Landscape Architecture
Shubenacadie Canal Greenway
Dartmouth, NS
Project Summary:
This Shubenacadie Canal Greenway Study was commissioned by HRM and the Shubenacadie Canal Commission in an effort to determine the best possible Greenway alignment solution to link Dartmouth Cove to the Lake Banook trail system. The plan evolved into an exciting conceptual design study for the potential creation of a new urban park system for Dartmouth. The plan theme revolves around the historic Shubenacadie Canal system which was constructed in the mid 1800’s. Most of the infrastructure including locks and turbines are still in good shape buried beneath the site. The plan celebrates this important marine railway system by strategically uncovering and restoring important features of the marine railway. The plan also calls for the daylighting
of a 9’ diameter culvert which runs under the property. Daylighting of this stream will restore fish habitat and will bring back an important urban ecosystem to Dartmouth.
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