tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509149353007705957.post3227194363503354315..comments2024-01-14T15:30:29.049-05:00Comments on Cliffs and Ruins: Waterfalls: Tobacco River FallsDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433176037815688789noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509149353007705957.post-78051084445195260192014-04-07T21:28:22.947-04:002014-04-07T21:28:22.947-04:00Yeah, I think that CCE has some info on that -- ye...Yeah, I think that CCE has some info on that -- yep, here we go: <a href="http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/04/mohawk-mill-pump-house/" rel="nofollow">Mohawk Mill Pump House</a>. Looks like the Mohawk mill pump house. I think that the cement work farther upstream had to do with pumping as well.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433176037815688789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509149353007705957.post-87785044666253052552014-04-07T19:41:58.194-04:002014-04-07T19:41:58.194-04:00Dave, i was here last August, and I of course noti...Dave, i was here last August, and I of course noticed the big stone chimney ruin near the drive into the park. do you know what operation that wouldve went to? i dont have it marked anywhere.<br /><br />also, i'm sure you probably noticed the cement ruin of what looked to be some sort of dam or diversion just upriver a bit on the western bank, next to the falls. any idea about that?nailhedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509149353007705957.post-60215141124573220802008-07-14T19:46:00.000-04:002008-07-14T19:46:00.000-04:00Yup, I bushwhacked it from M-26. There's actually ...Yup, I bushwhacked it from M-26. There's actually a tiny path that way, and the you basically have to rock-climb down to the river level.<BR/><BR/>I still intend to go to Crestview (despite your claims of its non-existence :P), maybe I'll go past the falls on the way!DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433176037815688789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509149353007705957.post-60592844547259104582008-07-14T16:38:00.000-04:002008-07-14T16:38:00.000-04:00Quincy Creek is one of my favorite places in the K...Quincy Creek is one of my favorite places in the Keweeanaw and more people should go check it out. As for Montreal, its on my short list. Hopefully this summer....<BR/><BR/>As for Fenner's, it looks like from your photos that you came down from the west (m26) side. Is that how you found it? I happened across it completely by accident as I was searching for the Phoenix Mill coming down from Crestview (which of course doesn't exist). I scaled down a very steep hill to find them but was in awe once I did. That sheer rock wall to the one side is amazing. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately my pictures were all crap since my photography skills are lacking. Either the falls were over-exposed or the canyon was under-exposed. I couldn't find a right balance. <BR/><BR/>On the way back up we stumbled across a trail that makes its way up the steep gorge in a very gradual an easy fashion. You can find it if you go up to Crestview along the railroad grade then hang a left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509149353007705957.post-29574856633058398262008-07-14T12:56:00.000-04:002008-07-14T12:56:00.000-04:00Mike,Oooh, I can't believe we didn't climb far eno...Mike,<BR/><BR/>Oooh, I can't believe we didn't climb far enough up Quincy Creek. I'll have to go back and do that now! That creek was one of my genuinely accidental finds -- it's a great feeling to come across something so hidden like that.<BR/><BR/>Fenner's Falls is actually listed in a book I have, "A Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls." It's the only place I've ever seen it listed. As I'm sure you know, it takes a bit of effort to get there, but boy are they worth it.<BR/><BR/>Montreal is 100% worth going to see, especially if you're into camping. There's a perfect campsite at the mouth of the river, and you're near all the good trails into the interior of Keweenaw Point.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433176037815688789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509149353007705957.post-53207973606795661392008-07-14T10:50:00.000-04:002008-07-14T10:50:00.000-04:00After looking over your great waterfall pics I can...After looking over your great waterfall pics I can now say that you've been to a few places that I never have... congratulations! Montreal falls, Ripley Falls (even though I lived just down the street for a time) are two I can name off the bat. Looking at your photos there are a great deal more as well.<BR/><BR/>However, you missed one at the Quincy Creek! You got the lower falls over the old dam, but if you hike up the river even further you come to the more spectacular upper falls. There the water drops down into a very narrow and deep rock-walled canyon. I saw them in the middle of summer so they weren't that impressive. But I'm sure in the spring they'd be hard to beat!<BR/><BR/>I was also going to add a spectacular falls along the Eagle River that I thought I only knew about. Turns out they got a name and everything (Fenner's) and you've already been there.<BR/><BR/>Rats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com