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HISTORY OF THE DAM
In the early fifties, a dam was erected by the Canadian Navy on the Mill Creek. The dam was constructed in order to create an artificial reservoir to be used in case of forest fires. The Canadian Navy has long since abandoned the dam, and neither the dam nor the reservoir have been used for some time now.
The reinforced concrete dam is located approximately 0.5 miles above the tidal water mark. The dam is 120 feet long and 20 feet high with a spillway that measures forty feet long and three feet deep.
The dam itself restricts fish passage by not allowing upstream movement of migratory fish. Downstream movement of nutrients, fish and aquatic invertebrae are also threatened by the presence of the dam. Nonetheless, some possible solutions that have the potential of possibly making the environmental effect of the dam less significant would be:
a.) lowering the spillway
b.) relocating the main stream
c.) constructing a fishway
d.) making riffle rapids
e.) removing the dam
*the group is open to any suggestions you may have regarding this issue.
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