Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Trip to Hedlund marsh to photograph the floating bridge
The Hedlund marsh is west of Gowganda on highway 560 about 5km on the north side of the road. There is a culvert crossing the road where the creek runs down to Gowganda Lake. Years ago there was a wood bridge that crossed the marsh. Later on the road was straitened and graveled, now it is asphalt. Here are some pictures of the road bridge and bits and pieces of a small wood bridge going north up towards MacIntosh Lake. Nearby is a log cabin that is claimed to be owned by L.O. Hedlund back around 1920 where he prospected.
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In the early 60' Paul and I could drive across that bridge... of course he had an old car then and heck it didn't matter that the bridge might not hold up!!! When you are young...things like your car sinking into water wasn't that big a deal... we would have considered it 'an adventure'!!
Interesting to come across these photos that you have the marsh. Actually the real history behind that area started of in 1920, when L. O. Hedlund discovered native silver in that general area, which at the time was Mcloughlin Lake. However, it was only 2 or 4 years later when Mcloughlin Lake was drained somewhere between 1921 to 1925. The reason for draining the lake was due to blasting of a rock ledge at its lower end to help the water power generating plant on Gowganda Lake. Does anyone know what the bridge was used for?
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