A photo of Hidden Lake in the North Slave Region, submitted to the contest by Brandon Pludwinski
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Voting Now Open for Living Lakes Photo Contest

Connor Pitre
By Connor Pitre

Voting is now open for Living Lakes Canada’s annual Lake Biodiversity Photo Challenge.

This is the fourth year that the contest has been run. It is designed to help showcase the beauty and diversity of Canada’s various lakes. So far, over 400 photos have been submitted, with many also coming from the NWT and Yukon.

An online gallery is available for the public to look through and vote on their favourite photos in the four different categories. The four categories are:

  • Lake Landscapes, for most beautiful pictures
  • Lake Biodiversity, for showing different plants and animals
  • Lake Impacts, for showing visible threats to the health of a lake, and
  • Youth Category, for pictures submitted by photographers under the age of 16.

Public voting for the contest will be wrapping up on World Photography Day, August 19th. The top photos voted on by the public will be announced early in September, alongside the winners selected by judges.

Votes can be cast by clicking here.

Connor Pitre
Connor Pitre
Born and raised in Central Alberta, Connor Pitre attended the Western Academy Broadcasting College in Saskatchewan, before making his way to the NWT in November of 2021. Since then, he has become a regular staple of the True North FM crew in the News department, and occasionally filling in on the afternoon show.

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