This beautiful sunrise picture was taken about 6:45 AM overlooking the "big lake" with Goose Island to the left. Oak Point Estates faces easterly with about 20 plus miles of lake between us and the far shore. Leech Lake is the third largest lake in Minnesota. It has over 112,000 acres of surface water area. Because of the warm temps we have been having in September this year the water temps are still very warm. This time of the year the warm water has a positive impact on our temperatures on land around the lake, I call it the "lake effect". When we get up in the mornings our temps will between 4 to 10 degrees warmer than away from the lake depending on the wind. The only drawback to the positive lake effect is that the payback will come in the spring when we have a large ice cube covering the lake and it will keep the temps cool and the trees will not bud out for two weeks later then away from the lake.
Oak Point Road project had been advertised for bids that were to be submitted by last Friday the 25th of September for the whole 15.65 miles of road. I will use all my sources to find out who the low bidder is this week. The work involves some new culverts, stripping the old bituminous surface and putting down a new bituminous surface. We hope the weather holds until the project is completed.
Oak Point used to be called "Squaw Point" for many years. A group of high school girl students found the word offensive and as school project sought get it changed. They started to write letters and found a sympathetic ear in a state senator who introduced a bill that allowed counties to change the name of geographic features of the area. In February of 1995 the Cass County Board changed the name to "Oak Point". I hope to cover more local history in the weeks ahead. If anyone has a suggested topic, or question, please send me and email. nitchals@paulbunyan.net
Our first frost is forcast for tomorrow morning but I expect the "lake effect" will keep us arm right around the lake.
Oak Point Road project had been advertised for bids that were to be submitted by last Friday the 25th of September for the whole 15.65 miles of road. I will use all my sources to find out who the low bidder is this week. The work involves some new culverts, stripping the old bituminous surface and putting down a new bituminous surface. We hope the weather holds until the project is completed.
Oak Point used to be called "Squaw Point" for many years. A group of high school girl students found the word offensive and as school project sought get it changed. They started to write letters and found a sympathetic ear in a state senator who introduced a bill that allowed counties to change the name of geographic features of the area. In February of 1995 the Cass County Board changed the name to "Oak Point". I hope to cover more local history in the weeks ahead. If anyone has a suggested topic, or question, please send me and email. nitchals@paulbunyan.net
Our first frost is forcast for tomorrow morning but I expect the "lake effect" will keep us arm right around the lake.
Wow Dad that's a really great picture. Are they really going to still resurface the road this year? I also did realise that the Dam had been there so long and what its purpose was. It make sense that they wanted to keep a constant flow of water over St. Anthony falls for the flour mills.
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