Part of the definition of a floodplain is that it occasionally gets flooded, although normally that happens in the spring and not in mid-winter. This winter the Nith River covered all of the floodplain at our F.H. Montgomery Wildlife Sanctuary.
Graham Macdonald took these pictures on Wednesday February 21, 2018:
The Nith River viewed from the Bridge St. bridge adjacent to our nature reserve.
The sign near our trail entrance.
A somewhat relevant "Use At Your Own Risk" sign marks our trail.
Taken in nearby New Hamburg.
View over the Nith to the dam (obliterated by water) and toward The Waterlot.
Fraser Gibson took these pictures of the aftermath on Friday March 16, 2018:
Sculpted ice near Post 1 of the trail.
Debris on all trees near start of trail. Lot of debris along river is corn stalks/leaves
Near the start of the trail, looking SW toward river at all the remaining ice
Debris at Post 3
Ice on top of our periwinkle control tarps.