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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA - PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN71 <br />Gervais Mill Park <br />FISHING PIER <br />INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE <br />BRIDGE <br />NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL <br />ADDRESS <br />Between Edgerton Street and Noel Drive, 1/2 block north of <br />Little Canada Road <br />PARK SIZE <br />18 acres <br />PARK CLASSIFICATION <br />Community Park/Natural Area <br />OVERVIEW: <br />Gervais Mill Park is a nature-based park featuring paved <br />and unpaved trails, historic interpretation and constructed <br />ponds designed to protect water quality in Gervais Creek and <br />ultimately Gervais Lake and beyond to Spoon, Keller, and <br />Phalen Lakes. <br />FACILITIES/EQUIPMENT <br />• Historic marker and <br />interpretation <br />• Overlook <br />• Fishing Piers (2) <br />• Pedstrian Bridges (3) <br />TRAIL CONNECTIONS <br />Off-road paved trail connection to Spooner Park, and on-street <br />connection to Gervais Beach via existing paved shoulder <br />NATURAL RESOURCES <br />The constructed ponds are the main feature of the park, and <br />were designed in collaboration with the Ramsey-Washington <br />Metro Watershed District. The DNR occasionally stocks the <br />ponds with Bluegill after winter kills (the ponds maximum depth <br />is 12’), and sunfish, bass, and bullhead are also present. The <br />ponds are infested with Eurasion watermilfoil. <br />Native plants abound in the park, and attract wildlife that <br />provide opportunities for viewing. <br />• Benches (4) <br />• Interpretive Signage (2) <br />• Trails - paved and <br />unpaved <br />• On-site parking <br />ISSUES/OPPORTUNITIES <br />1. Additional trash receptacles. <br />2. Improve existing trails <br />in low/wet areas with <br />boardwalks or elevation. <br />3. Nature-based programming <br />such as landscape <br />painting, birding, pollinator <br />education, etc. <br />4. Add a traffic-calming <br />measure to slow <br />vehicles on Noel <br />Drive. <br />5. Trail connection to <br />Little Canada Road <br />along Noel Drive. <br />6. Small picnic shelter. <br />r <br />7. Continue to <br />work with the <br />Watershed <br />District to control <br />invasive species. <br />8. Interpretive <br />Center on <br />Edgerton side of <br />park.