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Reply #30 - Nov 29th, 2024 at 1:52pm
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Precisely my reaction when I saw the POD earlier.

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Reply #31 - Dec 2nd, 2024 at 4:56pm
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No clue. My guess? Piers for a temporary (annual) snowmobile trail. Let me know.
  
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Reply #32 - Dec 3rd, 2024 at 8:22am
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Someone grabbed this POD from QJ (not sure if that requires "permissions" or not), put it on Facebook Quetico Group page, & raised the same question.  Most guesses had to do with bridge &/or pier base supports.  Someone indicated they've seen similar structures in the BWCA and over in the LLC area (or maybe it was Crane Lake, can't recall exactly). I didn't read all the comments but those first few guesses seemed fairly reasonable.

Today's POD features another "unknown" something...unknown to me, at least.  Looks like there might be some sort of "step" or ledge in the background &, possibly, a pathway.  Would be nice to know where these pics were taken.

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Reply #33 - Dec 3rd, 2024 at 9:39am
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On the drive up the east side to Atikokan you see them in rivers with a power pole sticking out of them.
Piers for a snowmobile trail seems reasonable but don't the rivers freeze over up there?
Plus once the thaw comes that would be a hell of a job removing the wood planking from a small boat.

Now I'm more curious that ever? Knowing where the pics were taken would help as well.
  
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Reply #34 - Dec 3rd, 2024 at 1:05pm
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My guess is old bridge' pylons and sign posts for the Kekekabic trail near Thomas and Hatchet lakes.  Photo stream with the pictos and shoreline elevation make me believe this general area of BWCA.
  
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Reply #35 - Dec 3rd, 2024 at 2:21pm
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PhantomJug wrote on Dec 3rd, 2024 at 1:05pm:
My guess is old bridge' pylons and sign posts for the Kekekabic trail near Thomas and Hatchet lakes.  Photo stream with the pictos and shoreline elevation make me believe this general area of BWCA.


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If I had to bet, I'd put money on PJ's response.

I know what ST is thinking of but the ones I've seen were round metal culverts in a ditch as opposed to wooden cribbing in a stream.

So what did FaceBook decide, Jimbo?
  
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Reply #36 - Dec 4th, 2024 at 10:48am
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I'm the one who grabbed the photo and put it on Facebook.  I apologize if I overstepped any boundaries, I was sure to crop out the photographer's name.  It was driving me crazy wondering what these things were.  The general consensus is that these are "dock cribs" used as the base for pilings for a dock.  No one can identify where they are.
  
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Reply #37 - Dec 4th, 2024 at 11:28am
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topwater wrote on Dec 4th, 2024 at 10:48am:
...I was sure to crop out the photographer's name.

Why would you be sure to do that?
  
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Reply #38 - Dec 4th, 2024 at 1:23pm
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db wrote on Dec 3rd, 2024 at 2:21pm:
PhantomJug wrote on Dec 3rd, 2024 at 1:05pm:
My guess is old bridge' pylons and sign posts for the Kekekabic trail near Thomas and Hatchet lakes.  Photo stream with the pictos and shoreline elevation make me believe this general area of BWCA.


Cheesy

If I had to bet, I'd put money on PJ's response.

I know what ST is thinking of but the ones I've seen were round metal culverts in a ditch as opposed to wooden cribbing in a stream.

So what did FaceBook decide, Jimbo?



Topwater pretty much summed it up...no conclusions.

Footings for a Nazi spy tower that was removed shortly after WW2?
Probably not, huh....

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Reply #39 - Dec 4th, 2024 at 1:51pm
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