Today we headed out to see an old mine site
and then on a run up north to have a picnic...
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All of this land we're walking on used to be a
mine site.
The above picture is what it used to look like in 1985.
Thanks to John Muir for this picture
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Pretty much everything you have seen in these
pictures was once a very productive mine. Virtually all traces of it have
been removed and as you can see winderness is reclaiming its own
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Just about all the evidence that is left
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We're now off up North aways to have our
picnic
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And here is the picnic :-)
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And here is Linda and John
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And if you look closely evidence of shooting!
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And we turn here to go into the Mississagi
Park
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And we drive through into the Park
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You can note bits where you can pitch your
tents or RV with tables and BBQ facilities and then we arrive at the
beach!
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And we arrive at the Park Store
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And the rate card for the park
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And now we are heading back to base
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And what's down here? Ah! A gravel
pit! :-)
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And so we dropped into the Beer Store to get a
bottle or two to refresh ourselves in the evening
I also managed to get a few
brochures at the park store which I thought might be of interest...
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