This feeder canal once ran all the way from Welland to Dunnville and brought extra water into the Welland Canal. Eventually most of it was buried due to domestic development and only a few stretches of it remained hidden in back yards and it was all but forgotten about. A few years back money was raised to dig up the last stretch of it before it entered the canal. A small section now lies unburied next to the trail with a small plaque identifying it and a few benches to rest upon. Most will probably never stop to notice it.

When I stopped to check it out the canal was flooded and had a great deal of vegetation growing from it. I returned a few weeks later to find it completely dried up. I prefer how it looked when filled with rain water.

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Another trip that I’m just finally getting around to logging. I took these in June 10, 2010 when I finally got around to investigating an old bridge I had noticed crossing 12 Mile Creek next to the 406 in St. Catharines. From what I can tell this bridge was used before the 406 was built and was replaced by the much larger bridge that now makes up part of St. Paul Street West. The old road that leads up to the bridge is now named St. Paul Crescent and includes an impressively steep hill.

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A while back I noticed a little side road next to the big bridge across 12 Mile Creek on Glendale. After a quick peak on Google Maps I noticed there was an old road running parallel to the bridge, and I figured it must have been the original bridge. This was something I had to investigate.

The bridge itself wasn’t very interesting, it was rather narrow allowing only pedestrians and cyclists to cross but based on it’s support structure it was once much wider. The road further up was more interesting as you could see that it was once paved but was now cracked all over and had much vegetation growing from it.

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