Flat Calm ... And Ice Free
This lake (you can only see part of it in this shot) is one of the very first ... if not the first ... in western Newfoundland to become ice free in the spring. Every year. Without fail. The reason? Most likely because it is quite shallow.
Over on the right, near the middle of the shot, you can see where Bottom Brook ... a nice little salmon stream that dumps into Southwest Brook ... flows out of the lake. Very few people realize that the course of Bottom Brook has been changed ... not by nature ... but by man. It used to flow into Southwest Brook farther downstream and since the Trans Canada Highway passes along here (I'm actually standing on the shoulder of it to take this photo) two bridges would have had to have been built ... very close together ... one crossing Southwest Brook and one crossing Bottom Brook. So the course of Bottom Brook was changed so that it flows into Southwest farther upstream and then only one bridge had to be built. You used to be able to see the original rocks of the bottom of the stream if you cared to look ... but I'm not sure if you can anymore.
Oh, and don't be fooled by the lack of snow in this shot. It's just here. We still have lots of it around! In fact, we got dumped on again last week. Yes, again. Six to eight inches of wet, heavy snow. Here's an excellent article everyone should read ... especially anyone who thinks the earth's water levels, CO2, and temperatures are rising.
townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2019/04/27/fake-clim...
Flat Calm ... And Ice Free
This lake (you can only see part of it in this shot) is one of the very first ... if not the first ... in western Newfoundland to become ice free in the spring. Every year. Without fail. The reason? Most likely because it is quite shallow.
Over on the right, near the middle of the shot, you can see where Bottom Brook ... a nice little salmon stream that dumps into Southwest Brook ... flows out of the lake. Very few people realize that the course of Bottom Brook has been changed ... not by nature ... but by man. It used to flow into Southwest Brook farther downstream and since the Trans Canada Highway passes along here (I'm actually standing on the shoulder of it to take this photo) two bridges would have had to have been built ... very close together ... one crossing Southwest Brook and one crossing Bottom Brook. So the course of Bottom Brook was changed so that it flows into Southwest farther upstream and then only one bridge had to be built. You used to be able to see the original rocks of the bottom of the stream if you cared to look ... but I'm not sure if you can anymore.
Oh, and don't be fooled by the lack of snow in this shot. It's just here. We still have lots of it around! In fact, we got dumped on again last week. Yes, again. Six to eight inches of wet, heavy snow. Here's an excellent article everyone should read ... especially anyone who thinks the earth's water levels, CO2, and temperatures are rising.
townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2019/04/27/fake-clim...