Through The Photographers Lens

" I arrived in Bracebridge early this morning before the roads were closed to get some good photographs of the amount of water that was flowing.   River Road, (on the way to Bass Rock) was completely flooded and a C.B.C. was getting set up to file and do a story.  The end of Beaumont Drive was impassible, but people continued to drive through the water.

 

Bracebridge was filled with curiosity seekers by the time I left at 11:00 a.m.   The traffic was getting heavy with people just driving around to have a look at the falls." - Photos and quote by Fred Schulz

THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S LENS - A DISASTER UNFOLDING

FRED SCHULZ GETS UP CLOSE TO A MAJOR FLOOD ON THE MUSKOKA RIVER

     WELL KNOWN MUSKOKA PHOTOGRAPHER, AND MY BLOG COMPANION, FRED SCHULZ, GENEROUSLY OFFERED TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY, OF THE FLOOD SITUATION ARISING IN THE LOWLAND AREAS, ALONG THE WATER COURSE OF THE MUSKOKA RIVER, AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE TOWN OF BRACEBRIDGE. I ATTENDED THE FLOOD SCENE, WITH PAD AND PEN THIS MORNING, WHILE FRED TOTED ALONG A BRAND NEW CAMERA, TO SEVERAL STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, TO DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF THIS UNFORTUNATE TURN OF EVENTS……AT NATURE'S DISCRETION. WHAT WE BOTH SAW THERE, WAS STAGGERING, AND ALL WE COULD THINK ABOUT, WAS WHAT MIGHT COME LATER, IN THE WAY OF INCREASING WATER LEVELS, OVER THE NEXT FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. THIS HAS BEEN THE CONCERN FOR TOWN OFFICIALS, AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TOWN, AND HUNTSVILLE, TO THE NORTH; ALSO DUE TO INCREASED RIVER LEVELS. THERE HAVE BEEN EMERGENCY REST STATIONS ESTABLISHED, OPERATING TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, AND IN BRACEBRIDGE, IT'S LOCATED AT THE RECREATION CENTRE NORTH OF THE URBAN CENTRE.

     THIS IS AN HISTORIC EVENT FOR MY FORMER HOMETOWN, AND I BELIEVE FRED'S PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF MORE IMPORTANCE, THAN MY COMPANION EDITORIAL, SO I HAVE PUBLISHED MORE OF HIS WORK INSTEAD. HE HAS REALLY CAPTURED THE POWER OF NATURE IN THESE FEW IMAGES.