The narrows between Elephant Lake and Baptiste Lake is a well known area in the late winter since snowmobiles cross over an extended length of open water for excitement.
Some people believe it is called the "Ripples". But actually, historical maps and descriptions call it the "Riffles".
In the book Touring The Past, by Bob Lyons, he mentions a family moving to the "Riffles" in 1929 to try farming, but no roads. And, one of the children "got some schooling by walking the four miles to 'the north school' at Highland Grove." Could that have been along a concession road that is now called Clarke Rd? But before there was a road?
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