E-1: Looking south from north east boundry. Utility pole with transformer is immediately behind the Township Hall.  You are standing in the area of the 'land mark pine trees'.

E-2: Southeast along the soon to be east channel and new south shore of "Mill Pond Park".

E-3: View from M-117 ROW toward pond and the land mark pine trees.

E-4: Observing the  beauty, from the Pine Trees, of a Red Maple or Swamp Maple. An all out effort to save this tree is undertaken. This will be the only 'nature planted botanical' on "Island East"

E-5: Start of the east road for constructing and dredging of "Island East"

E-6: Construction road for "Island East".  We used 'pads' (20' logs) to support the excavating equipment to lesson the depth and width of sand fill for the road.

E-7: The start of "Island East". Notice the piles of muck and the retracted south shore line.

E-8: North end of "Island East" and north boundry of Our property. (Below the right hand end of the ribbon is the original survey stake.)

E-9: North end of the east channel from the land mark Pine Trees.  Notice the Red Maple still standing.

E-10: The start of the east channel.  Note the depth of the channel at this point.  Directly in line with the land mark Pine Trees we excavated hard pan sand at about the 3, to 5' depth.  Concerned over 'puncturing the pond lining and possibility of loosing water it was decided to go no deeper. (Even with the underling hard pan we nearly lost the excavator to muck at this location.

E-11: The birth of "Island East" - water rushing in to fill the void.

E-12: North end of "Island East".  In the near future a bridge will span this channel very near here.  A 'Board Walk' will connect the main land to the bridge, thence south along the island to a 18' Cabana which will overlook a lighted, floating fountain.

E-13: Gauge for measuring water depth at north east park boundry.

Fall 1997
Looking east to M-117 from the rear of Garfield Township Hall

October 23rd 1999
Leveling completed
Looking east to M-117 from the rear of Garfield Township Hall

4/8/2000

Standing on "Island East" looking to the North East at the 2nd bridge built

Standing on the east bridge looking at the east shore

Standing on the east shore looking toward the south west

Standing on "Island East" looking toward Hwy M-117

9/29/2000
After the Gazebo was built on Island East

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