Transporting Boardwalks

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Transporting Boardwalks

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Occasionally there's a question about building/maintaining boardwalks and moving the lumber. Here's a pic from the NPS site, on Siskiwit Lake. The pic is on the "Work With Us" page--that looks more appealing than carrying them down the trail :) (which of course they'll have to do too).
ISRO_Web_Ishpeming_Trail_Repair_Project_Canoe_Crew_Boards_Lake_Crossing_640x480.jpg
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Nice human powered tri-hull pontoon. 8)
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A couple years ago, when hiking down the Ishpeming and you get to the river crossing and the bend to the east (as it rounds the lake) we came across a trail crew working hard to restore the planks. Then another half mile or so up the trail, we came across a huge cache of planks and bases, and somewhat of a footpath that lead down to the water's edge. We surmised they must use a boat in some way to paddle them over from Malone Bay CG, and this explains it. Thanks for posting!
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This is incredible. Thank you for sharing this pic.
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I can visualize those canoes folding up in the middle, like a leaf. I guess they're heavy-duty canoes.
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DonNewcomb wrote: Fri May 19, 2017 8:20 am I can visualize those canoes folding up in the middle, like a leaf. I guess they're heavy-duty canoes.
They look like the 80-90 lb aluminum canoes I grew up with. And water does a remarkable job of distributing the weight.
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A few years ago, I stumbled across this picture of a park employee on boardwalk duty. Doesn't look like it would be much fun compared to the canoe duty.
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Is there any talk this year of continued helicopter lifts similar to those that were done last year?
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Midwest Ed wrote: Fri May 19, 2017 5:11 pm Is there any talk this year of continued helicopter lifts similar to those that were done last year?
What, exactly, were they doing (lifting) with the helicopters?
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Chorizo wrote: Fri May 19, 2017 5:51 pm What, exactly, were they doing (lifting) with the helicopters?
https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/hel ... royale.htm
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Very cool Tortuga, thanks for that.
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I have a lot of respect for the trail crew having done work like that when I was young. I would take board walk building duty over erosion control duty that grub axe work is back breaking. I met one of the trail crew guys on the island and I had to shake his hand and thank him for the work that they do . It would be nice if every one did that. Thanks Ingo for starting the topic.
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We just returned from our trip. We found a couple of these plank drops while we were out there. I suspect they dropped enough for a few years worth of trail work.
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