Parks and Trails along the Black Creek going from South to North
Confluence with the Humber riverThe last section of the Black Creek, from Scarlett Road to the Humber river flows through the private Lambton Golf course (established in the 1890s).The confluence can be seen from the west side of the Humber from where James Gardens and Lambton Woods meet. |
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The remnant of the Beaver lodge still stands on an island in one of the ponds. The Beaver actually caused quite a bit of damage to the trees in the park, and was forcibly evicted. Beavers returned a few years later and by the fall of 2009 there were 5 beavers in the park, causing extensive damage. Sometimes in the spring of 2011 the beavers left Smythe Park and now only abandoned beaver lodges can be seen. ![]() |
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Smythe Park was the winner of a quarry restoration award - awarded by the Aggregate Producers Association of Ontario: Bronze Plaque Award - for outstanding examples of state of the art pit or quarry rehabilitation. |
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Students from the woodshop classes of Archbishop Romero C.S.S. have been building and supplying small birdhouses to the BCCP for several years. In the spring of 2009 Tree Swallows were found nesting in some bird boxes installed the previous year by Archbishop Students. Funds and Materials for this project were provided through grants from Environment Canada's EcoAction Program. |
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East of Alliance Ave & Cliff St. the creek is squeezed into a vertical channel to Weston Road. From Weston Road it comtinues East goes under the railway bridges and turns North on the East side of Black Creek Drive up to Eglinton Ave. ![]() ![]() |