Davis Lake Timber Sale, 1948-1952:- February 14, 2007 The Davis Lake Timber Sale was located in a remote region, within what is now the Boundary Waters, around Brule, Winchell and Moon lakes. According to Robert Lee, who served as one of the camp clerk on the Davis Lake Timber Sale, the sale was the last camp logging operation conducted by the North Star Timber Company and combined both old and new logging techniques.Camp 27, located a half mile west of Winchell Lake on Davis Lake served as the main logging camp for the sale. Working from the...http://gunflinthistory.blogspot.com/2007/02/davis-lake-timber-sale-1948-1952_14.html Helen Lake Logging Road- February 14, 2007 Helen Lake Road and Timber Sales - In 1947 construction of the Helen Lake Logging Road was begun in order to reach and cut the tall white pines in the area around Vista Lake. Beginning at what is now the Lima Grade at a point just north of where the Grade crosses the North Brule River the road eventually penetrated some three and one-half miles west, into what is now the Boundary Water. The road winds passed Helen Lake then across the Horseshoe-Vista Lake portage and continues another half-mile.http://gunflinthistory.blogspot.com/2007/02/helen-lake-logging-road.html |