Here is a photo that "Acres Per Second" previously posted of the sawmill in Johnson's Cove with the following caption "The sawmill in Johnson's Cove that last saw some major cutting action after the 1938 Hurricane. (One very cranky owner!)" and Camp Guy responds "
In 1938, and until 1978, my family owned the land adjacent to Johnson's Cove, and, following the hurricane of 1938, we had thousands and thousands of board feet of lumber cut at this mill from trees that were blown down on our property as a result of the hurricane. I spent many hours "exploring" the mill and watching its deterioration. This picture is truly a picture of history." and APS responds, "
Some time in the 1980's, the sawmill was intentionally demolished. Perhaps, so the new home sites uphill would get a better view of rafters?
In the background, a silvery dead tree leans into the upper-center of the photo. It just occurred to me that Johnson's Cove had been home to two colonies of "Bank Beavers", who did their own variety of "clear-cutting". From miles around, they returned to Johnson's Cove carrying large pieces of their "harvest" past my dock.
After a neighbor's Northern Ash got severely chewed-up, I wrapped heavy metal fencing around my most desirable lakefront trees. Starting in the late 90's, developers removed the evidence of the "Bank Beavers" two huge mounds there. (Mounds about 20-feet in diameter, and about five feet above the water's surface). In the foreground that "raft" of floating logs were chained together with heavy iron staples; however, most of those uncut logs retained within it became waterlogged to sink in place, or be carried off at
Ice-Out to become "deadheads". In 2012, one "deadhead" appeared off Carry Beach—
and remains there in 2013—but purportedly, "poses no hazard to navigation".