November 29, 2012

Cleaning the eastern shoreline of Cheval Blanc Whitehorse rapids park. Not much this day.

November 28, 2012

Cleaning the whitehorse|cheval blanc rapids woods.

November 27, 2012

Cleaning the whitehorse|cheval blanc rapids woods.

November 25, 2012

old tree with old fence wire.

Note: There is a fence wire imbedded in the old tree -1528687.71, 1646805.63 on the east side of the railway where it crosses the river. This rusting fence implies that spot was an original property line of 1879 ( of the north eastern location of lot 94 from the map of 1879).

location of old fence I removed



1924 map.

There was this over 100 year old fence in a part of the whitehorse rapids forest. I circled the fence on the above map of 1924. The train line was built in 1916. I don`t expect they would put up a fence knowing the train was going to go through any time soon. This is how I judge it to be over 100 years old.

I put it in a pile in an open area.

One (pile someone else made) section seemed new, like it was made of stainless steel, so I was thinking this came from the train line fence, but looking at the 1924 map the pile could have come from fencing above the red circle going to the river shoreline.

Aerial map of 1947-49

1879 map that is very inaccurate . It looks like the railway tracks went right through the house (square). No remains exist to my knowledge.

1918 map that is accurate. Source of the metal fence in the tree (top photo) is in this image.

Reflecting: In these images tree's tend to grow on the property lines . The fence I took out (while in place) helped protect the land from tractors and other of mankind's activities. The area is well grown today.  I have not taken the fence out of the land , where would I take it to?, I would not cross the electrified train tracks with a piece of metal. The place where I left it is (was open field) now growing some trees. I believe the fence is protecting the young tree's from foot traffic and the all terrain motor vehicles that run through the area. A fence can be a good thing for plant growth to return.

Cap Saint Jacques maple syrup

In the woods of Cap Saint Jacques where they harvest maple syrup I found this junk.






If you can't see it , it doesn't exist right?

UPDATE: This junk was mostly cleaned up. I brought much it to the trail, and someone at the park took it from there. May 4 , 2013

November 6 , 2012

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The first two photos are of the same (dumped) tire in Cheval Blanc - Whitehorse rapids forest, just west of the pile of roofing tiles ( southern edge, halfway into the forest).
The next two photos are of another (dumped) tire with a metal rim a short distance away.

 There are three more tires for a total of five tires that I just recently found. There is a bit more garbage alongside the trains border fencing that probably should be taken out as well.

I put the two old tires alongside the walking trail. I plan on putting the five on top of the roofing pile.

The last photo is two small bags of garbage collected from the trail and the woods of Cheval Blanc Whitehorse rapids. I put it in the garbage contain at the official park entrance.

I kept one item of garbage, a golf ball that looks to me like its been chewed on by animals that live in the forest(in the photos on bottom of blog page). They think it is a nut of some kind to crack open, but it is a man-made piece of plastic. I hope they didn't damage their teeth.

Cheval Blanc Rapides

I want to do a scientific scale from Google Maps and Bing Maps to conclude the real park space.