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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA - PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN95 <br />Water Works Right-of-Way <br />TRAIL ENTRANCE <br />BRIDGEPEDESTRIAN CROSSING <br />ADDRESS <br />Runs North/South from Country Drive to Little Canada <br />Road, and Little Canada Road to Sextant Ave East <br />PARK SIZE <br />26 acres <br />PARK CLASSIFICATION <br />Linear Park <br />OVERVIEW <br />The Saint Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS) owns a <br />corridor of land that runs the entire length of the City of Little <br />Canada. SPRWS provides an easement to Little Canada that <br />allows paved trails and public access through much of the <br />corridor. Currently, 1.3 miles of the 1.7 mile-long corridor <br />has paved trails on it, while the rest of the corridor is used <br />informally with unpaved trails. <br />FACILITIES/EQUIPMENT <br />• Paved Trails <br />TRAIL CONNECTIONS <br />Connects to the Firefighter’s Historical Trail, sidewalk on <br />Jackson Street, unpaved trail at Blacktern Pond, paved off- <br />road trail on Country Drive, and sidewalks on Centerville <br />Road <br />NATURAL RESOURCES <br />With its wooded edges and grasslands, The Water Works <br />Right-of-Way provides a wildlife habitat corridor that is <br />typically 225 feet in width. <br />ISSUES/OPPORTUNITIES <br />1. Continue the trail south of the Old Fire Hall. <br />2. Work with The Saint Paul Regional Water Services to <br />manage invasive species throughout the corridor, such <br />as buckthorn, burdock, and other spreading exotic <br />plants, and replace with pollinator habitat. <br />3. Restore vegetation to native plant communities. <br />4. Continue efforts to formalize the trail along the entire <br />length of the right of way to make a connection from <br />Shoreview and Vadnais Heights to Maplewood. <br />5. Create entry experience or add signage at right-of-way <br />access points. <br />6. Extend the trail to make connections over I35E and 694. <br />ROW WITH DEVELOPED TRAIL <br />ROW WITHOUT DEVELOPED TRAIL <br />r