Photos by Feldwebel Wolfenstoo… : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

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THANKS! got the family sleuths thinking :) Have a good weekend!

...a "Devil's Postpile"...

There used to be a large combination wooden/steel dam/bridge/log drive sluice gate here, Camp 1, for years. Around 2000,a forest fire burnt it all down, dropping the water level in the lake about 4-5 feet. In 2003, an excavator covered this cribbing with about 4-5 feet of large cobbles, to try to stabilize the water level. Now, in '09, the winter ice has swept this all away, dropping the lake water level another 4-5 feet. Now there's a channel being cut by the river, right thru the moraine here which crosses the river, a deep channel right into 10,000 year-old glacial clay. There's only a small patch of moraine cobbles holding back what's left of Eskwanonwatin Lake. SO, just watch 'er rip, next spring thaw!

Wow...one helluva way to learn NOT to heave rockets at those pesky Joooos!

Great stuff Bob, Like to see Toronto the old. Keep it up chum.

...the white blotches on the left side of the floor, is the high-grade silver vein. Also, in the middle of the ceiling...

The Smooth Rock Falls mill has been closed since July 2006.

...a bit of a death trap. Underneath the snow is the 300-foot deep mine shaft. Someone could have easily fallen thru the snow, thinking that they could walk into the first level adit/tunnel of the mine...a small gate and sign is required here.