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Well that’s not entirely correct. This is how this photo was labeled but the actual gravel pit is behind the forest on the hill in the background. There are still some remains of the pit along the north shore of Mille Roches island, just west of the present day toboggan hill. Most of the forest can still be seen there today. The present day Mille Roches beach would be in front of the forest in the photo.
The photographer was on the north side of highway #2 looking northwest, just east of Rapids Point and just east of where the highway now dips into the water today. 
The photo at right is looking east at Royal Baker island, it’s the small island off the eastern tip of MacDonell island. As the year go by it’s getting more and more difficult to see the remaining piece of highway as it’s getting overgrown. The entrance to the Grant farm is submerged between these two sections of road.
The drawing below is of a survey done prior to construction and shows most of the buildings, farms and owners with a rough estimate of where the new dry land will be, in this case MacDonell island and causeway in the Long Sault Parkway.
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This drawing shows the buildings on the farm of G & H Grant and judging from the elevation the picture may have been taken from “up in” the barn. This drawing confirms that there is a small building north behind the barn. Click on the drawing above for a large version showing the entire farm.
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