B'EAVER POND AND HOUSE. 

 North Fork, Monument Creek, Colo. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY W. H. BERGTOLD. 



be seen to-day, work done the night pre- 

 vious to one's visit. On several occasions 

 I have visited these spots, to wit, the can- 

 yons of the North, and of the South forks 

 of Monument creek. These 2 locations are 

 easily reached by a short ride to Palmer 

 lake, on the Denver and Rio Grande rail- 

 way. A walk of not more than a mile up 

 the North fork canyon, from Palmer lake, 

 takes one to the town reservoir, and per- 

 haps half a mile farther up is a pond made 

 by a beaver dam thrown across the can- 



yon, which there widens into a fair sized 

 valley. The altitude of this pond is over 

 7,700 feet. The beaver dam is about 150 

 feet long, and is in places about 5 feet 

 high. Behind it, at ordinary levels, there 

 is in the center of the pond at least 6 feet 

 of water. 



In the deepest water can be seen the 

 house, a huge pile of tangled sticks, near 

 the base of which, during last year's low 

 water, could be seen the entrance, an ir- 

 regular hole in the still more irregular pile. 





AMATEUR PHOTO BY W. H. BERGTOLD. 



BEAVER POND. 

 South Fork, Monument Creek, Colo. Low Water; Stumps of Alder Bushes in Foreground. 



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