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Dead Falls
Indalsleden route on Road 87, between Bispgården and Hammarstrand
Jämtland-Harjedalen
Northern Sweden
Type: Sightseeing
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Jämtland-Harjedalen
Northern Sweden
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More than 40,000 people every year visit a waterfall that doesn’t exist. The Dead Falls can be found along the Indalsleden route on Road 87, between Bispgården and Hammarstrand. Forestry was big business back in the 18th century and Jämtland had loads of resources. Ahuge waterfall with over a 100-foot drop named Storforsen was on the Indalsälven River in those days and, while impressive to look at, it created some serious problems. Because of the big elevation change in the river, the lumberjacks couldn’t transport their timber through Indalsälven and on to the Baltic Sea. A solution to this problem had been contemplated for years but there was also an opposition, the farmers and the fishermen, who dreaded the consequences of such attempts.
A man named Magnus Huss, right, known as the Wild Huss, was called upon to solve the problem. His idea was to construct an alternate route for the timber around Storforsen by taking advantage of the increasing amount of water created in spring when the snow melts. In 1793 the digging started, but the first three winters didn’t produce enough water. In the spring of 1796, however, Huss and his men got more water than they bargained for.
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