Niagara Section #2 - Woodend 15.2 km to Decew House 29.8 km Dec 15th, 2016

 We hiked this section from The Decew House to the Woodend Parking Lot. 
It was a cold day -10C with a stiff breeze and we decided to 
hike west to east so the wind would be at our back.

Today's hikers were Richard; John; Ann today's leader; Christine; Annette; Eric; 

Steve (not our leader), Stefan and Case.

Moodie Lake

On the escarpment you can see Lake Ontario to the north.

We come out of the forest at Brock University.

Note to future hikers, there are 'warm' washrooms in the University.

The Trail follows Glenridge Ave for about 500m.

The highlight of this section is a Tim Hortons halfway  .. Lunch time !

Some Urban Hiking along Glendale Ave.

The trail crosses the first (and second)  Welland Canal.

The 1st Welland Canal was completed in 1824 with 40 wooden locks.

It was replaced by the 2nd canal on the same route through the town of  
St. Catherines with 27, 8m x 24m, limestone locks shown above.

The 3rd canal, located east of the current canal, was completed  in 1887 

with 26, 14m x 82m, locks as seen here.

The current canal was completed in 1932 with 8, 24m x 262m locks.  

The Twin Flight Locks just south of the Glendale Ave. Bridge are shown here.

The Trail follows the 3rd canal south.

We cross the stile at Taylor Road and head for the cars in the 

Woodend parking lot across the road.