The original timber dam dates from 1884 and was put into operation in 1886. Corps engineers reused machinery and supplies from the construction of the Winnibigoshish and Leech Lake dams, according ...

The original timber dam was severely damaged by the deadly 1913 flood. It was rebuilt with concrete/stone aggregate. According to some accounts, structure was added to the top to impound more water.

The dam, which is roughly 140 feet long, forms the 9.5-acre Mill Pond. It was constructed in 1913, replacing the last of a series of timber dams which had been in place since the 1600s.

Today, old dams — made of timber, metal or earth — pose hazards. One by one, their removal lifts a heavy hand from the land. This work won’t bring back wilderness, ...

Dams take years to build and only time will tell whether the new dams under construction in the Cardamoms will follow the same pattern of timber laundering and illegal logging as their ...