Cluster of quarrys. Our's is the farthest to the left. The largest was opened by MF Esson and sons in the 80s. They paid to move the road and High tension power lines. The quarry is now run by Spring Hill construction, formerly Diamond Construction. The section across the road was for washing sand. Next to them is Northern Construction, and then the farthest to the right is Dexter Construction. Ours is the only local company, the others crush for projects they do in the area. Dexters is actually out of province. All propertys are leased from the government.
These are clusters of gravel pits. The largest area was opened in the 30s, and provided pretty much all the gravel for the area for many years. It's pretty much picked clean. We screened the last of our winter sand in that area 2 years ago. To the right, closer to the river, is a pit shaped like an axe, we still get out asphalt blending sand.
This area is the current gravel supply. It is across the river from the spent area. Sometimes when I mention grading the pit road, it's this one. To the left is the government pit, the old government pit is to the bottom, and starting to grow back in, much like the old site across the river. Our area is to the right, and you can see where it has been cut for expansion.
Zooming out, there is another pit to the left of that lake. It was also used for many years, but the gravel is really sandy and hard to compact. There are still stockpiles left there, although they use it as a source for pea stone.