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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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Interesting info 
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Lake Geneva and Lake Tahoe... were the other two they listed in that order.
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Ah I see. Thanks a lot!
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cool photo looks like you went fishing, huh?
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I have never been fishing. Can you believe that! I would love to learn.
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great color choice for it, very beautiful, almost minimalist piece. but it has those wonderful stone textures.
awesome.
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thank you. 
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This is sensational. You've got the symmetry perfect here, which is wonderful to see. Also, the foreground detail to the left of the frame is nice, it's not to in your face but leads your eye across the frame to the horizon which is excellent technique. The clarity of the lake is quite astounding. You've really captured this scene with great skill, wonderful!
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Thank you so so much!
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Lovely landscape shot. I really like the shadows and the reflection. The tone is great too.
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Thanks very much!
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I wish we had a lake by us. Have a river but it's so dirty. This looks very clear as you can see the rocks. Nice shot Yvonne
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thanks, lori! 
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Actually we only got about 3 inches of snow......and in some spots 5" but that was caused by drifting. You snowed in?
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No, we just got some flurries but still insanely cold.
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Yea......hope our tulips survive this and our honeysuckle, they were blooming last Saturday and then Sunday it turned back cold and all week cold again. Geesh one day of warm weather and the flowers come up and then wham back to cold and the flowers don't stand a chance
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jejeje...Love your comentary
But you know...there is a lake south Montreal Call MontfreMackog....sounds poetic, but it means "big hole of water"
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The name sounds like a strange "what was going on..."
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Me too... love the Indian name! (Native American, that is)
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Here in France, we don't get use to "Native American" Maybe because we loved Indians so much we never grasped it wwas considered pejorative
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I, personally, don't think it is and have certainly never used it that way. When, as a kid, I used to play cowboys and indians, I'd always want to be the indian. They have much more fun outfits and got to use bow and arrows!
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so fascinating, looks like a special place
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It is a special place. thank you!
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I like how you can see the rocks on the bottom through the water. Wow this is a very big lake, is this the one by your house?
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Yes, it is the one by my house. It's about 330 ft deep and 44 miles of shoreline (approximately). It is one of the larger lakes around here and it's very very cold most of the year, warming up in July and August to swiming temps for me anyway. Some hardy folk go in other times!
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Wow that is huge and it's close enough to see from your house?
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Yes, it is across the road (can't afford lake front right now) and we have an excellent view!
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Wonderful! Besides who'd want to be lake front anyway, probably too noisy especially in the summer.
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Yeah... yeah... all those jetskis running about!
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So serene. I love the way you can capture such peacefulness and serenity in your shots. I could wiggle my toes in that water, and I remember the rocks on the bottom of the Long Island Sound when I lived in New York, this is what this reminds me of
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This lake is so amazingly clear! It's like that all year and when it's calm with no waves at all, it's so magical and serene! (but the sailing people don't enjoy that part!)
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I'm sure, they'd have to have a lot of "gas" 
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thanks for the fav, sweetie!
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Hey no problem.
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Very prettyful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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you should come... but wait until at least June when it is warmer!
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cool maybe i'll try in years to come if I can.
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