Aug 16 – Day 106 On to Surf Inlet

 Aug 16 – Day 106   On to Surf Inlet

Harvest count – zero

 

Old power plant

 

 

Lower falls are natural, the upper is a manmade dam and falls which fed the powerplant

 

 

 

Man-made section of the falls.  Notice logs sticking out over the edge.

 

View from the top – logs sticking out over the falls

 

Lake above the falls

Per the books the abandoned Belmont Gold Mine at the other end of the lake, about 8 miles up from the falls.  It must have been a large producer of gold to warrant building a power plant.  

 

 

Steve brought Michelle a bouquet

 

Pictograph or Petroglyph ????   We sent our scout Steve ashore north of the powerhouse to investigate

Pictographs are images drawn or painted onto the rocks.   Petroglyphs are images carved into the rock.

Steve reported not carved but also did not appear to be painted.   We’ll say a pictograph.

 

One of many waterfalls in the area