Road is closed though Shawanaga Native Reserve
June 1, 1994 - protest by Skerryvore Residents
Media from many Television stations were in attendance
Skerryvore Protesters consisted mainly of permanent residents
Dec 27, 1996 - construction begins - looking east toward Shebeshekong Road
Dec 27, 1996 - this is where current sand pit is located
Dec 26, 1996 - looking west - that is the old trail on the right
January 7, 1997 - looking west across current sand pit
Jan 7 - looking east at intersection of new road and snowmobile trail
Jan 15 - looking south at snowmobile trail
Jan 15 - east of large sand pit
Jan 15 - near sand pit - looking west
Looking west from snowmobile trail intersection
January 15 - East Entrance at Shebeshekong Road
Feb 1 - looking east about 3 kms from Shebeshekong Road
Feb 1 - looking east about 3.5 kms from Shebeshekong Road
Feb 1 - looking east - 3.5 kms from entrance
Feb 1 - Looking west 3.5 kms from entrance
Feb 1 - looking west approaching first water crossing
Feb 1 - first water crossing going west
Feb 1 - looking east from pile of rocks at first water crossing
Feb 1 - Mike Kowalyshyn on top of pile!
Feb 1 - looking west from 1st water crossing
March 8 - Rob Pasut & Roland Arnold at 5th water crossing from east entrance
March 8 - 5th water crossing - looking west - 1st water crossing in the township of The Archipelago
March 8 - 5th water crossing looking west
March 8 - the first major rock cut
march 8 - looking east from 5th water crossing
March 15 - survey right of way near west entrance - stake could be seen from old road
March 15 - survey right of way looking across big gully
March 15 - survey right of way looking across big gully near west entrance
March 20 - Main entrance at Shebeshekong Road
march 20 - Shebeshekong Road looking south at entrance
April 5 - 6th water crossing just west of large rock cut - Roland Arnold on rocks
April 5 - 6th water crossing - Judy Arnold - large marshes on either side of road
April 5 - Looking east across area of large rock cut - near current quarry area
April 5 - looking west across large rock cut - road is now 30 feet below this area
April 5 - 7th water crossing - this rock is now gone and road is below blue snowmobile
April 5 - 7th water crossing - road now runs through left side of picture - near Grouse Lake
April 12 - log skidder has reached just east of water crossing nearest Grouse Lake
April 12 - log skidder is just getting started here
April 19 - snow is gone - main entrance at Shebeshekong Road
May 10 - looking west to old road at west entrance
May 10 - cleared last trees today - looking across big gully at west entrance
May 10 - looking west from old road
May 10 - big gully at west entrance
May 10 - first vehicle from Skerryvore to enter west entrance - Newport's tractor - Roland Arnold driving
May 10 - looking west toward old road
May 10 - looking east 0.5 kms from west entrance
May 11 - Main entrance at Shebeshekong Road
May 11 - lots of steel culvert!
May 11 - laying culvert at main entrance
May 17 - clearing brush and soil near west end of road
May 17 - Clearing brush and soil near west end of road
May 17 - about 1 km from west entrance
May 17 - large marsh - 8th water crossing )now the “S” curve
May 17 - near “S” curve
May 17 - first bridge across 8th water crossing - this is now under water
May 17 - about 2 kms from west entrance - looking north
May 17 - about 2 kms from west entrance - but looking south
May 17 - 7th water crossing looking south - drained marsh is on left
May 17 - this is the marsh before it was drained
This shows the different proposed routes
May 29 - Drilling near the west entrance
May 29 - this fellow stopped to talk to everyone
May 29 - Eugen Wedland helps the crew drill!
May 29 - drilling rig near west entrance
May29 - plastic cups cover drill holes
May 29 - drilling just off the original road
May 29 - looking toward the big gully near west entrance
Wonder how long it took to drill all those holes?
Guess the rows of holes don't have to be straight?
The big gully is attacked
May 31 - pile of rocks after the blast
May 31 - pile of rocks at west entrance
Roland Arnold on the other side of the pile - June 6
June 6 - looking west from old road to intersection with Shawanaga Landing Road
June 6 - Placing culvert into the big gully
June 6 - looking east across big gully - covering culvert with sand
June 6 - view from the top of rock pile - Shawanaga Landing Road runs to the left
June 6 - in the big gully - look at the height markers attached to the trees to see how much file is needed
June 6 - looking east from the bottom of the big gully
June 6 - looking west across the big gully
June 6 - this is Dofasco Culvert
June 6 - looking east about 1 km east of west entrance
June 6 - eighth waster crossing - the widest crossing - looking south
June 6 - view of large march near west entrance before it was drained
June 6 - near seventh water crossing looking south - last rock to be cleared
June 6 - sand base is placed on road bed before gravel - east of 7th water crossing
June 6 - intersection of old road and new road at Shawanaga Landing Road
The current sand pit is on the left - the old sand pit is on the right behind berms - June 15
June 15 - finished section looking east from snowmobile trail intersection
June 15 - sand pit before it was closed up
June 15 - finished section at Shebeshekong Road
June 15 - finished road west of sand pit
June 16 - about 1 km in from west entrance - we were using this road in about another 11 days!
June 16 - just north of the large water crossing - 8th
June 16 - filling in the big gully
June 16 - the big gully is almost done
June 20 - the big gully is almost done
June 20 - Last work on 8th water crossing ("S" turn) - sand base is almost complete
June 20 - east of "S" turn - sand base is almost done
June 20 - water crossing nearest Grouse Lake - complete
Grand Opening of the Road Notice
Preparing for the celebration
Reception/Party took place at Ed Stix cottage (now McEwen)
The crowd gathers for the offical opening ceremony
Tom Arnold goes over agenda with Ernie Eves, Fred Ginn and Ian Stewart
Quite a crowd!
SRA President Tom Arnold makes opening comments
See newspaper clipping for Tom Arnold's comments
Tom Arnold, Ed Stix, Ernie Eves MPP, Reeve Ian Stewart, Councillor Craig Daniel, Fred Ginn
The ribbon cutting ceremony
Sharing the ribbon pieces
Butch Cummings talks to MPP Ernie Eves
Wonder what they talked about?
These people are a lot older now!
The crowd gathers on Pattison Lane
Food and drinks were free
Estimated crowd was 150 people
Note canoe filled with ice was used as cooler
It was a wonderful summer day
Food line was long
Two grand opening cakes were prepared
SRA Presidnet Tom Arnold & SRA Director Laurie Cheverette display the cakes
Nobody paid attention but this was the cake cutting ceremony!
Jack Bateman & Roland Arnold put up the new flags given to us by Province of Ontario
Sign was designed by Jim Hansen, erected by the Arnolds
