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| Rocks in the middle of the river, southeast of Long Sault Parkway |
A number of shoals exist on the St. Lawrence River, making the waterway particularly challenging to navigate.
Seems as if someone has placed approximately 20 of these orange markers from Long Sault to Ingleside.
Each has an orange triangle with a black stencilled number. The digits begin in the east and progress west.
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| Huge rock pile, evidence of something man-made... |
The first shoal I noticed was southeast of the Long Sault Parkway, approximately one kilometer south of Moulinette Island, Long Sault.
I've dubbed it "Sheek Island Shoal". Old maps seem to indicate that this was once part of Sheek Island.
I now believe this huge pile of rocks to be the remains of the "Sheek Island Dam" that would have been located in this area.
I'll have to re-visit the Long Sault Parkway to confirm, but the next marker may be just off Royal Baker Island where a section of Old Highway 2 emerges as a hazard.
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| South of Farran Park Campground |
Some of these orange markers indicate treacherous rocks that can be hidden below the water...
Other markers appear to be placed on small islands.
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| Bredin Island |
Marker number 15 at Bredin Island, just south of Ingleside.
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| Marker 17, just north of Old Highway 2 |
Another exists southwest of the Parkway, near another section of Old Highway 2.
Huge rocks are dangerously close to the surface, often emerging when water levels are low. This is marker number 17.
Possible location of farm buildings and dwellings from the lost hamlet of Woodlands?
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| Standing on the unnamed island south of Farran Park |
Directly south of the Farran Campground is an unamed island, that everybody and their dog visits in the summertime (literally).
Marker number 19 can be found here.
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| Looking north towards Farran Park Campground |
The wooden markers are still relatively solid, some of them managing to survive for over a decade now.
It's neat to find them as part of this scavenger hunt - But sadly, some of them may not exist anymore...
Ice flowing downriver in the springtime is strong enough to move concrete blocks - A wooden sign post can only last so long.
During this leg of the "scavenger hunt", markers 16 and 18 appear to be MIA.
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| Remains of Farran's Point |
The markers conclude somewhere around the ruins of Farran's Point (with marker number 20), west of Farran Park Campground (southwest of Ingleside).
Not sure if these orange signs were part of a documentation or study, but I've always been curious.
It's only in one small section of the river, and they don't seem to be "official" (not installed by the government, Hydro or Seaway).
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| Hazard marker number 20, Farran's Point Standing on Old Highway 2, looking towards the re-located County Road 2 |
The sign post of marker number 20 at Farran's Point has been broken.
Seems fellow explorers have propped it back up with rocks.
It may very well float away in the spring of 2022.
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| Mallard Ducks |
Appears to be three males and one female in this group.