Diefenbaker Trip

Diefenbaker Trip

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1 Eyebrow Saskatchewan	2 Unique building in Eyebrow.	3 Windows filled with antique bottles
4 Side view of unique building	5 Back slope of Qu'Appelle Dam. The dam is 3km long and 27m high	6 View of Lake Diefenbaker from top of Qu'Appelle Dam
7 Lots of boulders were used on the lake side of dam	8 LOTS OF BOULDERS!!	9 Douglas Park on Diefenbaker Lake
10 Beach in Douglas Park	11 Elbow, Saskatchewan	12 Sod house in Elbow
13 Sod house	14 Sod doghouse	15 Antique warm-up sled, while kids wait for the school bus
16 Elbow Harbour Recreation Site on Lake Diefenbaker	17 Nice boats at Elbow Harbour	18 More Sail Boats
19 Elbow Harbour Marina	20 Going to see the boats on the day wharf	21 Bob admiring the sail boats on the docks
22 No, this is not our new boat.	23 Seasonal wharf	24
25 Elbow Harbour Marina	26 Danielson Provincial Park on Lake Diefenbaker	27 Gardiner Dam is the largest embankment dam in Canada, and one of the largest in the world
28 Gardiner Dam is 64m high, 5km long and 1.5km wide at it's base	29 Driving along the back of the dam	30 Gardiner Dam was built on the South Saskatchewan River and was completed in 1967
31 Gardiner Dam took 9 years to build and, along with the Qu'Appelle Dam formed Lake Diefenbaker	32 Diefenbaker Lake is 225km long, has a maximum width of 6 km and has a maximun depth of 58m. It has over 800km of shoreline	33 Penstocks on dam
34 The penstocks house gates that can controll water flow to the power station	35 The water from Lake Diefenbaker flows to the Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Power Station	36 We went for a tour is the Coteau Power Station at the dam
37 One of the three large generators	38 The power station produces approx 800 million kW.h per year. The average household uses about 8000kW.h per year	39 Generator under repair
40 This is what I call a big wrench!	41 This is where the water leaves the power station and into the South Saskatchewan River	42
43 Spillway gates for water level control	44 Spillway	45
46 Spillway gates on lakeside	47 Enjoying a picnic in a small park on Diefenbaker Lake near the dam	48
49	50 Skytrail in Outlook	51 Bob at entrance of Skytrail. This is the longest pedestrian bridge in Canada.
52 The bridge goes over the South Saskatchewan River	53	54 It was built on an old railway bridge and is 3 km long
55 The view was amazing!	56 Bob was scared	57 South Saskatchewan River
58 View of Skytrail from below. We really were up high!	59 Tree on walking trail along S. Sask River in Outlook	60 Waiting for the Riverhurst Ferry to arrive (East of Lucky Lake)
61 The Riverhurst Ferry connects hwy 42, from the West of of Diefenbaker Lake to the East side	62 Driving onto the ferry	63 We were the only passengers on the ferry
64 Ferry Wheelhouse	65 It is about a 15 minute ride across Diefenbaker Lake	66
67 You look nervous Bob!	68	69 Sunset aboard the Riverhurst Ferry
70 Ready to land on the other side	71 The Riverhurst Ferry joins hwy 42, from the West of of Diefenbaker Lake to the East side	72 Getting ready to disembark the ferry
73 The sun is setting on Diefenbaker Lake

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