Dawson Lake Progress : May 8, 2010 : The "Big Dig"

The first week of May brought sunshine and excellent working weather and Bob's road crew made great progress fixing the slips and rebuilding the road at the top of the mountain. A rock hammer was brought in to bring the last section of road to finished grade.

Bob's spec home construction crew finished laying the foundation block and laid down the subfloor. Next week the walls will be going up and architect Ole' Sondresen will be coming in from New York. Ole' will be onsite to finalize the plans for the beach cabana and swimming pool.

The grass that was hydroseeded last week is sprouting and things are really starting to green up around the lake area.

- Richard Grist

Dawson Lake Progress : May 7, 2010 : Wetlands Established

Below are a few pictures taken the first week of May of the wetlands Bob Chamberland and crew created last fall at Dawson lake. The wetlands are very well established and there were even some small minnows swimming in the stream that meanders through the 15 acres.

Sedges, rushes and a wide variety of wetland plants and trees are flourishing in this special environment. Frogs, crayfish, redwing blackbirds and lots of butterfiles are now well established which is a good indication the wetland habitat was constructed just right.

Congratulations to Bob and crew for a job well done!

- Richard Grist

Dawson Lake Progress : April 28, 2010 : Last Week of April

The hats and coats came out from behind the truck seats on the last week of April with a blast of winter weather.

Bob Chamberland and the home construction crew are making great progress with laying the block for the 1st home and should have that project completed by week's end.

Massey Reclamation has completed the hydroseeding of the area around the dam and the rye grass has already spouted along the backside of the dam.

Bob's foreman on the road construction crew, Richard Persinger, is working on the mountain top repairing a slip in the road and they are getting along very well with that project.

Mr. Persinger and crew just finished the construction of the new wetlands area below the dam last week and Massey seeded it down with a special mixture of sedges, rushes and other wetland species in time to catch the spring growing season.

Dowdy Road and Field Service was on hand to repair a problem with the Komatsu dozer.

The lake can now be seen in the long view from Lot 14 which is very exciting.

- Richard Grist

Dawson Lake Progress : February 19, 2010 : Dawson Lake in February

February at Dawson Lake and over 50 inches of snow has fallen since December '09. Spring is just around the corner and Bob Chamberland and crew will be cranking up and rolling in just a few weeks.

Looks like snow shoes are in order until the winter thaw arrives.

- Richard Grist

Dawson Lake Progress : January 28, 2010 : January Progress

Dawson Lake continues to move forward despite the ongoing winter blasts of blizzards, torrential rains, sleet and high winds.

Bob Chamberland has secured the building permits for the terrific cabin that architect Ole Sondresen has designed for the project and the carpenters and crew are ready to get started.

In the meantime, Bob and crew continue to take care of the many details that go into making Dawson Lake a very special place.

The pictures attached show Bob and crew making a few final internal adjustments on the stand pipe. Bob was also maintaining some of the culverts along the roadways with his sturdy shovel.

- Richard Grist