PhantomJug wrote on Oct 31^st, 2014 at 8:26pm:


Thanks for the compliment pj
I turned 65 in Dec, so that should qualify me for the Senior Do what you want exemption. up

PhantomJug wrote on Oct 31^st, 2014 at 9:11pm:


I think he's been 2x married, add 10+ years for each one.

DB,

I sent a bunch about a month ago. Do you need me to resend?

kypaddler

Mk631 wrote on Nov 11^th, 2014 at 7:44pm:


That's the sand beach/campsite on Beaverhouse to the south of the inlet to the Quetico River.

I've stayed/stopped there numerous times but never noticed it before. I don't know if it became visible becasue the fall water level exposed it, or the wind/wave action uncovered it?

It must of been part of the steam/cable system they used to haul logs out of there before the park was formed.
I'd guess it easily weighs 1000#+ and doubt anyone rolled it out of the woods to try to move it somewhere?

Quetico Dave told me that at one time there was over a 1000 men building a railroad loop that was about 12 miles total if I remember right?

When you drive into Beaverhouse or Lac LaCroix, you can see trails leading off to gravel pits where the got the bedrock they used to lay the rail line.

They built the line as they went. That huge gear might of been part of one of those steam powered log rollers or used in some kind of cable/gear set-up.

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Imagine the manpower needed and difficulty of building a railway and hauling logs out of that terrain.