New Distress Dam on the Big East River system, Muskoka, Ontatio.
Description
- Creator
- R.A. Hutcheson, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- New Distress Dam on the Big East River system, Muskoka, Ontatio.
- Notes
- A lumbering dam built on this site in the 1880s created an artificial lake, Distress Pond, to hold water for log drives. The present concrete dam, built in 1955 by the Department of Public Works, maintains the pond for recreation.
- Date of Original
- 1955
- Date Of Event
- 1955
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 462
- Collection
- R.A. Hutcheson Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 45.134166 Longitude: -79.384722
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- Donor
- Janet Fisher
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact:
- Huntsville Public Libraryjulie.manczak@huntsvillelibrary.ca
7 Minerva St. E.
Huntsville, ON P1H 1W4
