Speel River - Ghost Town

SPEEL RIVER

NAME: Speel River
COUNTY: Port snettisham
ROADS: 4WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Rainy all year round
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer
COMMENTS: The townsite at speel river in abandoned and only acsessible by boat and plane
REMAINS: Maintained landing strip,new power plant,old pulp mill dock and building foundations
Speel River was the site of a pulp mill from the 30's to the early 60's.there is a landing strip there for the logging camps nearby and for the new power plant.Speel River once had a population of 300 to 400 people Submitted by: Shane Slater

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