The Rotary Club of Evansville announced today that they will Cut the ribbon Thursday October 24, 2013 at 11:30 am for the Canoe/Kayak Launch located at the south east quadrant of the Green River Rd bridge over Pigeon Creek. County Commissioners Marsha Abell, Joe Kiefer and Stephen Melcher will be present to help break ground. The ribbon will be sretched out across Pigeon Creek. Several people involved with the project will canoe up to it to cut the ribbon (weather permitting).
The total project was funded by the Rotary Foundation of Evansville along with several community partners. The location was secured with Vanderburgh County and the adjoining landowner. Rotary’s goal with this project is to continue the restoration of Pigeon Creek as the vibrant recreational and cultural center of the City that it once was. What is lacking now is access to the waterway itself. Currently, there is only one public access ramp on Pigeon Creek which means the only takeout available is on the Ohio River. Siting a public access ramp at the intersection of Pigeon Creek and Green River Road would open over six miles of this waterway to the residents of Evansville, bringing the opportunities for paddling, fishing & exploration within easy reach of local residents and visitors.
Some of the major contributors include: Evansville Rotary Foundation, Alcoa, Welborn Baptist Foundation, Vectren, Bussing-Koch Foundation, Koch Foundation, Crescent –Cresline Wabash Foundation, Evansville Commerce Bank, Old National Bank, German American Bank, Meyer and Mulzer Stone. The Schnepper family donated property.
For details about the Canoe/Kayak Launch or to find out more about donating to the project, visit www.EvansvilleRotary.comor contact Rotary Executive Assistant Julie Spratt at 812-962-4687 or info@evansvillerotary.com . For details regarding the ribon cutting ceremony, call Dianna Page at 812-480-1471 or dianna@evvairport.com .
Nice: Now people can see just what the Creek looks like from the water’s surface. The more people that visit the creek the more people we can use to get the city to clean up the creek so that it’s safe to use for recreation.
The mouth of Pigeon Creek at the Ohio River has a lot of dirty stuff on the bottom of the Creek. There is a layer of Black GOO coating the bottom of the creek. It’s probably sewage outflows that have contaminated the creek over the past 100 years. That needs to be removed and properly dispose of.
The rest of the creek may have numerous log jams across the creek due to trees dying and falling into the creek when the creek is flooded. People in canoes and kayaks will have to portage around those log jams. Just watch out for the water snakes when you do that.
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