Mill Creek Ravine Picnic Site

After the forceful removal of the Papaschase Cree, Mill Creek Ravine was a hotspot for local coal, brick, lumber, and meatpacking industries 1920s. The waste and runoff from these plants decimated the creek's ecosystem. When industry vacated the valley, local activist groups fought against a highway through the ravine and pushed to restore the area to its previous glory. Mainly through the efforts of the group Mill Creek Build a Park, portions of the ravine's wasteland were transformed into a manicured park and picnic spaces, while other sections were tidied of litter and left to thrive in their natural state. However, below the soil, traces of the industry's destruction remains.

To learn more: Episode 4 of A Little Bit Ritchie