When Paul and I were ATVing the other day we stopped in at Southbear Lake. This was the site of a sawmill built in the early to mid 50's. It was started by Len Wilson who eventually ended up working for Liskeard Lumber in Elk Lake. Thanks to Norm Fiset for that information.
As we searched for remnants of the mill amid several campers and trailers at the lake we finally came across a strange piece of equipment. Looked like it would have had a couple of bearings on either side of it and had a lot of wear on the web pieces. Checking around we found a chain and then determined it was the chain of the jackladder that moved logs from the lake into the mill to be sawn.
We ended up just about where the mill probably would have been, if it hadn't been for these small pieces partly hidden in some shrubs we would not have found it. Great to see bits of history of the area . By the way isn't that Paul snacking again.
Working for the next couple of days so will see how the picture taking goes.
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