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Index of Subjects --94eb2c1927ecdf71dc053c03581b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Read it to the end, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks, *Dave on the Amundsen, N 73=C2=B0 25.03 W 128=C2=B0 11.45* David Simpson (902) 580 8007 david.sonsimp@gmail.com On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:39 AM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca < rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi All > Yesterday a friend and I spent the day in a canoe on the River. > He fished and I paddled. Both of us were very successful. > The river is low - a 20 year low I would say from past time spent on the > river. > The low water has exposed a lot of things. It is not only low but very > clear > for the Lahave. The amount of wood on the bottom is unbelievable. As > examples Trees > fallen into the river, slabs from old saw mills, logs sunk from log > drives. I even > saw some logs that were cut with an axe. That wasn't yesterday. The wood > does > things to the current, forcing the water in a new direction, digging out > channels, > and letting the sand build up in the quite water behind the trees. The > water gets > pushed to one side, it digs out the opposite side, trees fall in and the > process starts over. > Amazing how the river has changed since I first knew it! > In one area we could see tracks in the sand. close observation revealed > they were made by > fresh water Mussels. Mussels are not speeders! Perhaps moving to deeper > water for the winter? > One area had a bed of Yellow Ochre. I never saw before and only visible > with low water. > Could make paint if I wanted! > Another place we saw a chain sticking out of the bank. It had a 12 cm rin= g > on the end > and six or eight links going back into the sand. That was there a long > time and would > have been a valuable item in the old days. Someone missed it you can be > sure. > Swamp Milkweed is plentiful on the banks but it must have very special > habitat requirements > because it is dominant in places and absent in others. The seed pods are > quite visible now > and remind me of candles. Monarch Butterflies would not go hungry there. > Well anyone who read to here, I tip my cap to you! > Have a nice summer > Paul > --94eb2c1927ecdf71dc053c03581b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Read it to the end, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks= ,</div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div di= r=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div= style=3D"font-size:small"><i style=3D"color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:large">= Dave on the Amundsen, N 73=C2=B0 25.03=C2=A0 W 128=C2=B0 11.45</i><i style= =3D"color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:large"><br></i></div><div><div><div dir=3D= "ltr"><div><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2">David Simpson</font></div><di= v dir=3D"ltr"><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2">(902) 580 8007</font></div= ><div><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2"><a href=3D"mailto:david.sonsimp@gm= ail.com" target=3D"_blank">david.sonsimp@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></= div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div= ></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:39 AM, <a href=3D"= mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a> <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"= >rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-c= olor:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><u></u= > =20 =20 <div> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Hi All</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Yesterday a friend and I spent the day in= a canoe on the River.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">He fished and I paddled. Both of us were = very successful.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">The river is low - a 20 year low I would = say from past time spent on the river.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">The low water has exposed a lot of things= . It is not only low but very clear<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">for the Lahave. The amount of wood on the= bottom is unbelievable. As examples Trees<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">fallen into the river, slabs from old saw= mills, logs sunk from log drives. I even</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">saw some logs that were cut with an axe. = That wasn't yesterday. The wood does<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">things to the current, forcing the water = in a new direction, digging out channels,<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">and letting the sand build up in the quit= e water behind the trees.=C2=A0 The water gets <br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">pushed to one side, it digs out the oppos= ite side, trees fall in and the process starts over.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Amazing how the river has changed since I= first knew it!<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">In one area we could see tracks in the sa= nd. close observation revealed they were made by<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">fresh water Mussels.=C2=A0Mussels are not= speeders!=C2=A0 Perhaps moving to deeper water for the winter?<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">One area had a bed of Yellow Ochre. I nev= er saw before and only visible with low water.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Could make paint if I wanted!<br></spa