Update on the Dam and Waterfalls

This article was issued in the Eastern Graphic today. Dramatic photo showing where the one lane bridge over the falls used to be.

Click on the link below...

http://peicanada.com/eastern_graphic/publication/work_maclures_dam_schedule_despite_rain

GRASS!!!

Thank you Lois for sending me these pictures. Mom and Dad used up the rest of the old chimney bricks for a patio for the lawn furniture. It looks wonderful.

the grass is filling in to. It must be so much cleaner and easier to get around now that your not trudging through sand and mud all the time. Next summer the lawn will be filled out and you won't be able to see the scars of the work on the landscape. This past summer the house was still definitely a construction site but the bulk of the work is done now, and its actually starting to look finished. 

Dad was cutting the grass in the field when Lois arrived.

The brick patio that Mom and Dad built. What a great idea

Mom and Dad mulched the flower beds and kept them watered through this long hot summer.

Grass!

More Grass!!

Thanks so much Lois for taking these. It's wonderful to see.

No More Murray River Falls

Due to "improvements" to the dam and bridge over the falls at Murray River, the falls will be lost. The falls are an integral part of the village and have been there since MacLure's Dam was constructed in 1808, built to run the mill, and was the site of a shipyard. 

The falls could be heard from the house. Like so many simple good things, someone has to change it. Click on the link and read the article to learn more:

http://peicanada.com/eastern_graphic/publication/residents_bemoan_loss_waterfalls_improvements_maclure%E2%80%99s_dam_murray_river

Follow this link to Heather Moore's editorial comments. She, as many Southern Kings residents, have a history with the dam and the falls. I agree that this is a great loss to the region:

http://peicanada.com/opinion_heather_moore_editor/columns_opinions/change_comes_high_price_murray_river

Sandy alerted me to this, and sent me these photos that she took on July 29th, (Winnie's birthday) in 1962.

Ralta, Loreen and Lois

I found these among Grampy's slides. These were taken in the mid 1960's

 Jim and Kelvin

And these are pictures that Sandy took of the falls and emptied pond on Monday.

sad