Walked into a new cut just east of town, the start of the road is one from a cut years ago and they have extended it to just short of Stumpy lake. This will only be a winter haul road and they will be closing it up with berms etc. It also goes through quite a few wet spots too. The cut starts about 3km down from the highway. Lots of wood cut ready to haul before the road breaks up. I never made all the way to the end of the road so they must be still cutting further down. Couple of pics of the cut area and a delimber.
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what do they harvest the trees for ?
Ron,
The poplar and birch go to the chip board plant in Englelhart and the jack pine and spruce go to the sawmill in Elk Lake for lumber
Will this road eventually go to Stumpy Lake? If it does it would probably hurt the fishing. The road that takes you there now is so bad that it limits the fishing pressure.
Don Lasher
Don
I don't think the road is going to go near the existing rd. or the lake. This is just a winter haul road. The wet areas are just filled with brush and some dirt put over them making them useless by the summer. By the way there is already a put in down the south end of the lake accessible from Beauty Lake Rd. Good road down and a 50yd walk in.
thanks Bill for tree mill update
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