| Ontario Fire Towers |
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| An unknown tower near Ignace. Looks like it had guy wires. The newer towers that replaced these ones were made of reinforced steel and guy ground wires weren't needed. |
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| There were two towers called Lost Channel in the Parry Sound District. Above is the one to the south near Severn Falls on the Severn River, Muskoka. It was built in 1931 and later was taken over by the Lake Simcoe Forest District in 1949 and became that district's only tower.It protected the Severn Forest. Courtesy: Mr. Angus. Below is the Lundy Tower which stood 80 ft and is located west of New Liskeard in the southern reaches the old Swastika Fire District. There are miles of fertile plains just before where the hills start again and this tower is at the beginning of the hilly terrain. I almost got to this tower except that it was hard to figure which hill it was on once we got into the deeper bush. I think we were on the right trail but the mosquitos were killing us so we ran back to the car instead. |
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| If you ever get the chance to get to Griffith, Ontario and you want to see the best view in the province then head up the Highland Creek Rd to Jameison's Mtn. Its a real climb up, but worth it. Here are the cupola remains at the height-of-land there. This tower was one of the last erected in the 1950s in the Tweed District . It was taken off the steel framework and placed on the ground. The footings in the background are only 15 ft. apart suggesting a tower height of about only 60ft. The funny thing is that exactly one month after I found the cupola there in Aug 2002, it was removed by the MNR and revamped up in Pembroke. I learned of this fact a year later when Graham Smith of the MNR emailed me with the details. As well, this tower was located relatively closer to other local towers than usual. This is because it's main purpose was to pretect an extensive white pine stand to the north-west of it in the Icy Mountain Range. This explains it's close proximity to other towers and it's low 60 foot height. There is a good chance then that the Lyndoch Quadville Tower could be seen on a clear day just north of it, and maybe even the famous Raglan Tower near Schutt could be seen to the south. |
| Finding this tower at Island Lake north of Field was the highlight of Gary and mine's fire tower trip up north Oct 2002. We also found 2 other 100 footers like this one still standing. The one of these by the North Bay Airport was most certainly the tower used on "The Forest Rangers". Despite the fact that the cupola has been removed everything matched up. I had been told that Island Lake Tower was dismantled in 2000, so when Gary said to me "There it is!!" on the road below it I immediately thought he was joking. The 100 ft towers in the North Bay District were all erected after 1958 and had square cupolas built by Ted Kennedy. Below is yours truly at the base of the Lyman Tower at Tilden Lake. Gary and I had to really trek thru the rain-drenched bush to find this one. |
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