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Water Crossings Identified
The route of the proposed trail / road was laid out and flagged in the field in April 2012 by Mr. Len
Hercun. Mr. Hercun is an experienced forest worker responsible for access road layout on
Domtar’s Trout Forest. A total of 14 water crossings were identified and recorded by Mr. Hercun.
They fell into the following categories:
Four crossings appear on the 1:50,000 maps –
o #1, Deaddog Creek, Km 4.35
o #7, Birch River, Km 18.21
o #8, at the east end of Springpole Lake, Km 20.26
o #14, near the camp, Km 38.47
Three crossings appear on the 1:20,000 maps but not on the 1:50,000 maps (#4, 5 &, 9)
Seven additional small unmapped crossings were identified in the field
The water crossings are identified, along with Mr. Hercun’s field comments, in Table 1 – Water
Crossing Locations.
For each crossing, input parameters needed for the MNR hydrology program were determined
from the 1:50,000 and 1:20,000 maps. During this analysis, online GoogleEarth photos and
Mapsource Backroads Ontario digital mapping were used to help define the watersheds. The
results of the hydrology analyses and culvert sizes determined using the MNR program are
presented in Table 2 – Water Crossing Hydrology Results.
Culvert Water Crossings
The route of the proposed Springpole Road follows high ground and with two exceptions all of the
water crossings are quite small (