We drove to the parking lot at Burnhamthorpe Road W and Riverwood Park Lane. Near the parking lot is the MacEwan Terrace Garden (you too can be a gardener there!) with thousands of plants and a number of places to rest and look out over over a pond and the gardens in general. Unfortunately the City of Mississauga sites for MacEwan Terrace Garden are poor, badly organized, and incomplete. However if you go to this site it has a great description of the gardens and the trails.
We walked down to the Credit River, then followed the trail along it up to Hwy 403 and then back.
This was a great looking tree - perched on the side of the trail. Hope it stays for a good many more years.
Another trail picture of a 'canyon of trees'.
Then down by the river. Always nice to be beside running water.
And there are a number of low-lying areas beside (and along) the trails, so after a rain could be much wetter than what we saw. Still some areas when we went (a couple of days aftet the last rain).
Approaching the 403 there were a few interesting pieces of graffiti, a couple of which are shown below.
And just so you'll know when you're under the 403...
Heading back we ran into this little guy. Just one of many birds and animals (and spawning salmon at certain times of the year! The Culham trail noted in that link is one of the trails accessible from The MacEwan Garden and Riverwood Conservancy areas).
Another great walk and proof that Mississauga is not just endless suburbia and airports.
I picked a lot of wild flowers too!
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