Bob and I took Jack to a new (to us) park for another local walk about in St Catharines. It was a 10 minute drive to what is now Richard Pierpoint Park. It was originally called Centennial Gardens and was unveiled in 1976 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Canada.
In 2021, the park was renamed after Richard Pierpoint, one of Canada’s most famous Black loyalists, and who lived on land that is now part of the park. The park contains a lovely trail (apparently a portion of the Merritt Trail (though we can’t make it link up with the other sections we’ve been on) and a disc golf course. There was supposedly a totem pole given for the Centennial celebration, but is not currently there or is very short, as we didn’t see it.
originally from Senegal, who was shipped to America
and became a slave to a British officer.
He gained his freedom through military service.
that we crossed at one end of the trail,
where the creek that runs along the trail ends.
of the loop portion on the trail
Peckish Travels 
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