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Needleguy

04/27/2009 03:39PM

I am wondering how everyone found this web site. I was in search for information on the Boundary waters canoe area and just Googled "BWCA" and came across it. Who else came across it accidentally and if not accidentally how did you find it? Just curious!

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Needleguy

04/27/2009 04:21PM

Just realized I posted this on the wrong forum. Sorry

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Amok

04/27/2009 05:17PM

Google. And I'm so glad I did!!!

Trust, but verify. The Lord will provide !!!!

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Trix

04/27/2009 05:21PM

A bunch of us were talking about this at Wing II. I don't even remeber how I found it but I am glad I did! Probably googled BWCA & it came up.

C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E: Do not let what you cannot do, interfere with what you can do.

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Jackfish

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04/27/2009 05:34PM

Pretty sure I found it like the others did - probably by a Google search. Didn't spend a lot of time on here until the last year or so. Found it to be a great bulletinboard with lots of knowledgeable posters.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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That Guy

04/27/2009 05:37PM

Google.

"The earth is being overrun by mankind and his machines. There will always be a need for quiet places that can only be reached by physical effort, skill and endurance." Bill Mason

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mr.barley

04/27/2009 05:49PM

One of the guys I trip with (snakecharmer) told me about. He messed up my life.

serenity now

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Amok

04/27/2009 05:51PM

LOL Mr Barley! My life was already messed up long before I found this board.

Trust, but verify. The Lord will provide !!!!

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kanoes

04/27/2009 05:53PM

lawsuit B....

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adam

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Moderator

04/27/2009 05:54PM

I was planning a trip in January of 2002 up to the bwca so I typed in bwca.com.

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9th Bearded Infantry

04/27/2009 05:55PM

I was looking to educate myself better before my next trip so I googled "bwca message board" and it came up #1.

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L.T.sully

04/27/2009 06:17PM

I found it the same way as adam.

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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satchmoa

04/27/2009 06:31PM

Bathroom wall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

I would rather be upside down in my canoe than right side up at my desk

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peeruwp

04/27/2009 06:34PM

Google, I think I was looking for GPS coords for my first trip... now I am hooked!

"Nine planets around the sun, only one does the sun embrace" - dmb

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kanoes

04/27/2009 06:44PM

i think i learned of this place from a different canoe site i used to frequent. i have definately found home. thanks adam.

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azondervan

04/27/2009 07:51PM

Google, like a lot of other folks, I never though I would use it as much as I do.

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Cedarboy

04/27/2009 08:33PM

Google..... the real secret is that I am using this as a substitute for my old smoking habit, somtimes I think I should have kept smoking.LOL
CB

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SunCatcher

04/27/2009 09:01PM

GOOGLE, We were up at Mayo Clinic for two weeks living in Motel, and going to appointments. Started researching BWCA because son has been there. BOOM found BWCA.com and hooked ever since.
SunCatcher
PS have tripped lined up for 5 days in August...can't wait

"WWJD"

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nolahlm

04/27/2009 09:24PM

Looking for maps to explain my route to some people, came across this with the wonderful maps that it has, and soon signed up!

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shr2807

04/27/2009 09:37PM

I was doing research to put together my second trip to the BW, and came across this site. It was extremely helpful in putting together our trip. I really enjoy the conversations.

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knothead180

04/27/2009 09:56PM

So adam, in January 2002 when you typed in bwca.com did you get one of those ads telling you to click here to register this domain?

Me? Google, like everyone else.

Thanks adam!

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Bearfoot

04/27/2009 11:17PM

I just kept searching until I found what I was looking for. I have to say that it was worth the wait.

C

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gbusk

04/27/2009 11:47PM

Google

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jenrobsdad

04/28/2009 12:56AM

I hosted a website on BWCA and got an invite to add this site to my page and they added mine to theirs. That was about 10 years ago.

Protect the BWCA as if it was your own property!

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stonecutter

04/28/2009 01:38AM

Referred by a member of iowaoutdoors.org, very friendly and helpful folks.

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adam

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04/28/2009 07:20AM

Hey knothead,
No actually, the site came up with just a for sale sign with a box to make a bid. After a week or so of upping my bid, I finally bought the domain through escrow from a person holding it in Russia or the Ukraine. I can't recall which now. The domain was actually once owned by a guy in Ely who must have let it expire. You can see the whole history at the very cool Way back Machine site:

Way Back Machine

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bmac78

04/28/2009 08:06AM

I was struck by a mini-van with a BWCA bumper sticker.As I lay motionless I seen it as he drove off.

Are those Whitecaps ?

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solotrek

04/28/2009 09:37AM

I found it by talking with a new coworker, long time BWCA enthusiast and current bwca.com member. Glad he pointed me in this direction!!

"It is in solitude, in quiet communication with nature that we reach most deeply into truth." Sam Campbell

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marc bates

04/28/2009 10:16AM

Google looking for outfitters

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natnkath

04/28/2009 11:40AM

Google lookiing for BW information

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Wolf0503

04/28/2009 12:55PM

Same as 99.9 of you Google. Was plaaning a trip in July.

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Mongo65

04/28/2009 04:46PM

Das Google

Sit back, relax, have a home brew.

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quetico152

04/28/2009 04:53PM

i heard about the site from cowdoc, and just like with mr.barley, he got me obsessed...

"One swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy" ~ Aristotle

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frogger

04/28/2009 05:17PM

By accident just a few weeks ago and I have been telling all of my buddies, although they are not quite as much of a nut about the bw as I am but I really enjoy the site and check out daily.

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The Lorax

04/28/2009 06:05PM

I didn't find it. It found me.

I love the smell of silnylon in the morning. It smells like........victory!

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dicecupmaker

04/28/2009 09:22PM

Looked at the site many, many times in the past. Kick myself now I didn't 'get hooked' earlier. Met some far out people who respect nature and want pass on the saying 'leave the campsite cleaner than when we came' to my boyz.

Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.

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Kendra

04/28/2009 10:00PM

I was trying to reserve my permit, did a search for bwca and stumbled on it.

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Jimmy2toes

04/29/2009 12:12AM

Google! What can't it do.
Jim

Paddle Fast, Live Slow

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Spartan2

04/29/2009 05:55AM

Spartan1 told me about it. He had probably been lurking for a long time. He just lurks, and rarely posts. I am the loudmouth in the family. Maybe now he will tell you how HE found out about it. (Probably not, though.) :-)

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Irishstone

04/29/2009 07:05AM

I'm pretty sure I was searching google to try and find the site to get permits, well I saw this and was hooked.

Thank goodness I found this site. It helped me outfit my first trip and has helped me to get better at it each time I tried.

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HowardSprague

04/29/2009 07:59AM

Have been on the canoecountry site for years, and when this one started someone posted a reference to it so I checked it out. So now I visit this one too. Different formats, different advantages, but mostly similar subject matter and both are excellent sites.

"Enjoy every sandwich"

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krch42

04/29/2009 09:27AM

I googled recipes for cooking fish.

A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work!

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minnesotamatt

04/29/2009 10:01AM

google... about 4 years ago looking for info on my first trip. My old name was "rookie". I completely forgot about it, I hadn't been on here for some time and made a new name without realizing I had one.

"I think this is the right way...."

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