by Greg Thompson
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Carling Creek Today |
Did you know that Old East Village has a creek flowing through it from east to west,
and that it still exists? Carling’s Creek begins in the ponds on the grounds of
the London Psychiatric Hospital east of Highbury Avenue, enters large sewer pipes
put in place to contain it during the early development of the neighbourhood, enters
the neighbourhood at Queen’s Avenue and Quebec Street and exits just north of Princess
Avenue at Adelaide. From there it flows to where it empties into the North Branch
of the Thames River near Blackfriar’s Bridge.
Before it was confined underground, Carling’s Creek was well-known for its speckled
trout and willows lining its banks.
Today, Carling’s Creek emerges in only one location – for a short half-block just
east of Waterloo Street along the C.P.R. tracks before ducking
back underground.
-- Greg Thompson |