Rolley Lake
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Goodguys
N 49° 14.440 W 122° 23.450
10U E 544340 N 5454388
Remnants of an old wooden plank road from the 1930's.
Waymark Code: WM7XB
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 02/22/2006
Views: 66
Rolley Lake Provincial Park is located in northwest Mission, about 60 km east of Vancouver. This 115 hectare park is rich in human history. It was named after James and Fanny Rolley who homesteaded here in 1888. In the early 1900's, the lake was used as a holding pond for shingle bolts destined for the Sholtze mill at Ruskin. A wooden flume sped the bolts 5 km downhill to the mill. In the 1930's the park supported a small Japanese-Canadian hand-logging operation. Today you can still find evidence of these activities, including an old wooden plank road.
Type: Plank Road
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