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From TSW – Trent-Severn Waterway Community Update
Drag Lake Dams
Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site
North Dam Concrete Work Complete – South Dam to be Re-Tendered
August 10th, 2017 – As part of the historic program of investment into the infrastructure supporting the Trent-Severn Waterway, Parks Canada has undertaken a major rehabilitation of the dams at the outflow of Drag Lake. At this location there is a north and a south concrete dam with extended concrete wingwalls branching off from the two structures.
The work to rehabilitate the concrete of the northerly dam and its wingwalls is now complete. As part of the work damaged concrete was chipped away, the dam reformed, and new concrete poured. The wing walls as well as the dam’s face, deck, spillway, and sill are now fully repaired. Additionally, measures were taken to protect the concrete in the spillway to further extend the life of the structure.
Unfortunately, as the damaged concrete was chipped away from the northerly dam it became apparent that the concrete of the structure required significantly more work than originally estimated. As a result, the repairs to the northerly dam required more time and resources than anticipated.
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Land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge that the County of Haliburton is located on Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory, and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which are Curve Lake, Rama, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Beausoleil and Georgina Island First Nations.
We acknowledge a shared presence of Indigenous nations throughout the area, and recognize its original, Indigenous inhabitants as the stewards of its lands and waters since time immemorial.