“Everybody all the time has talked about it, the parties on the boat,” said French, referring to the paddle wheel boat and how there were dances and parties on it when it was on the lake many decades ago. One intriguing tale she tells is about her father and his moonshine business and how it was visited one day by the “feds”. Then to spice things up a bit, you can sit for a while in French’s house that she and her husband Wes have that overlooks the lake and hear her stories that add to the lake’s history. The imagination continues to stir as one finds out that Netka, a scuba diver, has gone down to the bottom of Blue Lake next to Lundeen’s Point and examined the paddle wheel of a boat that is so much a part of Blue Lake’s lore. Long gone are the sounds floating across the surface of Blue Lake southeast of Princeton of people laughing and dancing on a boat as it was lazily pulled by a steam engine-powered paddle wheel boat.īut after talking for a while with 86-year old Hugo “Ole” Griep of Crown, and Blue Lake residents Bud Netka and Pat French, one can get to thinking about those happenings on that lake occurring again. Scuba diver’s discovery of paddle wheel on bottom of lake stirs interest in lake’s history Sherburne County, Minnesota Navigation, primaryīlue Lake’s lore includes paddle wheel boat, moonshine still Where can I obtain a copy of our covenants?.Baldwin Blue Hill Telephone Company 1912 - 1955.Zoning, Subdivision and Building Ordinances.
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