It's a lake, it's a river, no... it's a ....
.... slough! (pronounced slew).
This charming waterway is called the MacArthur Island Slough. For those not familiar with the term slough, it can mean either a swampy bog or a side channel which is only sporadically filled with water. While this slough is sometimes the former, in this picture it definitely earns the nicer definition.
The water levels do fluctuate quite a bit seasonally which means that some autumns there are only scattered puddles in swampy ground. Which in turn means there is not a lot of ice there in winter. In a good year though it freezes over and kids play hockey on it. It's also fun to watch ducks come in for a landing on the ice.
It's a lake, it's a river, no... it's a ....
.... slough! (pronounced slew).
This charming waterway is called the MacArthur Island Slough. For those not familiar with the term slough, it can mean either a swampy bog or a side channel which is only sporadically filled with water. While this slough is sometimes the former, in this picture it definitely earns the nicer definition.
The water levels do fluctuate quite a bit seasonally which means that some autumns there are only scattered puddles in swampy ground. Which in turn means there is not a lot of ice there in winter. In a good year though it freezes over and kids play hockey on it. It's also fun to watch ducks come in for a landing on the ice.