"Nature Reclaims History" with Arthur O'Leary

Take a walk back in time using an 1850 map to locate and identify man-made structures and learn the rich history of industry, home life, and the stories behind the names.  Travel old roads, trails, and bushwhack in the Wildlife Sanctuary.  This little known portion of Stanley Park contains the remnants of a canal, dams, mill foundations, an old channel of the Little River, and footbridge abutments.  Nature steadily reclaims these sites with successional growth, deposition, and weathering.  Locate these disappearing sites in the remote reaches of the Wildlife Sanctuary, and learn about John Munn's "Newfoundland", the Ruinsville Mill, Cotton Cooley's boarding houses, Cyrus W. Field, Jebediah Clapp, traumatic amputations at the Saw Mill of Lucas Cowles, and other tales and verbal histories.  Wear appropriate hiking attire, sturdy boots, and bring water, camera/binoculars.