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During my stay at MiddleBranch, a gentlemen came in on a day hike and chatted of a once used camp in the area that was part of an early railroad system for logging. He explained he had a 1912 series map which included old buildings and a railroad bed in the area. According to his findings, all he found were remnants of some rusty metal and such. I found this of some interest. I would like to delve into this further, this area is intriguing.
I also came in on the easement side of the trail system and the logging has since ended.Two Beavers
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Originally posted by ILikeRocks View PostHow is the Pine Lake Lean-to?
I know that there's been on-going issues with illegal ATV use up near Big Otter Lake. And on a more recent trip in 2016, ATVs were riding up and down the Big Otter Truck Trail (which bisects the Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness).
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Originally posted by DSettahr View PostWhen I stayed there back in 2012, it appeared to get less use than either the Middle Settlement or Middle Branch Lean-tos. But it also looked like there'd been issues with illegal ATVs driving past the lean-to at one point- nothing recent that I saw, but it looked like it had been a problem in the past.
I know that there's been on-going issues with illegal ATV use up near Big Otter Lake. And on a more recent trip in 2016, ATVs were riding up and down the Big Otter Truck Trail (which bisects the Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness).
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There's an old logging road/trail coming into Big Otter from the west in Lewis County that frequently sees illegal ATV use, and the damage is quite evident as they veer off to their newly created trails off the main access road. The only thing keeping them from going further east is they cannot get across a bridge at the outlet of the lake. This has been the situation for decades. Legislators and LE in Lewis County are extremely pro ATV, and claim a big financial benefit no matter how they are used.
I was hiking on the east side of the lake one time and witnessed ATVs running on the other side actually in the shallow water up and down along the shallow sandy bottom western shore. There's a clearing at the former site of an old hotel where they like to congregate."Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Walt Whitman
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Not sure how, but the atvs have been able to cross to the eastern side. I was close to the outlet 2 years ago (iirc) and a couple drove up on atvs from the western side."There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go." -from "The Call of the Wild" by Robert Service
My trail journal: DuctTape's Journal
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