Location
Buffer West Marsh Boardwalk
West Marsh Boardwalk Site 1- Westminster Ponds ESA (adjacent to Wellington Road)
West Marsh Boardwalk Site 1- Westminster Ponds ESA (adjacent to Wellington Road) in Ontario
Dataset summary
Buffer West Marsh Boardwalk has data for chlorine, secchi_depth, oxygen, ph, current_weather, water_temperature, air_temperature, conductivity, alkalinity, hardness, previous_weather, water_depth, previous_weather_description, and current_weather_description from 12 May 2021 to 22 April 2025.
- Water body type Wetland
- Dataset H3-ELP Environmental Leaders Project TVDSB, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
- Data collector Jennifer Trampleasure
- Location description
- This marsh lies just east of Wellington Road - a High Speed North - South Corridor road that experiences high rates of traffic throughout the day. There is a significant amount of wind blown garbage from surrounding businesses (Tim Hortons Cups...). Additionally in some areas there are also large items that have been dumped here as well as a consistent presence of transient camping activity & drug paraphernalia. Our students are concerned about the sensitivity of this wetland and wonder how the runoff of salt and all of this garbage & noise pollution might be influencing local aquatic and terrestrial life. .