The old wooden pole bridge across the Chapleau River, taken in or before 1905. The river crossing was filled in 1905 with gravel, sand etc. that today forms the crossing. The engineer or engine driver on the work train that filled in the crossing was Walter Leigh, father of Elmore Leigh.

That part of the fill where the water flows through, now known as "the trestle" was left in its original state with the upright poles. The poles or uprights were cut off in 1916 by a group of chaps headed by Fred LeClair so that they could get boats up into the upper lake. The bottoms of these uprights may still be seen at the trestle. This picture, taken in or earlier than 1905 is one of the two pictures of this old bridge known to exist.