May 2009 - Florence Lake Excursion


This was the site of George's saw mill. He sold the mill about 2007.
The crane and other equipment were cut up and scraped and the site was cleared of logs and debris.
It was sad to see just a clearing where George used to cut our lumber orders from his excellent old logs.
The logs he used were salvaged from the lake, having been felled and abandoned decades earlier.
September 2004 pictures of the mill


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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Florence Lake, east end.
The west wind piles driftwood here.

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
George and his daughter Karen

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Martha and George

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
The mill was here

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
The log pile and crane were here

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Karen and her dog Molly

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Molly

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Molly swimming in a nearby pond

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
The pond

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
George's Suburban

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Looking up the "skyline" trail. George's favorite salal patch is up the trail

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Martha by Florence Lake

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Coming down the lake road in George's Suburban

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
Slide near the road

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
View from George's house

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
George and Hazel's almost pet marten

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Sonora Island, BC - 2009
George and Hazel's almost pet marten