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Can-American Enterprises Donates Equipment Use to Birch Lake Restoration Project09-01-15 | News

Can-American Enterprises Donates Equipment Use to Birch Lake Restoration Project
Clean-Up and Site Preparation Work

Terex® equipment was used in lake revitalization efforts taking place near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Can-American Enterprises Inc., a Terex distributor, with headquarters in Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada, has donated the use of its Terex???(R)???AE???? compact construction equipment fleet. This included TSV-60 and a TSV-70 skid steer loaders; PT-30, PT-60 and PT-80 compact track loaders; a TC60 excavator; a TH-844C telehandler; and a SKL 873 wheel loader, as well as the fuel needed to run the equipment, to the Birch Lake Restoration Project.

The 5-acre project site, located ???(R)???AE?-mile south of Kelliher, will offer visitors a beach, camping, water sports with a boat launch and docks, play structures, bike and hiking trails and fishing when completed. The lake is currently open to the public for swimming, hiking and some water activities. A grand opening celebration was scheduled for August 22.

"Birch Lake was a full resort with a dance hall, beach and swimming lessons in the 1950s," said Can-American founder and president, Conway Maydonick. "Throughout the years, vandalism has destroyed much of the area. Attempts in the past to restore it never gained enough traction and support. In January, community leaders came together and formed a committee to try once again to revitalize this beautiful lake to get it back to the way it once was, and hopefully, make it even better."

Clean-up and site preparation work began around the lake in early April, and construction work got underway in June. To date, volunteers have completed construction of the hiking trail, the beach, the boat launch and access roads, as well as installed 1,000 feet of fence to separate the public property from private landowners' property.

According to Maydonick, the Terex equipment has been used to complete a variety of tasks throughout the lake property, including moving 400 yards of sand, 50 yards of pit run, 100 yards of crushed gravel, 50 yards of 6-inch rock, 50 yards of 2-inch rock, 100 yards of crushed rock and 1,000 yards of clay.

The use of the Terex equipment was also instrumental in clearing brush from the hiking trail, installing the fence, picking and placing four large dock sections, seeding grass and landscaping.

For more information about the Kelliher Birch Lake Project, visit the committee's page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1423060234664323/.