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The Alligator of Algonquin Park Despite the sunny +17 degree day, I discovered ice had already blanketed much of this pond along Algonquin Park's Logging Museum Trail. At right is the park's "alligator" which the trail guide describes thus: "Displayed here is the William M., one of the only three reasonably well preserved examples of the "alligator" that survive in the world today. It is hard to imagine the impact this powerful, amphibious tugboat must have had when it was invented back in 1889 by John Ceburn West. For the generations of loggers who had known nothing but the slow, exhausting, horse-powered cadge crib as a way to move logs across remote lakes, Mr West's creation would have been a stunning breakthrough. The new machine was a steampowered tug and winch combined into one versatile unit. For ordinary travel, the 20 horsepower engine drove the paddle wheels on each side and the boat would chug along at five or six miles per hour. To move a log boom, the crew would disengage the engine from the paddle-wheels and use it instead to power a winch holding a mile of five-eights inch steel cable. In essentially the same process as used by the cadge crib, the alligator would winch in the cable and, thereby, pull or "warp" itself and the attached log boom up to a previously established anchorage. The alligator's boiler, fed with three-quarters of a cord of wood, built up enough steam to warp booms of up to 60 000 logs for as long as ten hours. Most impressive of all, however, was the alligator's abilitiy to winch itself over land from one lake to another. The hull was scow-shaped to give out-of-the-water stabiltiy, and two steel-plated runners permitted the alligator to pull itself over logs placed crossways at two metre intervals along the portage. Progess was slow (one and half kilometres a day was tops) but the winch was so powerful that it could pull the alligator up 20-degree inclines." Trans Canada Trail TCT VIDEO Today I cycled 35.7km on the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) from Lake Cowichan (The Foot) to the Kinsol Trestle. Dustin organized the operation and I acted as tour guide. Having made a profound study of the history of this railine over the past two-years and having cycled its entire length -- albeit in manageable sections -- I consider myself an expert on the subject, while managing to maintain a degree of modesty in the process. It was a brilliant idea Dustin came up with to cycle the entire 35km, northern section of the TCT in one go. It was a bit much for me but I made it and Dustin found several geocaches along the trail while waiting for me to catch up. We departed The Foot at 10:30a.m. and arrived four-and-a-half hours later at Kinsol. We both drove our cars and bikes to Riverside Road parking at Kinsol then put our rides on one car and drove to The Foot where we offloaded and hit the trail. We took lunchbreak at the marvelous Marie Canyon Trestle and chowddown on our chicken teriyaki sandwiches from Subway in Lake Cowichan at 11:30. One of the highlights of this cycling experience for me, was seeing the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) preserved the TCt section of the old Canadian National Railway (CNR) from Pine Street Trailhead by constructing a new trailhead beside Hammond Street (off the King George St. round-about). Northward from this point on the original CNR right-of-way (ROW), houses have been built where the tracks once lay. The ROW is not visible again until one climbs the bank on the northwest side of Northshore road beyond the City Limits (actually, Township) heading out-of-town toward Youbou. The section of trail saved between Pine and Hammond streets is only approximately 400m, the CVRD is to be commended for doing so. Related topics: bachelor of arts degree in psychology bachelor degree in management what can i do with an arts degree construction project management degree online degree in graphic design canada online university degree courses social work degrees biology masters degree online psychology degree program |