Transporting Boardwalks
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Transporting Boardwalks
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).
https://www.nps.gov/isro/getinvolved/workwithus.htm
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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
Nice human powered tri-hull pontoon.
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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
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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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
I can visualize those canoes folding up in the middle, like a leaf. I guess they're heavy-duty canoes.
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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
They look like the 80-90 lb aluminum canoes I grew up with. And water does a remarkable job of distributing the weight.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.
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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
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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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
Is there any talk this year of continued helicopter lifts similar to those that were done last year?
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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
What, exactly, were they doing (lifting) with the helicopters?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?
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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
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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Re: Transporting Boardwalks
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.