Lumpy's causeway 1928 & 1933
an interesting pair of ærial photographs (1928 on the left) depicting a walkway built between Lemieux Island & Lumpy Denommee's Island.
one can see that it first touched down on a small island (name unknown & that has since been joined to Lemieux by infill) before reaching across to Île Ecueil & Peak Island. from there, it bridges the main channel right at the end of the funnelled current to touch down again on Île Young before its final landing on Lumpy's (across a very shallow section that probably joined Lumpy's & Young before the dam was erected).
this must've been there for the convenience of either logging &or attending to the hydro tower that used to be on Lumpy's (a small area of bricks suggest a small building may've also been there at one time).
i include the 1933 photo to demonstrate the extent to which Lemieux Island has been modified by infill. the Prince Of Wales bridge actually ran along an embankment between its 2 sections, anchored mostly on what'd been Lyon Island (at the south end of the north span) before it was made part of Lemieux, on which it just rests on the easternmost tip.
the streets & houses at bottom right have all been removed & replaced with parkland, bikepath & the riverside highway.
Lumpy's causeway 1928 & 1933
an interesting pair of ærial photographs (1928 on the left) depicting a walkway built between Lemieux Island & Lumpy Denommee's Island.
one can see that it first touched down on a small island (name unknown & that has since been joined to Lemieux by infill) before reaching across to Île Ecueil & Peak Island. from there, it bridges the main channel right at the end of the funnelled current to touch down again on Île Young before its final landing on Lumpy's (across a very shallow section that probably joined Lumpy's & Young before the dam was erected).
this must've been there for the convenience of either logging &or attending to the hydro tower that used to be on Lumpy's (a small area of bricks suggest a small building may've also been there at one time).
i include the 1933 photo to demonstrate the extent to which Lemieux Island has been modified by infill. the Prince Of Wales bridge actually ran along an embankment between its 2 sections, anchored mostly on what'd been Lyon Island (at the south end of the north span) before it was made part of Lemieux, on which it just rests on the easternmost tip.
the streets & houses at bottom right have all been removed & replaced with parkland, bikepath & the riverside highway.