Ep. 7 "Anybody missing a deep fryer?"

On Tues July 12, myself and some other friends of the Coves set out to clean up a ravine in Euston Park, which had become a receptacle for trash and debris. Mia (our project coordinator at Friends of the Coves) and I had discovered this treasure trove of trash on a walk through Euston Park several weeks ago and decided that something needed to be done. 

Some of what had been dumped in the ravine could have filled the list of a bad scavenger hunt:

Mia hard at work!

         

    Deep Fryer

    Most of a BBQ

    Little girls toy pram

    Shopping Cart

    Canadian Flag

    Air Conditioner

    Screwdriver

    Rain Jacket 

    Fireworks

    Traffic cone  

     and the list goes on...

Thanks Gary & Kim

When FOTC arrived on the scene the water and leaf debris had turned a burnt orange color from the old paint cans and other metal objects left rusting in the small stream that that flowed through the bottom of the ravine. That mixed with a combination of the trash, broken off branches and lumber the small ravine was inundated with junk.  This caused the small stream to back-up and form an almost standing pool of water with very minimal flow. Making an ideal breeding ground for pesky insects like mosquitoes. Fortunately a few other Friends of the Coves came through to give us a hand clearing out all this stuff and the before and after photos of the ravine really told the story! By the conclusion of our project the debris had been cleared, glass removed and the stream, which had been pooling at the foot of the ravine began to trickle down unobstructed again, removing the bug breeding ground. All in all the clean up was a great success and I’d like to take a second to thank Gary and Kim for helping Mia and I!

Check out the photos to see the before and after of the Euston Park ravine.

BEFORE 

AFTER