Cutting ice blocks on Cocolalla Lake
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Cutting ice on Cocolalla Lake in the 1920’s. Once the ice was cut into large block, horse teams would drag the blocks to shore were men would use needle bars to cut the ice into 100 to 200 pound blocks. Photo donated by Lou Hoffine. Courtesy of the Bonner County Historical Museum.
This file appears in: Ice Harvest on Cocolalla Lake: Cocolalla Lake Blue Ice
Ice Harvest on Cocolalla Lake: Cocolalla Lake Blue Ice
Cocolalla Lake was once an ice farm producing 200 pound blocks of ice that were in high demand by the Northern Pacific Railroad.