Morning Mist Adams Lake
by Theresa Tahara
Title
Morning Mist Adams Lake
Artist
Theresa Tahara
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Adams Lake is a large, deep, coldwater lake. The lake is 63�km (39�mi) long and between 1.6�km and 3.2�km (1 to 2 miles) wide. The surface elevation is 404 meters (1,326 feet) above sea level. The lake is very deep; it is the second deepest lake in British Columbia with a maximum depth of 500 meters (1500�feet). Water flows into the lake though many tributaries then drains from the lake into the Lower Adams River which is home to a very large and famous sockeye salmon run which attracts many visitors to the region each year.
Chief Adam (sometimes spelled Atahm) was a prominent Secwepemc chief in the mid-nineteenth century. By most accounts,the lake is named after him. Adam died in the 1862 smallpox epidemic which, according to James Teit, killed over half the local Secwepemc population.
Adams Lake has been the site of two Secwepemc blockades, one in solidarity with the Kanesatake Mohawk in 1990, and the other in the summer of 1995 to prevent the development of a 60-unit recreational vehicle park on Secwepemc burial ground. The 1995 blockade resulted in the burning of the only bridge crossing the lake, and thus the establishment of a permanent inland ferry service to access the eastern side of the lake.
In the background of the photograph is a large sawmill. The logs for the sawmill are harvested further up the lake then deposited into the water near the Momich River by a large crane. The logs are then floated down the lake to the mill in log booms drawn by tug boats. It is a common sight to see these log booms anchored in wait at lakeside.
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March 14th, 2017
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