This afternoon, we noticed a CBC TV reporter and camera just across the road from our home. They appeared to be packing up the camera, and off they went. What had they been doing in our neighborhood?
I watched 90 minutes of the local CBC Ottawa News to find out. There was nothing in the 5 00 pm segment and nothing in the 5 30 segment, but at about 6 25 a news item came on interviewing people in our suburb about the aftermath of the 3rd flood in 20 years that hit the area just one year ago.
The final segment of film had the interviewer, Cory O'Kelly, standing in front of out restored garden and signing off. (There was no mention that this section of garden was replaced when the massive excavations to replace our sewer lines took place.)
Ravine Park is part of one of our favourite walks in our neighbourhood. The "Ravine" is where the "Mighty Carp River" is just beginning. As with any urban park, the trails are either paved or graveled and fitted with pedestrian bridges. This particular section is very attractive in its sylvan setting.
Wild flowers abound.
The huge culvert here beneath Castlefrank Road was rebuilt following one of the Glen Cairn floods to remove a bottle-neck that caused some of that year's flooding. Click on the photo and look closely to see the flood levels reached following yesterday's heavy rainfall. This year the "Mighty Carp" did stay within its banks, at least for now.
