaga
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Lemieux
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May 2010 Ge-be-on-equet
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gunflintguy
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Stayed at that site last August...the island closest to it was on fire...slowly burning the duff and peat, but flared up when the picked up.
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h20man
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Is this the island you are talking about? I was wondering why the undergrowth and some of the trees were brown.
We really liked the site!
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MOgirl
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Vera Lake
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rlhedlund
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Seagull in mid-may '09
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HighPlainsDrifter
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My son and I. September 13, 2010. Kawishiwi River NW of Malberg Lake
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nojobro
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quote MOgirl: " Vera Lake"
A rainbow in the BW. Very special!
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Beemer01
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Far North end of Agnes. Great site.
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tony
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Lake Two
tony
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adam
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It is time to start the May 2011 Photo Contest.
First an important note. If you see that you have won the contest or a prize in the contest, please email your address and choice of hat, shirt, or bandanna to me.
The theme for this month's contest is "Camp Setups".
Monthly Category: Show us your great camp setups.
Prize: BWCA Hat, Shirt or Bandanna.
Additional Prize of leather work from Dicecupmaker with the bwca.com flying moose on it. Thank you Dicecupmaker!
Thanks to Cooke Custom Sewing (CSS) for sponsoring the year end prize.
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 in a previous month. - You must be the photographer of the photo and have the rights 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 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 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) format and 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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bojibob
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Lake Agnes Quetico 2010
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Craig K
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Lac La Croix August 2010.
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emgrace4
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Same pics, but I had some fun with the coloring on the 2nd one. These are from Lake 3 on a great campsite from July 2010.
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Bannock
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I had many to choose from such as a camp in a burned out area but decided on this one - my typical solo set up. This one is on Heritage Lake.
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wifishncanoe
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Beautiful camp setup to survive the cold wind and rain.
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Gunflinter
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Alpine July 2010
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nojobro
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quote Boarstalker: " Yeah,yeah I know....it's not the BWCA. But it's my little slice of heaven for 10-days out of the year; my elk camp out in a widerness area of Northwestern Colorado every year. This will be my first year not in elk camp because I've diverted my resources and time off from work to taking my 1st ever trip into the BWCA. The differences in the accomodations will be startling but I'm very much looking forward to it all.
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Neat!
What are those two little green-topped things?
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Boarstalker
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Nojobro...those two little green topped things are the shower tent, complete with a propane fired shower and an outhouse tent, complete with full sized head/toilet seat that I position over a 6-foot hole I have to dig every year. Takes me about 2 days just to set elk camp up. One of the big tents I use exclusively for a mess hall complete with two big stoves, burners, 7 coolers full of grub, etc. Game wardens and biologists seem to find their way into camp in the evenings just in time for porterhouse steaks grilled over cedar coals, Texas Chili, elk stew or any other number of goodies, salads, sides and cobblers done up in Dutch ovens. Fun times out there.
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nojobro
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quote Beemer01: "
Far North end of Agnes. Great site."
BW or Q?
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nojobro
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quote Boarstalker: "Nojobro...those two little green topped things are the shower tent, complete with a propane fired shower and an outhouse tent, complete with full sized head/toilet seat that I position over a 6-foot hole I have to dig every year. Takes me about 2 days just to set elk camp up. One of the big tents I use exclusively for a mess hall complete with two big stoves, burners, 7 coolers full of grub, etc. Game wardens and biologists seem to find their way into camp in the evenings just in time for porterhouse steaks grilled over cedar coals, Texas Chili, elk stew or any other number of goodies, salads, sides and cobblers done up in Dutch ovens. Fun times out there."
Wow, elaborate! Do you have to haul in water, too, or is it near a source?
I'm sure it's fun....but do let us know what you think of the BW after you go. ;-)
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Boarstalker
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Yes...I have to haul in water. I use 7-gallon containers and usually haul in 8 of those. Every couple days I'll have to round up whoever's in camp to hike down to Beaver Creek and fill up the containers again.
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ducks
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Gaskin, Aug. 2009
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benr0
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IMA Lake
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cowdoc
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quote ducks: " Gaskin, Aug. 2009" Nice site....which one is it?
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ducks
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quote cowdoc: "quote ducks: " Gaskin, Aug. 2009" Nice site....which one is it?"
628... we enjoyed that site a lot
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jwartman59
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pma campsite, followed all the rules.
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adamc
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Yeah, we brought folding chairs...we even brought a folding table. And it was all this guys idea.
Taken with B&W film on Gaskin Lake, June 2010.
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stargazer11
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A great place to read! Crooked Lake.
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Soledad
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Border Route Trail early May '11
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jamotrade
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Clearwater Lake, August 2010
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msnature
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Pietro 2009. Looking down at camp from a high ridge behind camp. This is the burned side of Pietro - pretty cool seeing how the forest regrows after a fire.
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nojobro
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jamotrade, the big Clearwater on the east side, or Clearwater near Bald Eagle?
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Beaverjack
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South Lake Eagle - May 2010
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bumabu
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quote jamotrade: "
Clearwater Lake, August 2010"
Now THAT is a tarp pole!
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Boogsy
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Chilly
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Disappointment Lake 2011. Just make sure to turn the right way coming out of the tent.
I wish I could enter this one but it was about 100 yards away from the bwca on Vermilion.
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