HELLYER
Ivanhoe Lake
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October 23, 1943: "An eight-foot square 'penthouse' atop 100-foot high steel girders and 1,200 feet above Ivanhoe Lake is 'home' to Mrs. Raoul Languerand.
The only woman lookout in the Ontario Forestry Service, she spends most of her working day, seven days a week, perched in her glassed-in tower overlooking a pine-clad hill.
Her 'home' is a small white cabin at the base of the tower and is reached by hiking over a mile and a half-long rough trail from the lakeshore to the summit.
Describing her work, she said she climbs the 100 rungs to the tower top at least three times a day and usually five. The ladder skirts the outside of her skeleton skyscraper--called Hellyer Tower after the wild township on the timber map.
Forestry Service officials at Toronto said she is the only woman lookout in the province and have high praise for her ability and the accurateness of her reports." (The Ottawa Journal)
The only woman lookout in the Ontario Forestry Service, she spends most of her working day, seven days a week, perched in her glassed-in tower overlooking a pine-clad hill.
Her 'home' is a small white cabin at the base of the tower and is reached by hiking over a mile and a half-long rough trail from the lakeshore to the summit.
Describing her work, she said she climbs the 100 rungs to the tower top at least three times a day and usually five. The ladder skirts the outside of her skeleton skyscraper--called Hellyer Tower after the wild township on the timber map.
Forestry Service officials at Toronto said she is the only woman lookout in the province and have high praise for her ability and the accurateness of her reports." (The Ottawa Journal)