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removal, a replacement was immediately sought to access the east side of the Duncan from
Marblehead. Instead, the government built the Marblehead bridge across the Lardeau River in 1940, which followed the initial railway grade northeastward toward Howser. However, no approaches were added on either end for nine years. This prompted a demand in 1941 for a vehicle ferry on the lower Duncan River. After approaches were added in 1949, traffic included settlers, loggers, and access to the
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were used interchangeably for decades before the latter spelling prevailed. The earliest reference to the river used Lardo in 1885, but the pass used
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areas and deep, calm pools, where log jams are common. The bed varies from coarse sand to fine gravel to about 15-centimetre (6 in) diameter stones. Along the lower 24 kilometres (15 mi), several glacial streams increase volume, creating fewer pools and log jams. The bed is glacial silt.
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From headwaters west of the midpoint of the Duncan River, the creek flows north, then west for about 32 kilometres (20 mi) before entering the head of Trout Lake. During the 1890s, mining references interchangeably used the name Lardo Creek or the Upper
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