ST:  I don't think having a separate designation for BWCA would work now.  This forum has turned its back on the BW for so long that another forum has taken its place and that is probably OK.  The last time I remember a specifically BW post here, I answered and I believe one other person did.  It soon fell to the bottom of the page, and off the page, and I don't think that person has posted since.

It isn't a criticism, it's just a fact.  If you want to talk about the BWCA, this is no longer the place to come.  And the respondents to my earlier comments have already made that clear just since my original post. 

When I came here at first, I was pointed to this site by a photographer friend from Chelsea, Michigan.  He had seen my BWCA photography, and he suggested that I might enjoy Quiet Journey.  I dipped my feet gingerly into the water, and back then (probably about 2004 or 2005?) it was more balanced between the BWCA/Quetico.  Because we had been to both, we could comment with everyone and we felt like we fit in.  Now that we only go to the BW, and now that we don't travel on the same kind of adventures that we did when we were younger, we don't have much to contribute.

But this was my first canoeing website and I love it here.  I check in every single morning, first with the POD, and then with the general forum.  Occasionally I post, although rarely now.  I miss some of the people who used to come here regularly, and I am glad to see some of the friends we have met through the years who are still here.

If I gave the impression that I am upset with anything, I am not.  It is what it is.  db asked what the "reputation" of QJ is, and since I am now more active in other communities, and since I get feedback from people who know I am a loyal QJ member as well, I thought I would give my perspective.