Photo of the Month – October 2012
Unedited photograph of the Northern Lights taken from the Muskwa River by local photographer Tracy Rondeau of Artography by Tracy. The Muskwa bridge is in the foreground. You can see her other brilliant photographs of the Northern Lights by going on to the Global News website, or by visiting the Artography by Tracy Facebook page. Relatively new to Fort Nelson, Tracy has proven herself to be one of the community’s most talented photographers.
A little bridge history…it is the lowest point on the Alaska Highway and was built in 1943. Herbert Reece was the contractor hired to build the first bridge. He had to contend with unprecedented floods and bitter cold, -60 Farenheit. The abutments were washed away in the July floods when the river rose 28 feet in 24 hours. The steel for the structure was from a bridge in the southern United States.
In 2009 Seismic 2000 Construction did a major upgrade for Public Works Canada. The most recent upgrade, scheduled to be completed in 2013, involves: “Paving and improving intersections of an eight kilometre stretch from kilometres 443 and 451, the rodeo grounds to the Muskwa Bridge,” Bob Zimmer M.P announced, and is part of Canada’s $250 million Economic Action Plan. In 2002 Slocan hired Rustad and Kledo to build another bridge upstream to access its forests lands. More recently the P3 bridge was completed on the SYD road. The access point to the Muskwa Kechika Wilderness area is gained from the Muskwa River via a large launch area located just south of Fort Nelson when the Muskwa River is low enough and is used to access the Prophet River, Tuchodi River, and upper Muskwa going up-river, and the Fort Nelson River, Snake River and the Liard River going down-river.
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