Come join in on a CITO of a Welland river parking area in this tributary to the Niagara Falls known as Big Forks Creek. A group of cachers are coming over from the USA and figured we would get a group together to clean this area up. This event will be at 12:00 noon until 1:00PM around the posted coords. You may wish to have your grabber tool or trash bag to collect your trash. (These are not provided).
A group of us will be paddling after but you are not required to participate in the paddle to attend the event, just be at this location during the event hour and log your participation. We will take a group picture at these posted coords during the event.
This event will be rain or shine, but if there is inclement weather, the event may need to be adjusted.
Looking forward to seeing everyone and Getting Trash out of the waterways of CANADA.
Some interesting information about this river.
The river flows under two navigable aqueducts. An important tributary of the river is Coyle Creek, a picturesque and thickly forested creek that flows into the river on the north bank. A stream of the river branches off shortly before its mouth. This canal quickly turns an open-cut hydropower channel through the city of Nagara Falls on its way to the Hydroelectric station in Queenston. It drains an area of 880 square kilometres (340 sq mi).
The Control Dam, a weir in the Niagara River, causes the Welland River to reverse its direction twice a day when the flow of water over the Niagara Falls is reduced overnight and the water heads back up the river as far back as Wellandport. When the water flow is restored, the water direction of the Welland River changes once again to flow towards the Niagara River.