We spent the afternoon at Rattlesnake Lake east of North Bend. It is so strange because it has large old tree stumps strewn all over the lake bed. We met a man who explained that the town of Moncton (pop. 200) used to exist where the lake bed currently is. In 1915 the town was condemned due to flooding caused by the seepage of water from the dam-created lake up the hill. The dam was secure but the hill consisted of gravel and therefore acted as a sieve allowing the water from the newly filled lake to just flow downhill to the town of Moncton. You can still find bricks near the edges of the lake from some of the old building foundations. The kids brought home a couple as treasures.
