Distress Dam on the Big East River system, Muskoka, Ontario, 1949.


Description
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Creator:
R.A. Hutcheson, Photographer
Media Type:
Image
Item Type:
Photographs
Description:
Distress Dam on the Big East River system, Muskoka, Ontario, 1949.
Notes:
As well as controlling water levels, the Big East River system was used every spring for log runs. The various lumber companies in the area stamped their logs and sent them down the river with the spring runoff. On entering Lake Vernon from the river they were sorted by the stamps, according to the company, into booms and towed by tugboat to the various mills for cutting. The last log run in the Huntsville area on the Big East River was in 1937.
Date of Original:
1949
Date Of Event:
1949
Subject(s):
Local identifier:
461
Collection:
R.A. Hutcheson Collection
Geographic Coverage:
Latitude: 45.16681
Longitude: -79.49964
Donor:
Janet Fisher
Copyright Statement:
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
Contact:
Huntsville Public Library
Email:
WWW address:
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7 Minerva St. E., Huntsville, Ont., P1H1W4
Distress Dam on the Big East River system, Muskoka, Ontario, 1949.