and so do we.
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Coming back from Uncle Charlie's funeral in Sioux Narrows, Sister Holly and I stopped by the side of the road to look for running sucker.
The suckers weren't running at the time at that location, but we took the opportunity to explore a series of small, crumbling dams on the small creek. The creek runs from a small marshy lake, just off the east side of Highway 72, about ten miles south of Sioux Narrows.
The largest of the three dams (that we saw, there may be others) has a height of nearly fifteen feet (downstream side) and a width of about fifty feet...
The opening in the dam is only about five feet across. There is a concrete "Y-brace" connecting the dam to the "powerhouse" structure
The powerhouse?
Perhaps there was some sort of waterwheel or small turbine here at one time.
The view downstream; from the large dam.
There is an inscription in the dam:
Duane Damon
May 27/48
Views of the "secondary" dam.
View of the "tertiary" dam, through the brush.
Looking from the main dam, back towards the highway. There is a concrete foundation and (new-ish) wooden walkway.
Holly, standing between highway and creek.
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New York Times, March 17, 2008 article. Chinook Salmon Vanish Without a Trace.
SFGate, May 2, 2008 article. All salmon fishing banned on West Coast.
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Views from the highway; on the way back from dropping sisters off at Thunder Bay airport.
French River [east of Seine River].
Looking North:
Looking South:
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