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Your North: Best reader photos for the week of Aug. 3

Boats, birds, and beautiful lakes — it's your best photos from the past seven days.

Send in your photos to our Facebook page or email jay.legere@cbc.ca

The August long weekend saw many take to the water, and Karen Martin was no exception. She sent in this photo taken during a culture camp hosted by Yellowknives Dene First Nation on Mackenzie Island, not far from Yellowknife. (Submitted by Karen Martin)

Boats, birds, and big, emerald lakes — warm weather this August long weekend brought a lot of beauty to northerners everywhere.

Here are your best photos from the past seven days:

David Mesher took this lucky photo of a seal motoring past his boat while he was anchored near Aupaluk, Nunavik (northern Quebec). (Submitted by David Mesher)
They call it Emerald Lake for a reason! Steve Wilson took this photo on a perfectly still day. (Submitted by Steve Wilson)
Rough-legged hawk chicks crowd the rocks near Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. (Submitted by Aalasi Takkatak)
These long summer sunsets never get old. This is what 1:30 a.m. looks like in Sachs Harbour, N.W.T. (Submitted by Trevor Lucas)
A still surface on Jackfish Bay in Yukon. (Submitted by Sandy Duncan)
What a way to wrap up a week... Nina Cardinal took this photo of a breathtaking sunset near Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T. after three days of rain. (Submitted by Nina Cardinal)