Sulphur River Gallery 46
Lake Welsh
About three miles east of Mount
Pleasant turning south off Highway 49 onto FM 1735, one passes
through the rural community of Chapel Hill. A short distance down
that road on the right is the Northeast Texas Community College.
Continuing south on FM 1735 for another couple of miles, one sees
a sign for a Public Boat Ramp to Lake Welsh. If you turn left
(east) at that sign, then you are on the county lane pictured
above and arrive at the boat ramp, from which the following two
photographs were taken.
This is a view looking northeast.
This is a view looking north.
There is also a public boat ramp
access to Lake Welsh on the eastern side of the lake. Travelling
north on the Blevins Road (Gallery 47),
one can turn left (west) towards the "Rolls Royce Ranch"
to access Lake Welsh. The above photo shows this access road.
This is a view from the boat ramp
access on the northeastern shore of Lake Welsh. The large and
sprawling Rolls Royce Ranch would be directly to my right.
Here is a view of the north shore
of Lake Welsh, looking east, from the short causeway road that
runs on eastwardly to Snow Hill (Gallery
48). Lake Welsh is a rather pretty but fairly isolated little
lake. I have always enjoyed going out to Lake Welsh. However,
it was constructed (along with Lake Monticello) as a "cooling
pond" for the generators at the Welsh Power Plant, which
supplies electricity to DFW. It was built by damming Swanano Creek.
I can recall as a child going to an old swimming hole on Swanano
Creek, where my ancestors had also played in the summertime. At
night it was a magical place where one was surrounded by millions
of fireflies and serenaded by a chorus of bullfrogs. Lake Welsh
may be pretty today, but the unique creek basin that it destroyed
can never be replaced. Lake Welsh is a Marvin Nichols I in miniature!
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