Rough map of layout of wartime Canadian Timber Corps sawmill camp at Mar lodge
The images are courtesy of Peter Aikman, Chester, who used to live in Deeside.
The map by Peter shows a layout of the camp, sawmill, dam, water channel to logging ‘pond or ditch’ and timber bridge crossing to other side of the River Dee. The images are all in the PDF link below and the first three show the ‘big ditch’ which was ran from the Lui Water through to the sawmill via a large culvert under the Canadian Timber Corps built road. The fourth image shows a pile of stones on what was the timber built sawmill site. The fifth image is of the remains of a dam quite some distance up the Lui Water where water was led via a large pipe down to the camp. It is not certain if this was solely for domestic use at the camp or whether a generator was installed as well. Any information would be very welcome.
The sixth image is of the timber bridge built by the Canadians (image from the 1950s or earlier) to take the sawmill products directly onto the Deeside Road. Note the central log built pier. The follow on three images are of the bars fixed into drilled rock or boulders which were used to anchor the bridge timbers and embankment footings. The next images of the two bent iron pins are those in mid river and probably helped anchor the central pier of the bridge. The final image shows the location of the mid river pins. The photographs were taken over a considerable period of time, those of the big ditch and remains of the bridge pins between 2007 and 2015.
Any more detail and comments would be very welcome. Note that more details of the Canadian Timber Corps at Mar Lodge camp are elsewhere on this website.
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Groups: Canadian and Newfoundland sawmillers in Scotland