The History Of The

City Of Cumberland

Chapter 40

-- Compiled by the Cumberland Women's Club and Published by the Cumberland Advocate
1874-1974

(used by permission of the Cumberland Advocate)

Donated by Linda Mott

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PART THREE

History Through Quotations and Reminiscences

The Rice Bed in Beaver Dam Lake

"The Rice Bed' is a misnomer, for there is no rice growing there. Between Eagle Point and what used to be called Ferguson's Point is a submerged island covered by a foot or two of water. During the low water of the 1930s it was a real island. In this shallow water is a heavy growth of rushes that someone, in bygone days, mistook for wild rice and it has been known as
The Rice Bed ever since. Being a good designation for a land mark I hope it will always be called that. Several attempts have been made to get rice started in Beaver Dam Lake without success. The reason seems to be that a rice lake requires an inlet and an outlet. We have an outlet in Hay River but no inlet so do not have the necessary current.

Ben H. Connor
 
 

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