Boundary Waters Canoe Area Video Podcast » pictographs http://www.bwcacast.com Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:44:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lac LaCroix Pictographs – The Show http://www.bwcacast.com/2008/09/lac-lacroix-pictographs-the-show/ http://www.bwcacast.com/2008/09/lac-lacroix-pictographs-the-show/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:24:08 +0000 Bill http://www.bwcacast.com/?p=98 Day three on our trip into Lac LaCroix we took off early in the morning in search of Warrior Hill and some vivid pictographs.  We paddled across calm waters and under sunny skies.  There were a couple of bald eagles chattering away in a tree nearby.

As we rounded the bend into the bay that Warrior Hill resides we encountered a little wind that made paddling a little more strenuous.  The sun was still shining and getting to see Warrior Hill rise up in front of us was worth the the struggle against the wind.  The Pictographs were abundant when we finally found the cliff face they resided on.  The moose figures and hand prints were really something to see.  Thinking about what it must have been like when they were placed on the rocks really makes you appreciate what their lives must have been like.

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Artist:  Dan Tharp

Song: “Face down in a pool of dreams”

Website: http://www.dantharpmusic.com

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]]> http://www.bwcacast.com/2008/09/lac-lacroix-pictographs-the-show/feed/ 7 Crooked Lake Pictographs Show http://www.bwcacast.com/2008/07/crooked-lake-pictographs-show/ http://www.bwcacast.com/2008/07/crooked-lake-pictographs-show/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:32:21 +0000 Bill http://www.bwcacast.com/?p=53 The pictographs on Crooked Lake are not quite as vivid as the ones on North Hegman lake, but the location is just breathtaking.  The cliff face coming up out of the water containing the pictographs creates mirrored images off the water that can look like abstract paintings.

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We spent about an hour viewing the area with Jim giving us a little of the history on the area.  With no place to stand below the pictographs I wonder if they were done in the winter time when the artist would be able to stand on the ice to create these images.  The only other way I can imagine it working is if they were done on a very calm morning.

The combination of the cliffs dropping into the water and the images from so long ago really drive home the fact that you are not the first person to see these sights and that the voyagers so long ago must have stopped and gazed at these same sights.

Music:

Jim Fidler

www.jimfidler.com

Song: “Lillian a Portrait in Sound”

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