Cold Water Creek at Old Garden River Road : Cold Water Creek

The site is safe to access but the water should not be entered by the culvert as the flow is moving fast and is strong. There is a lot of natural debris upstream from the culvert that if dislodged could create additional safety concerns in the near future. Odour: Decomposing/Rotting.
There were a lot of black flies, and mosquitos. There were several types of aquatic vegetation that has grown including algae, water forget-me -nots and Vernal Water-starwort and Eldoea canadensis. The water was brown and cloudy possibly from the rainfall event throughout the last 24hrs. The substrate has changed since last monitoring season- there is more sand then last season. There is an abundance of debris blocking the culverts slowing the water and increasing the depth- possibly creating the cloudy appearance. This is not due to a beaver but rather debris that has locked up at the culvert entrances. There is much more natural debris such as whole trees in the bottom of the creek that were not visible to the naked eye last monitoring season.