BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !

Subject: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: gnu
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 07:31 AM

Front page of Moncton, NB Times & Transcript today : Eureka ! Moncton's twin unearthed.

Reader's Digest version : Seattle, WA area experiencing severe drought lately. Receding water in nearby resevoir reveals town named Moncton, settled in 1902 by man named Moncton ( which I find doubtful ) from New Brunswick. Town of 200 people was flooded out in 1915 by groundwater from a nearby dam built in 1914 by city of Seattle, says Ralph Naess of Seattle Public Utilities. There's pictures and all ! It was a railway town... Moncton, NB was a big time railway town.

Now, the article states in the fourth paragraph that this is NOT an April Fool's Day joke, but I wonder.....

Any of you Seattle 'Cats know anything about this ?

gnu

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: John P
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 10:09 AM

Well, it's true we are having a drought. I haven't heard anything about Moncton, though. I'll ask around.

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: John P
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 10:24 AM

Here is a story in the Seattle Times from last year that mentions the town of Moncton being under Rattlesnake Lake. I couldn't find anything more recent in the local press.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: flattop
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 01:21 PM

Try these three:

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Subject: RE: BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: gnu
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 01:32 PM

Well, I'll be !!!

Thanks, guys.

gnu

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: mousethief
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 01:43 PM

Rattlesnake Lake? Wonder where that is? I was figuring it was up in the Lester/Cedar River/Chester Morse Lake valley.

I guess I'll have to go look at the pictures, eh?

ALex

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: Don Firth
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 04:20 PM

Amazing! I've lived here almost all my life and this is the first I've ever heard of it. But then, I've never been up in the Space Needle, either.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Seattle & Moncton ??? ! ! !
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 04:31 PM

I suspect Monckton was where those ousted by the Denny Regrade moved to, on Chief Sealth's abvice. They figured Ballard was probably going to be chopped down, too, but those Scandinavian's had other ideas, and very strong arms. [-from Bremerville-by-the-Sound, well Ed Bremer died years ago, but natives still call it that.]