How to move a lake.

• Author: Larmour, Adelle
• Position: TIMMINS - Excavations (Archaeology - Brief Article

Plans to move the 15- to 20-foot deep Three Nations Lake near the PJV property in Porcupine are entering the final stages for approval from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, according to Bill VanBreugel, project manager for the expansion.

Once those agencies approve the alterations to replace the top portion of the lake and are assured the movement will not be harmful to, or obstruct, fish habitat, they can begin the project.

By the fall, they plan to start excavating the new portion of the lake approximately three metres deep. The southeast section will average the same volume as the north section they are moving. VanBreugel says they picked that area because it is a natural outlet and the land contours show it is an original discharge...