| NOON AT THORBURN LAKE |
| The scenes of Thorburn Lake on this page are no longer in place in 2005. The sawmill, railroad and the pole line that First Communications Construction Squadron worked on are all gone. Thorburn Lake was just over seven miles north of Camp-I at the Shoal harbour gravel pit. As there was a sawmill and a siding for loading lumber, the location was ideal for the crews to have there noon lunch brought from camp to this point. This photo, taken by Jerome Young, was in early spring of 1953 shortly after Camp-I at the Shoal Harbour gravel pit was in operation. Note the wooden rails in the center of the photo for the rail cart to move cut lumber out of the sawmill. The old poles on the pole line on the right are still in place. January 8, 2006 Colin Adams sent me an e-mail writing how he and his brother, Wallace Adams, had started this saw mill back in 1948. Colin wrote that he left the business in 1950 and went to the United States where he ended up retiring from the railroad. Wallace continued on with the saw mill. |
| Crew headed north of Thorn- burn Lake to work. That is Eddie George in the lower right hand corner. The pole line through Thorburn Lake has been rebuilt in this view. The passing track on the right is where we had our noon meals. Jerome Young photograph. |
| The next two photos that Jerome Young took are of the sawmill at Thornburn Lake. |
| Lumber awaiting shipment is being used by the 1st. Comm. crews for their noon rest and lunch. Thorburn Lake is in the background. Joe Louie Photograph |
| Noon lunch has arrived at Thorburn Lake by speeder from Camp-I at the Shoal Harbour gravel pit. 2nd from right is LeRoy Hawco, our speeder operator. Scharnweber is the 6th person from the right. Jerome Young photograph. |
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