Merritt Island Park — Attraction in Welland

You arrive at this location at the first public available publicly accessible building, sporting a couple of public washrooms available throughout their open hours, during the warmer seasons for sure, although I can't say I'm certain they are open throughout the colder weather as to discourage the local homeless folk from living in them. I could be mistaken and they are possibly open during the day but please don't hold me to this as I'd absolutely feel terrible to have misled anyone that shows up hoping to get in. There is definitely a very decent playground available here for the younger crowd which from what I have noticed they seem to thoroughly enjoy making use of. There is a decent amount of equipment available for them to make use of and they most certainly don't hesitate to do exactly this every opportunity available. Dogs are certainly permitted throughout the park so long as they are leashed and their owners are responsible for cleaning up any messes left behind of course. Picnic areas are frequently found throughout the island, a few may even be found with small bbq pits available to the public for cooking on of course, and there is always plenty of smaller wood laying around throughout the location making cooking an amazing treat if one is fortunate enough to locate some fallen fruit tree pieces around. I often enjoy the accented flavour provided by cooking with wood from fruit trees. Absolutely amazing when one is fortunate enough to make this happen just to be honest! Enjoy the park, there are plenty of garbage cans available to keep the area clean as well. It's rare I find a mess left by folks there, and its actually disappointing when one finds litter about in the park being as there is certainly enough garbage receptacles throughout the entire area that leaving behind a mess is simply unacceptable...

I walked for around 2 kilometers along the trail. It was paved, so accessible for someone with a walker. There were washrooms in the park, but they don't open until May 1st. I don't see any reason not to keep the washrooms open year round, as people might like to ski or snowshoe on the trail. The park is convenient to downtown Welland and the Walmart plaza. The island is very long and narrow. You can see 2 branches of the Welland canal, one on either side of the trail. There are unpaved trails branching off the main one which go down to the water, and lots of park benches and picnic tables. The only buildings on the island are a water treatment plant and a school. It's a nice spot to watch the birds and squirrels, get some exercise and see a bit of nature in the middle of the city. This section of canal is no longer used for shipping, so you could put in your canoe or kayak. I don't know if the water is clean enough for swimming though. The trail goes all the way from Port Colborne to St. Catharines and joins several...

If you love nature and Water then it’s one of the best places to be visited while you are in Welland. It’s a Man Made island which developed while making the welland canal to separate the Welland river and Canal. You can see the river in the right side and Canal in the left side. Perfect place for Fishing and Water Activity. If you love kayaking or rowing then you can bring your own Kayak as the Canal is no longer use for ships . You can find small fox, Ducks and a lot of Birds and squirrels.

Activities to do

Children’s park Family Get together 4 km Walking stretch Cycling Rowing or...