Heavy rain

A little after midnight the power went out during a terrific rainstorm, the worst in 4 summers. Power restored at 11 am. The road is in great condition, except for small parts of the new road that washed out. The regular washout areas are in very good condition.

Road work July 19, 2011

Lots of work on the road. Two inches of heavy rain July 18 had very little effect on the road. The drainage has been solved in difficult areas of the road. More rain and lots of traffic will be excellent for the road. But speed will increase on the road and blind corners are more of a problem. Try to look through folliage at corners to anticipate oncoming traffic.

Road work July 7

The contractor has been working on various parts of the road, removing many 'pointers', which are orange coloured rocks.

Bear Alert

At 9:50 pm Thursday July 7, a bear was found going through the garbage at a cottage on the south side of the island. There have been numerous sightings of a large bear and 1 and 3 cubs around the Maple Hill area. Please try to keep your garbage from being an attractant.

Year of the turtle

This year there has been an incredible number of snapping turtles burying eggs along the side and sometimes in the middle of the road. Painted turtles are also in abundance. If you can, try to avoid these 'turtle holes' with your vehicle.

Please don't touch grating

Some well intentioned person removed the grating from the beaver culvert north of Tusk Trail on Sunday June 12. This allowed the beaver(s) to pack mud, branches, grass, etc for at least 5 feet into the culvert and stop all water flow.
The cleanup required wading into the soft mud with hipwaders and a long hoe and pulling out debris. Unfortunatly there are some large branches wedged in the culvert which have found a home.
"No good deed goes unpunished." Removing the grating does not improve water flow.

Beaver Fever

The beavers north of Tusk Trail are indeed industrious. They plug the culvert at night and during the day. There is a shovel on the east side of the road. A quick push with the shovel will allow the water to pass. Any extra help is welcome.
The culvert just south of the mill, before the mill hill is also having problems with beavers. But, as you saw in another posting, if this gets plugged and there is a heavy rain, then the overflow eats the road and stops traffic. There is no shovel there at present. By the way, the west side of the road is great for catching minnows as several fishermen have discovered.