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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks to Donna, Ron,  Nancy, Marg, Dave and Fred</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">for the kind remarks. I'm  glad you found it interesting!<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">As to yellow ochre, it is a yellow dye used to make paint. very<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">popular in Lunenburg County. By burning it turned it red so<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">many building are red and yellow. Mixed with any oil made paint.<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">For Donna, I will drop the thumb thing of one day next week.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I want to do a paddle on Keji Lake.<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the heat and thanks again<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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<!-- <![endif] -->On September 9, 2016 at 9:22 AM Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Hi Paul:  What inspiration to explore our rivers during this low period.  Thanks for sharing!  What is yellow ochre?  Originates from what?   I `d rather hear it from you than resort to google.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca<br/><strong>Sent:</strong> September-08-16 11:40 AM<br/><strong>To:</strong> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br/><strong>Subject:</strong> [NatureNS] Things on the Lahave</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday a friend and I spent the day in a canoe on the River.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He fished and I paddled. Both of us were very successful.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The river is low - a 20 year low I would say from past time spent on the river.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The low water has exposed a lot of things. It is not only low but very clear</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">for the Lahave. The amount of wood on the bottom is unbelievable. As examples Trees</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">fallen into the river, slabs from old saw mills, logs sunk from log drives. I even</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">saw some logs that were cut with an axe. That wasn't yesterday. The wood does</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">things to the current, forcing the water in a new direction, digging out channels,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and letting the sand build up in the quite water behind the trees.  The water gets</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">pushed to one side, it digs out the opposite side, trees fall in and the process starts over.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amazing how the river has changed since I first knew it!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In one area we could see tracks in the sand. close observation revealed they were made by</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">fresh water Mussels. Mussels are not speeders!  Perhaps moving to deeper water for the winter?</p>
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