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  • Area under jurisdiction of Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

    Niagara Peninsula Watershed Report Card

    There are five creeks in Niagara on the Lake that flow into Lake Ontario. This 2012 report card on the conditions and water quality of the creeks is the most recent report from the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.

    Published July 3, 2026 | Last updated July 13, 2026

  • Two Sisters Resort construction signs

    Letter to Town registers concern about potential for flooding from excavation

    Friends of One Mile Creek and two other local groups in NOTL sent a letter to the Town on Monday raising concerns about the potential for flooding from a construction project that involves excavating most of a four-acre site to build two levels of underground parking. The construction is for the planned Two Sisters Resort at 325 Kng St. – the site of the former Parliament Oak elementary school.​

    Published September 23, 2025 | Last updated July 13, 2026

  • Neighbourhood community volunteers who came out to dig up the turf and plant Heritage Trail pollinator garden

    Neighbourhood stewardship in action

    A group of neighbourhood volunteers has created a pollinator garden at the entrance to the Heritage Trail at Paffard and Charlotte Streets, on the upper reaches of One Mile Creek.

    Published August 6, 2022 | Last updated July 13, 2026

  • green infrastructure

    We need more green infrastructure in Niagara on the Lake

    With all the discussion by federal and provincial governments about investment in infrastructure, Friends of One Mile Creek (FOMC) wants to increase the discussion about how green infrastructure can play a vital role in Niagara on the Lake through beneficial socio-economic and environmental assets.

    Published August 10, 2021 | Last updated July 13, 2026

  • One Mile Creek along Gate St at Johnson St

    Resident worried about flooding from Rand Estate Development

    A landowner with two properties on One Mile Creek has written to the Town to express concern that properties built downstream on One Mile Creek will incur more frequent, severe and costly damage if the Rand Estate Development, as currently proposed, is allowed to proceed.

    Published August 9, 2021 | Last updated January 28, 2023

  • One Mile Creek flooding intersection of Charlotte St. and John St Aug 14 2019

    Rand Subdivision proposal increases risk for One Mile Creek flooding

    The proposal by developer Benny Marotta for intense subdivision development on the land behind the Rand Estate on John Street increases the potential for flooding of One Mile Creek as it winds through Old Town in Niagara on the Lake. Friends of One Mile Creek (FOMC) made two presentations to raise concerns about the plans for water management in a five-hour Town Council Public Meeting on July 14.

    Published July 20, 2021 | Last updated July 13, 2026

  • Two-Mile-Creek-path

    NPCA rehabilitating Two Mile Creek Conservation Area

    The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) in summer 2021 conduxted forest and stream rehabilitation at the Two Mile Creek Conservation Area. THe area is accessed at the end of Butler Street and from the Garrison Village neighbourhood.

    Published July 2, 2021 | Last updated July 13, 2026

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