PHOTO ESSAY: Adams Lake

Big lake in the Interior resembles inlet on the West Coast

A tug (r) pushes a log boom south along Adams Lake while another pulls.

A tug (r) pushes a log boom south along Adams Lake while another pulls.

Left: A tug (r) pushes a log boom south along Adams Lake while another pulls. Moving logs by tug is apparently competitive with moving them by truck, and log storage in the water reportedly is much superior to storage on the land.

 

 

ShorelineLeft: A scene along the east shore of Adams Lake looking north bears an uncanny resemblance to the Gulf Islands off of B.C.’s coast. About the only things missing are arbutus trees – and oysters.

 

 

 

 

 

Right: First Nation petroglyphs decorate a limestone cliffPetroglyphs along the east shore of the lake across from Squam Bay. The drawings likely were made by people standing up in dugout canoes.

 

 

 

 

 

Below: Brennan Creek School sits boarded up next to Adams Lake. It closed in 2012 when its last two students left. The school opened in 1958.

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