After the storm water from the mountain top drains through the Upper Ottawa Street Landfill, it passes through a highly-engineered set of culverts and fabricated wetlands at the interchange of the Lincoln Alexander Parkway ("The Linc"), the Red Hill Valley Parkway, and Mud Street. From there it flows alongside the Mill Pond which once belonged to a grist mill at Albion falls. Past the pond, the creek plummets down Albion falls and then meanders its way down the Red Hill Valley towards Lake Ontario. There are several bicycle and hiking trails that follow the creek through the valley and the following photos are from a trip taken on Labour Day weekend 2011.
A future adventure into the ravine beside Albion Falls is in order to try to find what remains of the three story grist mill and water wheel that sat just across from where the falls photos are taken!
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| Albion Falls (Photo Credit: Al Murphy) |
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| Albion Falls (Photo Credit: Al Murphy) |
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| from "From Mountain to Lake: The Red Hill Creek Valley |
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| from "From Mountain to Lake: The Red Hill Creek Valley" |
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| Albion Falls (Photo Credit: Al Murphy) |
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| Erosion Control measures near King's Forest (Photo Credit: Al Murphy) |
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| Water speed control inside culvert past King's Forest (Photo Credit: Al Murphy) |
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| Red clay and green oxidized minerals are mixed in the creek bed soils |
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| The creek passes very close to the new Parkway that you can see in the background, as well as a rail bridge which crosses both the creek and the Parkway. Note the red bank on the far side of the creek. |
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| More Erosion control measures in the valley (Photo Credit: Al Murphy) |
Very picturesque... sort of. Good thing your camera does not pick up the really great stuff in the water.
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