The Eighteen Mile Creek with all its various branches is a well known waterway around Lockport. Most folks have never seen it like you see it here, however. The creek, and its branches, usually lives up to the name "creek." It meanders. It's quiet. And its not too wet. But after a few days of steady Fall or Spring rain, creeks expand sometimes overnight into wanna-be torrents of hydro power. Such is the case with a branch of the the Eighteen Mile Creek as it moves through the Town Of Lockport Wilderness Trail Preserve. Compare these pictures with those taken earlier in the dry days of summer. Let's title the view below...
After the water above moves a few more feet downstream it encounters a drop in topography just enough to produce the noise and spray of a...
Much work has been done on the Town of Lockport Wilderness Trail area this past summer. If you haven't walked the trails since June, you'll find a significantly new show being played out for you during these Autumn days. But don't wait too long to catch this seasonal performance! Mother Nature has already booked in a new show for Winter.
You may also wish to visit Lockport's Gulf Wilderness Park