Ward 8 Update from City Hall
As a welcome to this year, please visit the Ward 8 Free Family Skate Event on Family Day February 17, 2025, at Oakridge Arena from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Thank you all! Left: Mayor Morgan and Councllor Steve at the Hyde Park Santa Claus parade.
by Steve Lehman, Ward 8 London City Councillor, slehman@london.ca I hope you all had a Merry Christ- mas and a Happy New Year! We had a wonderful year behind us, and now we get to look forward to what 2025 has to bring.
Take a Hike! The main feature of the 41.6-hectare Sifton Bog is the floating acid peat bog and associated boreal plant life. It’s just a short 370 meter board-walked hike from the Sifton Bog parking lot on the south side of Oxford Street just west of Hyde Park Road to Redmond’s Pond at the centre of the bog. When the last ice sheet melted 13,000 years ago, a large block of ice broke off and settled in the sand and gravel there. When the block melted it left a kettle lake. Sedges, mosses, and other plants gradually colonized the edges of the lake. Hikers can enjoy seeing a wide variety of plants including sphagnum mosses, cranberry and blueberry, Cotton Grass, Pond Lily, and even carnivorous plants such as Pitcher Plant and Round- leaved Sundew at the bog. There are numerous species of birds and butterflies, as well as Painted Turtles, Green Frogs and Grey Treefrogs, small mammals such as squirrels and chipmunks, and fox and deer. Hikers are asked to use the official access points and stay on the managed trails. Do not feed the fish or wildlife – and beware of coyotes especially after dusk. Right: Sifton Bog after the first snowfall of November 2019. Photo by Mike Postma See more of Mike’s photos at @captainmegamike on Instagram
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