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The "SWISHA" Project
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Ottawa River rapids before dam construction
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The "Swisha" rapids
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The "Swisha" rapids
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Des Joachims rapids
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Catwalk bridge over the rapids
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A survey crew
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Ernie Walker, survey crew, and 2 early snowmobiles, believed to be the forerunners of the Skidoo.
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The first "Copper Dam"
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A team of "blacks" working at the sawmill
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Drilling crew
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Cribbing for the main conveyor belt to carry cement to the forms of the dam. Ontario side.
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The new Moore Lake Road just leaving Moore Lake Station
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Building the new Moore Lake Road
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McConnell Lake Control Dam construction
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Top of 100 Foot Fill
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Shoreline clearing above the Dam Site
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Deux Rivieres landscape, cleared of trees and awaiting flooding
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Deux Rivieres landscape, cleared of trees and awaiting flooding
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