Progress with Local Projects and More Fall Color
This past Thursday started out with a couple of 7:00 a.m. plumbing repairs by Aire Care. I would then head over to Sturgeon River Launch where Dave Mattson (our Township Supervisor), Brian Waters (our Planning Commission Chair), and I would meet up with Cassie Abrams and Linda Hansen from the state’s Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) agency to do a pre-application meeting to discuss whether or not any permitting would be required to put in any culverts as we are looking to create access into the former Beagle Club property for potential primitive tent camping.
We would also examine potential access from the west side of the Beagle Club to east side. Any activities to create more than foot access across this area would require permitting. As we walked the eastern portion of the property along the river, we found that there is excellent upland area here that would provide for nice campsites.
After our meeting I stopped to get a photo of one of the two road signs that MDOT recently put up designating the turnoff for the Sturgeon River Launch along US 41. Brian and I would then meet up with Cole Smith from the DPW to examine the buried tank on the northeast corner of the former Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. We are trying to determine if it is a former fuel oil tank or a septic tank. The DPW guys will be exploring this for us so the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance can note it in an addendum to the demolition RFP.
That afternoon Julie, our friend Maureen, and I would go for a drive out to Freda by way of the Covered Road. The foliage was beautiful, but we were surprised to find some of the leaves not quite fully at peak color yet.
At Freda we took in the commanding view over Lake Superior and the ruins of the Champion Stamp Mill.
We re-traced our course back through the Covered Road as we headed for the new Keweenaw Co-op in Hancock. The lower sun angle created new visual appearances.
It was cool checking out the new Keweenaw Co-op at 610 Quincy in downtown Hancock. Julie and I invested in this project which has provided a much larger footprint. We are very pleased to see the outcome!
Friday the Chassell Township Board would hold a special meeting to award the waterfront boardwalk project funded by the MDNR Spark Grant to MJO Contracting as the low bidder. We were very pleased that the bid came in within our submitted budget. Chris Holmes, our prime professional on the grant’s projects from U.P. Engineers and Architects, noted that the continuation of the nice weather may allow for work to get underway soon.
With the beautiful weather that afternoon, Julie and I would head out to hike at Point Abbaye which forms the eastern boundary of Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Bay. We would hike the one-mile loop under bright sunshine and beautiful fall foliage.
The Huron Islands are located directly off of the end of the point.
More from this hike next time.
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