The Buena Vista marsh was once a watery oasis and in the early 1900's the Bradley Polytechnic Institute drained the marsh and established a series of drainage ditches to allow for the natural flow of water to be controlled, this inturn gave rise to an agricultural environement and the settlement known as Coddington or Pine Island.
This is one of the drainage ditches (number 8) that I fished in as young man. They used to be brimming with trout, but not so much anymore, still a nice place to sit and watch the water go under the bridge.