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The Canning River (Djarlgarra in Nyungar)[2][3] is a major tributary of the Swan River in south western Western Australia.

 

With headwaters on the Darling Scarp, the Canning meanders through suburbs of Perth on the Swan Coastal Plain, including Cannington, Thornlie, Riverton, Shelley, Rossmoyne and Mount Pleasant, before joining the Swan at Melville Water just downstream of the Canning Bridge.[4]

 

Bridges[edit]

 

• Canning Bridge

• Mount Henry Bridge

• Shelley Bridge

• Riverton Bridge

• Kent Street Weir Bridge

• Greenfield Street Bridge

• Canning River Downstream Bridge

• Canning River Upstream Bridge

• Djarlgarra Bridge Easthbound

• Djarlgarra Bridge Westbound

• unnamed railway bridge

• Royal Street Bridge

• unnamed pedestrian bridge

• Burslem Bridge

• unnamed railway bridge

• Jenna Biddi Footbridge

• unnamed railway bridge

• unnamed pedestrian bridge

• Cargeeg Bridge

• unnamed road bridge

• Manning Road Footbridge

Points[edit]

• Coffee Point (east of Point Heathcote on the Swan River)

• Deepwater Point (on western shore in Mount Pleasant)

• Salter Point (very narrow part of river between Salter Point suburb on north side, Rossmoyne/Shelley border on south)

• Prisoner Point (south shore in Shelley suburb, east of Shelley Beach)

• Wadjup Point (north west of Shelley Bridge)

History[edit]

 

The first European contact was in 1801[5] when a French exploring party spotted the mouth. The crew subsequently named the mouth Entrée Moreau[5] after Charles Moreau, a midshipman with the party.

 

The Canning River received its contemporary name in 1827 when Captain James Stirling aboard HMS Success following an examination of the region in March 1827 named the river after George Canning,[5] an eminent British statesman who was Prime Minister of Great Britain at the time and whose government facilitated the funds for the expedition.

 

In November 1829, just five months after the founding of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, an exploring party led by now Governor James Stirling chose a site for a new town named Kelmscott[6] on the banks of the Canning River.

Convicts[edit]

 

Convicts partly constructed and maintained the Canning River Convict Fence.[7][8][9][10][11] This structure is still a notable landmark to this day. It was built primarily for the use of barges carrying timber from Mason's Timber Mill in the Darling Ranges.

 

Part of the Convict Fence in Canning River between Shelley Foreshore Reserve and Salter Point.

 

The river is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species.

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