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tg
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uncle moose that pic is ridiculous! soledad-love the reflection off the canoe hull-awesome as well. now i'm really jones-ing to paddle...
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scotthohio
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June 07. Evening on Nina Moose lake. EP16.
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TN Man
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In between rainstorms on Gull, June '07. 
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MagicStik
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Landing on Splash Lake taken on 6/15/07. Why only one entry per month?
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Itchy Menace
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It does look remarkably similar Navigator. I know that we were camped in the Northwest most campsite just before the portage to Koma. There were a lot of little channels just across from our site and thats where I took that shot.
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wetcanoedog
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Bad Day On Lac La Croix..
one of the few times i have been driven off a lake..good news
is that i ended up by a narrow neck of land and bushwacked across
to sheltered water and paddled on!! 
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plekkyox
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Tranquil Morning on Clearwater 
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Jjmonk
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Birch Lake, June, 2007.
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Lightfoot
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My canoe at our site on Iron Lake. 
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Doobes
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This may not be a canoe but this day break photo just past the entry point on lake One is fantastic.
Photo by Ken 
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slinger
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Photo was taken on Ima Lake, about 8 or 9 lakes in from our starting point of Snowbank Lake.
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adam
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Winner of the June photo contest goes to Crusty! Congratulations. We apologize for the delay. A couple of vacations and a plethora of great photos to consider made this a tough month but enjoyable month.
The second hat goes to Canoe Dude.
BigZig is the winner of the June trip report contest.
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Ho Ho
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Okay, I already entered one picture but I have another I like even better, so I "withdraw" my previous entry (although it's still posted above) and submit this one instead. :-) Picture taken May 1, 2006, on the third day of a four-day loop from Mudro through the Basswood River. We saw no one in this popular area the whole trip, given that it was so early in the season. This will probably go down as one of my favorite short trips of all time. This picture was taken on the last "unofficial" portage going up the Horse River. As we portaged it started to rain, and I love the way this picture captures the rain and the light through the Spirit II.
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Boppa
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I was blown away by so many great photo's - I am thankful I was not a judge.
Congratulations to Crusty, Canoe Dude, Big Zig and to others who also captured the beauty of canoe country.
Boppa
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L.T.sully
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WOW!! a ton of REALLY good photo's so far. If I were one of the moderators having to pick from this I'd feel true pain in choseing. This is the best group of photo's I have seen since joining bwca.com over half a year ago.
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Navigator
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Itchy Menace ~
Your photo looks like it was taken on the same place on Lake Polly that this one was taken. It was taken in June 1986 and is a scan (so I'm sorry for the quality). It was just haunting that it looks like the same spot! 
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prettypaddle
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Thanks bellolake--I wondered if anyone would notice it was flipped ;)
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Beavers
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Yeah,
crusty, and Uncle Moose....WOW!
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Stormy
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Photo taken at Campsite on Fourtown Lake
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HowardSprague
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Stormy - which site?
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UncleMoose
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Portage Monkey - The camera is a Canon digital SLR (11MP, 1Ds model). This picture was taken on a tripod using a graduated neutral density filter. The filter is basically a piece of transparent plastic that's split into a clear half and a darkened half. By moving the positioning of the filter over the lens, you can do things like darken an overly bright sky while still keeping the foreground nice and bright. Using this filter on a sunset scene like this allows me to keep color in both the sky and foreground (like our own eyes would normally see). Ordinarily without this filter, the camera's own limitations in how it captures light would either cause the sky to go white or the foreground to go dark. This may help account for the even color. I also process most of my photographs with photo editing software, so that helps too.
Taking pictures is usually one of our main pastimes, so my wife and I bring lots of photography gear. (To make room for it all, we don't bring a lot of other extra stuff). Needless to say, it helps a lot to have all this gear with us (multiple lenses, filters, flashes, etc...).
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bellolake
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Boy Scouts on Birch Lake July 2006  
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mr.barley
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H. Sprague- really, I haven't been by there in about 3 years now. Glad to hear it's still kicking,. I think it went down in 1993 if memory serves me. Just trying to remember who I was traveling with that trip. i think 93 though.
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HowardSprague
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barley - and that pine was still green last month (parts, anyway)! Good spot to eat under.
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snakecharmer
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Barley - 1993. Yourself, Moose Plums, me and "Close Shave" Dave. A nice memory lying there on that beach. Thanks Howard.
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Kawashaway2
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Sunset on Russell Lake
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stubs
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Snakecharmer, that is an awesome picture. If I didn't know better, I'd say you put the canoe in front of a blank white wall.
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snakecharmer
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Stubs - It was a strange experience. With nothing to focus on, we got almost a feeling of vertigo. We kept the canoe headed in as straight a line as we could, and miraculously, we came out on the other side of Nina Moose right at the beach in HowardSprague's photo.
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mr.barley
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Yeah, it was a surreal experience. The other canoe in our group drifted off coarse about 15 yards and they were starting to disappear from our view. Bermuda triangle effect.
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shr2807
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Taken on Boot Lake 
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crusty
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Chad Lake June 2007
The whole lake to ourselves and several Large Mouth Bass.
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snakecharmer
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Wow! They just keep coming.
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Portage Monkey
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WOW!!...Uncle Moose...amazing shot. What type of equipment were you using? The color is superb!
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L.T.sully
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I'm glad, that some of the best photographers in this contest have already won this year. It might be a runaway for uncle moose, and snakecharmer. However this is the best group of photos I have seen, while on bwca.com.
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Stormy
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Taken at one of the portages between Horse and Fourtown.June 3rd 2007. Howard ,the previous photo was at a site on a small bay on the South end of Fourtown.
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Ho Ho
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Our trusty Wenonah Champlain tied off at our lunch spot, Joyce Lake, Quetico, September 17, 2005.
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Soledad
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Northwind Black Gold
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L.T.sully
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soledad that's an amazing picture. That is definatly one of the top five in the contest.
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nkelly
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Just got back from a quick overnight into Basswood for a friends birthday. Beautifully still night. Used a graduated neutral density filter on this to balance out the sky - the best filter you can get for your trip to the BW. 
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kanoes
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do we have a JUNE winner? :) Jan
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Wilderness Paddler
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 "Canoe Country"
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pilot1
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June 26th 2007 on the Moose River
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UncleMoose
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Ahhh, nice one nhoj.
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lilcowdoc
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June 2007 
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Blueshadow
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On The Threshold Of An Adventure 
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nhoj
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Sunset on Gabbro 
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eagle93
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fishnfreak
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"Evening Silouettes"
Photo taken on Cummings Lake June 8th. 
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VoyageurNorth
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My daughter Amber & Kaitlyn (Bear Dancing Woman), on our 2005 trip to McAree, Darky, Roland, & out Bottle. This was in Darky.
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fishguts
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I believe the June 2007 Photo Contest ends in June.....
It's now July! 
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BWCA
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It is time to start the June 2007 Photo contest.
The theme for this month's contest is "Canoe". Post your best photos of canoes in the BWCA or Quetico. Canoes is not to be confused with kanoes ;).
Monthly Category: Canoes
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 June 30th.
- 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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cowdoc
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prettypaddle,
That is a great shot!
Cllcanoe,
I love that spot. That's my green paint on the back left rock!
cericdahl,
That's not the first, nor will it be the last canoe donated to that stretch of rapids. It tempts many.
I'm glad I don't have to be a judge. This is going to be a great set of photos!
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trailrider
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hey determined orange...thanks for the little indian sioux pic, we were there 2 years ago and it brought back great memories...how far did you end up going?
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Trygve
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Their outfitting building burned, but their store did not.
Those canoes are in front of the store, on the corridor. They're fine.
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Navigator
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Prettypaddle ~ Nice shot! Think it is the best so far!
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Rooster
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kavdvm
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Thank you prettypaddle, and the same to you. Awesome photo!
The day I took that picture turned out to be a beautiful sunny day after the fog lifted -- the best one of the whole trip.
This month's contest will be a tough one to judge! Great pictures from everyone.
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moose plums
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Damn thats ugly
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jdevries
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Seeing as you can see the VNO logo in this picture, I should tell Lynn that they did NOT take the canoe over the falls, they launched from where I took the picture. 
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mr.barley
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Howard Spraque, we've stopped at that same site for lunch more times than I can remember. We were actually up there the week that big (now dead) pine went down. We ate under it when we went in and stopped to find it down on our way out. It probably lived about 8 more years after tumbling over.
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DeterminedOrange
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trailrider, We went east to Hustler and north to Loon (beautiful beach, see photo). It was a great trip. Thanks.
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snakecharmer
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Just some incredible photos this month. (the sun-burned foot shot is slightly off-topic and a little disturbing - but a very nice composition none the less)
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HowardSprague
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Pales in comparison to the others, but...I'll be like the kid who gets picked last, but enjoys playing anyway -
Lunchtime on Nina Moose Lake.
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Portage Monkey
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A little overloaded on an mild early May day! 
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Obergut
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Conmee Lake 6/06 
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bogwalker
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FYI-With a couple of voting moderators on trips as well as out of town, the June winners will be announced next week. This was a great group of pictures this past month. It made voting for a winner especially tough!
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L.T.sully
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I think this photo contest smashes all others in size. Has any photo contest ever even come close to 100 posts?, much less 120.
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ILikePike
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Since some moderators are gone does that also mean that the trip report contest winner will be announced next week?
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WoodPaddle
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Hay NKelly,
Nice picture, you have my vote.
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kanoes
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TomT....even as late as your photo is.....i dont see a canoe in that pic. (which IS the subject of junes photo contest) Jan
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TomT
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Spank the newbie! :)
I'll catch on. :)
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TomT
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None taken. I do wish we could have emoticons to post here though...
You guys are my kind of people. I'm glad I finally found this place. :)
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greenydd
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brain250
could you tell me what lake that photo was taken on. it looks like my favorite spot and im just curious if it is. thanx. if its a secret, i promise i wont tell anyone! :O)
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TomT
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I'm late to the party but just thought I'd toss this in. I shot slide film which really doesn't transfer well to digital.
Insula Lake in the morning.
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eglath
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Early morning -- Island Site on Stuart Lake -- August 2006
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bellolake
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Nice shot, Prettypaddle. How did you get them to paddle upside down for the photo?
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Itchy Menace
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This is from Lake Polly in some nice early morning fog. The guys I go with usually sleep in so I have a few hours to kill in the mornings. 
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brain250
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I'm one of the late sleepers Itchy Menace is referring to above.
In fact I rolled out of tent last August to groggily snap this beauty of Mr. Menace himself.
He should really be a male model.
My pic isn't as great as Itchy's, but I dig it. 
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BigZig
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Aluminum workhorse on north end of Lake Polly June 21, 2007
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moose plums
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Itchy menace- My favorite photo so far
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backpacking5
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Eugene Lake 2006
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UncleMoose
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Tuscarora Lake Sunset - June 14, 2006
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kanoes
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"THE" site on horse lake. kanoes, jan, whatever 
lame pic, but i had to chime in.
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Bannock
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Paddling the Kawishiwi River.
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bogwalker
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Yes-see my post from very early today.
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kanoes
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:) just thought id chime in. no offence! Jan
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L.T.sully
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Tom I always tell people my unbiased opinion, that this is the best bwca site on the web (and I have seen many) Not only because of the many features, but the very freindly people.
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1313
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Lizz Lake Landing 
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UncleMoose
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Nice photo Eagleson. I think the last time I saw this much drama in an image was probably in Washington Crossing the Delaware.
;-)
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thecanoeman
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That is a nasty looking foot.
I think they call that BWCA trench foot.
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mhclon
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I should have put this one in last month too. 
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cowdoc
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Lunch break on Little Shell. August, 2005 
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L.T.sully
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I've been waiting for this one. This photo will not load to threads. The image veiwed is from photobucket I will provide a link to the location in my jounal. This was taken last summer on Lake Insula.
my photo jounal
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Bromel
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A Grumman on the Basswood River in August, 2006. 
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mr.barley
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Undisclosed lake 2007 
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greenydd
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a very misty morning on bower trout. 
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Arkansas Man
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The Red Beast and the Beavertail from the "Foot Trip" - (June 06 Solo)
Bruce
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knothead180
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Campsite on Jordan Lake.
I'll disqualify myself for this month's contest because I didn't take this photo, my son Jon did. But I like the shot so I thought I'd share it.
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Beemer01
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Dawn on Lake Agnes, May 2007
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moose plums
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while looking at Cattyman Falls....... 
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Canoe Dude
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 Sunset on Iron lake, July 2006
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fishguts
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Canoe on McIntyre Lake, Quetico Provincial Park.
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Patman
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Early Morning - Gabbro Lake 
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kavdvm
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Misty September Morning - Lake One 
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Trygve
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Let me be the first to say; the pictures in this months contest have been stunning, all of them.
Awesome.
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snakecharmer
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Flying on Instruments -
crossing Nina Moose in an eerie, thick fog. 
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canoehat
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Let's roll! 
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kanoes
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beavers? may i borrow your time machine? i need to buy some stock and place some bets. (sept. 2007 reference) lol Jan
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CIIcanoe
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This is between Iron Lake and Bottle Lake.
Chuck
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Bromel
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No, there's no fish on that line. My buddy just reeled it up a little too much.
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kanoes
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im pretty sure there was some brand of crankbait on the end of it tho. lol kanoes, jan, whatever
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prettypaddle
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Iron Lake 2003
Which way is up?
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Navigator
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Quietly cutting the waters of the Quetico. August 2006 Lake Saganagons
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gshaw
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Dusk fishing on Good Lake 
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Beavers
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Adams Lake September 2006 
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canoehat
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Hey DeterminedOrange, where have you been?
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DeterminedOrange
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Hello canoehat,
I have been very busy with work and home remodeling lately and haven't been writing much. I do read the forum often but wish I could spend more time. We are going in at Sawbill in 13 days so I have been getting spooled up.
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Eagleson
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Posing on Korb River or Lake in 2005. Can't remember. 
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apendl
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Koma Lake after a big storm. June 2006. 
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satchmoa
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Morning on Nina Moose 2 canoes begging to be paddled. 
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Scrubb
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Evening on Gun Lake, May 2007
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firftr911
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Hey Bromel, is there a fish on that line?
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DeterminedOrange
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Little Indian Sioux River 2006.
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cericdahl
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Off from the portage into Carp Lake (from the Knife Lake side)... I thought I saw something strange from the portage, but I didn't expect THIS!
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canoepaddle
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Ensign Lake, June 2003
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prettypaddle
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kavdvm--that is an amazing photo!
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cowboymac12
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I am not even sure if this place exists anymore, after the fire. Superior North Outfitters at the end of the Gunflint Trail, Saganaga Lake. Sure was pretty.
Rich
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cowboymac12
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I only know one person in the world named Trygve, and I worked with him 12 years ago at the NSC. Is that you, by chance?
Glad to hear Superior North has survived to paddle another day.
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cbird
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Basswood 
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Benutzer
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I'd like to express my sincere condolences to the judges. I don't envy them the task of having to choose between this month's crop.
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bentshaft
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Great photos but kavdvm your shot may be one of my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing
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ktoivola
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Crooked Lake on June 6th 2007, my first solo trip
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