The Forty Mile Creek Park and its many side trails are a quiet, sheltered section of nature on the coast of Lake Ontario. There are small, rough-sand beaches along the mouth of the river where it joins with the lake, making it the most easily-accessible spot of the Forty Mile Creek to dip your feet in or for kids to play with the river rocks along its edge. The grassy area provides space to sit down or play sports, and the tall willow trees provide shade along the walking paths that are flat and maintained with woodchips.
On the other side of the parking lot is the old Elizabeth Street Pumphouse, which is open to the public and often used for small weddings or other gatherings, and serves as a tour-able example of the old-fashioned water treatment systems.
The park features several small, riverside beaches with rough sand and some rocks, an open grassy area for picnicking or kicking a ball around, and shaded side trails that follow the river's path. One path extends through the entire town to connect to the piece of the Bruce Trail connection that goes through Coronation Park and then up the Escarpment.
Forty Mile Creek Park is the site of the last major skirmish against the Americans in 1812 before they were successfully pushed back to Fort George. More of this history is detailed at the 1812 Bicentennial Peace Gardens on the edge of the lake nearby, which stands as a monument to the peace that now exists between the USA and Canada after that war.
The Elizabeth Street Pumphouse was build in 1905 and restored in 2001, and includes a large concrete patio behind the building next to the Bicentennial Peace Gardens.The park and coast of the lake is almost always filled with ducks and Canadian geese who make this spot their home. Feeding the ducks here was once a popular pastime, though there are now signs asking the public to not feed the birds as it interferes with their dietary needs. It is also a site for several huge willow trees.
The area is owned and managed by the Town of Grimsby.
| Phone: | (905) 945-1288 |
| Fax: | (905) 945-908 |
| Email: | batkinson@town.grimsby.on.ca |
The park is very flat, with almost no inclines of any kind, although the trails are only dirt with woodchips. Some of the walking trails into the trees are very narrow, though the path through the grassy field is wider.
Grimsby website park listing - https://facilities.grimsby.ca/Home/Detail?Id=eaf54ffc-1396-4c43-be28-c909940f1640
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