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Published: 2006-03-21 19:21:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 762; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 70
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The Ojibwe name for this region was Waswagoning, meaning, "A place where they spear fish by torch light."This lake is called Torch Lake by the less poetic Western European imigrants.
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Waswagon is the lake my house is on. It is now called Torch Lake. Waswagonning means fishing with torches.
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There is something about this photo that draws me in, i cant explain it, it has me mesmerised. Great work, Love the gallery
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Beautiful, love the light in this.. lakes with pebbles! I would enjoy wading and exploring around the rocks
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Mmmm, beautiful! Love that curling shoreline and the glistening pebbles 
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sigh... yes. I can't wait until summer when I can sit beside it comfortably..
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beautiful..
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Thanks. And thanks for the fav. You have a very nice gallery!
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thank you so much i appreciate it so much!
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from nothing to something... awe inspiring. (thanks for the link; i've been too busy fixing our home technology to comment much!)
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Awesome woman who can fix 'home technology'. I can debug a lot of things but usually call my son, the IT guy at a distance.
Happy you enjoyed the link.
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there is a class here at the u that my friend had to take... it was about technology ostensibly freeing up the lives of people (or not). it included information about how it really just gave women another job in the home, fsa (family systems administrator).
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That is very funny! My husband is a 'user' of the technology (over-user) and though his current computer never crashes, he used to regularly crash his whole system! I couldn't imagine what he was doing to it for that to happen and there was simply no training him. Thank the Apple gods for a more stable system!
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yes, and with os x (based on a unix kernel), it is really, really stable. my sister called me in desperation once over the matter of viruses and general inability to manager her computer. she is a smart woman (a doctor!), but she had had it with her computer. when she asked me what she could do, i told her get a mac. she did, and i never get desperate computer user calls anymore!
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Oh, yes yes yes. My family has always owned Apple computers (well, except for a Commodore way back when! ... and one little TRS80 for my son when he was first learning to program). I don't know how people continue with a Mac. Sad, stupid people....
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I have no make in my life.
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Next time I'm out with my Torch and spear, I'll do that!
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Beautiful shot. I love how you can see the rocks at the bottom.
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This is the way lakes should be, clear, quite, not pollution...oh I wish I was there
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Not warm yet though... it's above freezing finally however.
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beautiful shot - the lake looks so clean and clear - should be more lakes like that around ...
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There should be! Thank you. You almost can't take a bad photo of that lake.
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Tahoe used to be incredibly clear, like your lake. Sadly, no more. Like the seasonal feeling of this and the way the foreground rocks play against the trees in the distance.
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Thanks very much. I worry about this lake but so far so good. I belong to the conservancy society up here for this lake and others.
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Beautiful! Love the way the stones show through the water
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Thanks so much. So you can see how the Ojibwe could see the fish in the water!
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I'm sure that even I could see the fish, but I'm also pretty sure that I couldn't catch any
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Mostly now, the fish are not in the shallows because the lake is so populated, but I couldn't catch one either and especially not with a spear!!
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I don't eat fish, but I'd like to see that lake. The expressive name and your awesome picture made me curious.
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You would certainly not be disappointed. It is a simply gorgeous lake! It's the "3rd most beautiful in the world" according to the National Geogragraphic Magazine.
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