 Okay. The channel between lakes Darling, Carlos, and the Hamadou were widened and sandbars dredged. But by 1958, bigger boats needed even deeper channels still. Jack Mulvold of Alexandria Boat Works and George Anderson, co-owner of Darling Dude Ranch and president of the Resort Association, asked the major community groups to help them convince the Minnesota Department of Waterways to give permission to widen and deepen the channels yet again.