West Canada Creek New York

Historic Notes

Who & What

• Early Conservationists
• Artists, Scientists and Presidents visited the area
• Treaties were signed at Trenton Falls
• Trenton Falls was considered one of the wonders of the world and it rivaled Niagara Falls during the 1800’s

Timeline

• 1901 Trenton Falls power was turned on
• 1905 drinking water was first taken from the Creek
• 1915 Hinckley Reservoir built for canal navigation

Stewards

• Many of the stewards like Bob Welch and Nelson Adams, Paul Kessler are passing on and it has left a gap which took the Flooding of 2006 and the Water Crisis of 2007 to get us talking and to create a network of people with the same passion for the West Canada Creek as they stewards