When you search Jackson Creek in Google Maps, you find out that the community of Peterborough preserved theirs as a natural heritage. Friends welcome such intermittent restoration in Etobicoke as well.
Courtesy of Google
In that community, the natural and cultural heritage is evident through park names, Jackson Creek Kiwanis Trail, as well as local business names, such as Jackson Creek Veterinary Services, Jackson Creek Retirement Home, Jackson Creek Meadows Neighborhood, Jackson Creek Natural Healthcare Centre and many more. This is the kind of lost value and culture that Friends are advocating for.
Next time, I happen to be in Peterborough, I shall visit and appreciate their asset. Let's restore our Jackson Creek, so the community of Etobicoke does not have to travel to the cottage country to experience a similar invaluable waterway.
More Info:
http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails/view/jackson-creek-kiwanis-trail
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38102525
http://trentarthur.ca/paving-paradise-city-of-peterborough-vs-jackson-creek-park/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Creek_(Peterborough,_Ontario)
As always, Friends call on the public to get informed about the lost and disappearing cultural heritage asset of Jackson Creek. We also call on the community to get together and restore the creek for the sake of better water treatment and local beach water quality through a better water distribution and natural purification. It is important to know that 8/11 Toronto's beaches are Blue Flag certified. Both Sunnyside and Long Branch are not. Further, Jackson Creek was free flowing during Hurricane Hazel. Current destruction of trail-ways and ravines by regular summer storms is troubling. Diversion of Jackson waters to Etobicoke and Mimico Creeks will create a much serious disaster once a hurricane stumbles here again.
This is a labour of love and we always can use help. Please bring in ideas, act, and contribute.
On the radar:
- Mapping out the course of the creek with aerial maps from Toronto archives online
- Photos and discovery of remaining portions of the creek
- Informative posters
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