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The Canal

by | Jan 3, 2014 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane

Before the navigation canal was built in 1908, a creek drained Wood Lake into Long (Kalamalka) Lake.  Wood Lake was initially four feet higher than Kalamalka, perhaps five or six feet higher during the spring freshet. In some years the water gushed down the creek...