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Friends of the Boundary Waters
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Test your wilderness knowledge at Boundary Waters Trivia Night! Hosted by BWCA author Dan Pauly at
@badweatherbrew.bsky.social!
Free to play, 7 PM start. Prizes for top teams. Grab a beer and show off your Northwoods smarts!
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BWCA Trivia at Bad Weather Brewing Co. - friends-bwca.org
Join us for Boundary Waters Trivia Night at Bad Weather Brewing Co.! Test your wilderness knowledge, win prizes, and enjoy great beer.
www.friends-bwca.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
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Aurora a night - 4

Ghostly images over Burnt Lake
A night time photo shows a dark still lake and dark silhouettes of trees on a point. The night sky has wisps of whiteish lights streaking across the sky. Some light pink color can be seen.
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM Everybody can reply
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Friends of the Boundary Waters
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Think you captured the perfect Boundary Waters moment? Your best BWCA shots could win big!
Enter our 2025 PHOTO CONTEST:
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-8 categories. 8 REI gift card prizes.
-Deadline December 5, 2025
We can't wait to see your shots!
Announcing the Friends' 2025 Photo Contest - friends-bwca.org
Show us your Boundary Waters adventures. Enter our annual photo contest for a chance to compete for one of 8 prizes!
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October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM Everybody can reply
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Save the Boundary Waters
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Sen. Mike Lee’s new bill would amend the Wilderness Act to allow roads, fences, and infrastructure within 100 miles of U.S. borders — affecting 9.5+ million acres of public land, including the BWCA, Superior National Forest, and reach as far as Duluth.
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Mike Lee’s Latest Bill Targets Over 9.5 Million Acres of Wilderness in U.S. Borderlands
On October 2, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) announced the Border Lands Conservation Act, a bill that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to enter into cooperative agreements with the Agriculture an...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Morning in the Boundary Waters.
Looking east over Burnt Lake.

#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
An early morning photo showing the oncoming sunrise with colors of yellow and orange on the horizon. Wispy clouds are accumulating in the blue sky. Dark trees line the peninsula reaching out into the lake and on the far shore. The water is blue.
October 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Early morning view,
Canoes await the water,
Paddlers awake.

#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
A photo showing two overturned canoes with one leaning on the other. Two paddles lean against the canoes. The ground is filled with green grass and some rocks are exposed. Shrubs are seen in the background.
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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An Aurora a Night — 2
“Pillars over Burnt Lake”

#Photography #Auroraborealis
#Minnesota #BWCA
A photograph showing pillars of green and pink light radiating down from the sky over the silhouettes of dark trees.
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM Everybody can reply
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chele
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Mornin, Mr P! Loving these lights from the BWCA and accompanying 📷 titles. I see a lit opportunity to retire early and create greeting cards + haiku. They’d sell like hotcakes. Have a great day, Mr P!
October 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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An Aurora a night.

Here is another photo from my recent trip to the #BWCA where northern lights were dancing across the sky over Burnt Lake.

#Photography #Minnesota
A photo of the night that sky with pink and light green-colored northern lights dominating the frame. This is a 10 s exposure.
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM Everybody can reply
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My little friend in the BWCA.
October 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Soaring to the sky,
Roots like drills boring downward,
Hang on for dear life.

#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
A photo of a pine tree on a rock point leading into the water. The roots are finding any path through the rocks they can. More pine trees dominate the forest behind. The sky is blue with white fluffy clouds.
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM Everybody can reply
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NationCymru
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Folk-rockers Bwca have shared their brand new conceptual EP, 'Pumlumon', inspired by Ceredigion's highest mountain and its fragile beauty
Bwca share new EP inspired by Ceredigion's highest mountain
Folk-rockers Bwca have shared their brand new conceptual EP, ‘Pumlumon’, inspired by Ceredigion’s highest mountain and its fragile beauty. The name ‘Pumlumon’ – the highest mountain in Ceredigion wher...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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A photo as evening approached on Burnt Lake.

#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
A photo across a lake through pine trees showing the sun setting in the west. The orange light reflecting on the wispy clouds and lake.
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Great question, Jean. I don’t know the answer but the three lakes connected by portages in this little area of the BWCA are Smoke, Flame and Burnt. Maybe it was just a ‘theme’ when they finally got around to naming them.
October 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Campsite at Burnt Lake. Located on a peninsula — providing great views of the lake, and the constant SE breeze kept it bug-free.
#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
The photo shows to tents on flat’ish’ pieces of ground surrounded by trees. The lake can be seen between the branches of the trees. There is a dirt path between the two tents surrounded by grass and some large rocks. The sky is bright blue with some wispy white clouds rolling in, or out.
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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The calm, before the storm.
#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
A photo across a lake showing tree lined shores and rocks in the lower part of the photo. The sky is filled with clouds.
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Pre-sunrise at Burnt Lake

Stillness envelops,
A loon call pierces the calm,
Announcing sunrise.

#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
#Haiku
A photo across a lake prior to sunrise shows the colors of orange, yellow and pink on the horizon — reflecting off wispy clouds in a blue sky. The shoreline is lined with a silhouette of dark trees.
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Northern lights over Burnt Lake. #BWCA

These photos (iPhone, 3-10 second exposures) were taken moments apart. The sky was ever-changing as the northern lights danced in the atmosphere.

#Photography #Minnesota
A photo of green northern lights seemingly radiating down onto the dark silhouettes of trees. Moments later, pink northern lights rained down on the same dark silhouetted trees.
September 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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It’s that time folks. Leaving you with a vision that hopefully brings you peace this evening. It sure as heck brought me a lot of peace despite knowing I would be sleeping on rocks and tree roots. 😉
#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
A night time photo across a calm bay. The lake reflects the dark blue night sky. Celestial bodies glow, casting their photons of light into the emptiness of space. Dark trees silhouette the shoreline.
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Quiet.
Reflective.
Nature’s beauty.
#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
A photo looking out onto a calm lake from a canoe. The paddle lays across the front of the canoe pointing toward the shoreline which is lined with various species of conifers. They reflect in the calm waters of the lake. The sky has large puffy white and grey clouds which are also reflecting in the water.
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM Everybody can reply
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Russty Russ
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40 years ago on this day in #music the UK #no2 in 1985 was Bonnie Tyler with Holding Out For A Hero

Watch the video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcA...
Bonnie Tyler with Holding Out For A Hero single cover
September 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Scottie Tuska
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Twilight in the BWCA.

Off the Grid, Minnesota

August 2025

#sleepysep #nightsky
#photographersofbluesky
#nocoastkin #photography
The cotton candy last light on a late summer day on Sag Lake in the Boundary Waters.
September 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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The Milky Way — a rapturous view to our past.

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In star’s fierce embrace,
Carbon, iron, oxygen,
Life’s seeds cast through night.
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#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
#Haiku
A night photo of the Milky Way reveals a multitude of planets and stars lighting a creamy center through the spiral galaxy. Our insignificance is showing.
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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Here’s a snap from while I was off the grid contemplating life in the Boundary Waters.
#Photography #Minnesota #NightSky
#BWCA
A night time photo of the sky through some trees. The remnants of the sunset provide a light orange, red and yellow glow on the horizon. The sky is darkening shades of blue and is a light with a multitude of stars and planets. The frame of the photo is silhouetted by dark trees.
September 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM Everybody can reply
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Pestilence
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So, you say it’s fall today. My favorite time of year. Sit back, relax, and soak it all in because winter is coming.
#Photography #Minnesota #BWCA
A photo of a lake with a tree-lined point that juts out into the water. The early morning sky is casting colors or orange and yellow. Rocks can be seen in the foreground along with two legs with crossed feet, relaxing on the shoreline.
September 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM Everybody can reply
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