Thought I saw a bear on the shoreline once, but as I paddled closer it looked to be a very large black otter. It was almost 3 feet long with about a 2 ft. Long tail, had short jet black fur, looked to weight about 30 or 40 pounds. It was shy a disappeared before I could get a a photo. I saw one 2 different years on 2 different lakes, one was Batchewaung, I don't recall the other. Sorry to the topic police, it's off topic, but didn't want to wait for one of the other 37 threads.