Idyllic Spot

by tomaidh | Nature | 1510 Views

This idyllic waterway is located in a most unexpected place.

It is in the US, in fact, in a state that borders Vermont.

Does anybody want to venture a guess as to exactly where?

Hint: The name of the waterway will reveal the location.

Comments | 6

  • Submitted by cgrotke on May 22, 2017 at 7:52 am

    15 miles?

    Looks like it could be a place for my old mule named Sal.

  • Submitted by Vidda on May 22, 2017 at 9:05 am

    What is...

    Bronx River Pathway

    • Submitted by tomaidh on May 22, 2017 at 3:47 pm

      Bingo!

      Give that man a cigar!
      How did you get it so fast?

      It’s within the bounds of the New York Botanical Garden in “Da Bronx”.
      I used to play there as a kid. It was just as beautiful, but the water was putrid.
      We used to say that anybody swimming in it would get Polio.
      They’ve cleaned up the river by now.

  • Submitted by cgrotke on May 23, 2017 at 6:10 am

    Canal use?

    To me, it looked like an old canal path… a place for the barge, and a path for the horse or mule to pull things along.

    Did they use it as a canal?

    • Submitted by tomaidh on May 23, 2017 at 2:50 pm

      Canal

      It looks like it to me, many years ago. There are still mooring bollards on it that suggest it was.

      The river starts in Valhalla at what is now Kensico Reservoir in upper Westchester County. It enters the East River at Hunts point in the Bronx.
      All told, it’s about 25 miles long.

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