Well, the vis has definately taken a turn for the worse in Cultus (about 3' down to 50' depth) and I wonder if it is from the heavy rainfall, lake turn over or a bacterial bloom caused by all the rotting salmon. I noted the development of large patches of yellowish,tan bacterial colonies all along the littoral zone too.
I headed south from the Jade bay boat launch and dropped to about 40-50' with a plan to do 20 minutes out at that depth and return along the 30' contour (my idea of gas planning with a J valve
). after a few minutes I came across a jumble of structures made of I beams at 43'. Here is a very very jerky 1:39 video of it. Sorry for the quality (gotta stop doing crack before the dives) but maybe an ID can be made from it:
YouTube - Bailey bridge 0001
I'll try to rip some stills and post them as well. Are there any army engineer types who could say whether these are parts of a Bailey bridge?
After this clip I tried to take more footage but my camera flooded (damn it).
These appear to be connecting points that a pin would go through
Different sizes of I beam construction
Rectangular holes in the I beam
More I beam construction
* edit* After some research of my own it would appear that these are panels from a Bailey bridge. It is funny because there is an urban legend about military vehicles and a Bailey bridge being dumped in the lake but I have always assumed it would be on the west side of the lake where the DND land is. Now the question is: Were these just dumped from a barge or something and why or was the bridge washed out from a nearby creek or crossing?
Jinkies, I think we have a mystery shaggy.